How to cook and clean a Dungeness crab

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In this video, l reveal you and clean a including a strategy for 'numbing' them for easier handling. For more information about Great Fish, go to www.goodfishbook.com

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Opening music by Jesse Selengut.

and clean a Dungeness crab

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20 Comments

  1. I love that you demonstrate the whole process, from live crab to cracking. I’m ready for crab season to come back!

  2. The timing would be different for different crab — blue crab from the east coast take half the time, even less. Cleaning is fairly similar — though when I lived back east I often ate the molting blue crab whole, no cleaning required!

  3. Thank you for your comment — I’m sure many will find it helpful. Personally though, I think the meat is better being cooked with the guts in — as the offal provides great flavor. I’ve tried both ways. I appreciate your method listed here, for those that would like to try cleaning first.

  4. Thanks for your comment. I may be changing my tune over to your way of thinking. In fine dining we always shocked the crab in ice water to make sure that the meat was perfectly cooked, much like you would blanch and shock vegetables. But I can also see your point. The best way to tell would be to test the two methods side by side and see if there is any flavor loss in the meat from the shocking process. Let me know if you try this test. I may, myself.

  5. This video is awesome! Great practical tips. And numbing the crabs in the freezer before cooking them was such a more humane way to go. They didn’t even scream. The salt and the ice water are so key! Thank you for making this great video.

    This was the best crab I’ve ever eaten 🙂

  6. I never made it before and followed your video step by step and it came out great. Thanks so much!!

  7. Awesome.! Very helpful, I live in Oakland California and have been crabbing with friends in the San Francisco Bay (under the golden gate bridge) & have never known how to cook and clean them. Thanks again.!

  8. Very similar to cleaning, cooking and separating a brown crab that we have in the North Sea here. Very informative, thanks!

  9. I loved the video.  You provided very clear instructions without any of the rambling you see with other videos.  I really appreciate you sharing this.  The only issue-and this is very minor- is the focusing of the camera during scene changes.  I’m not sure if this was intentional or not but I found it to be a bit distracting.  Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

  10. Awesome video! I’m envious of your kitchen. I like that you’re detailed and nonchalant in explaining the process.

  11. I literally watched this and prepared family of four crabs. Major help thank you my family flipped on how well prepared the meal was!

  12. This gal’s videos are excellent. She needs a Khoo-like hook, a better crew and someone to pay for a 12-episode series. Her instincts for what needs to be explained and what doesn’t make her a natural instructor. Her cute, authentic persona only adds to her marketability. Put her in kooky kitchens a la Two Fat Ladies and let her shop locally for ingredients. I’d watch; and I really hate most people who cook on film.

  13. I always called the “butter” the crab mustard. I never heard it called butter but cool to learn something new.

  14. Becky, I’ve learned so much from watching your videos. It has really helped to improve my cooking. Thank you!

  15. Finally got the chance to do this myself. I ended up steaming them instead of boiling. took about 15 minutes

  16. Your video was GREAT! My husband and I prepared a beautiful and delicious crab for dinner thanks to your tutorial.

  17. I work at a pet store and keep saltwater fish for a living and one of my regulars breeds crabs and gave me one today and I’m completely petrified to crack it open and clean it after cooking it (it seems so wrong and gross to me lol) but eating crab sounds like it’d be delicious, any tips on cleaning it without having to actually touch it with your hands? I’m a big baby about it and would probably freak out

  18. Thank you so much. Usually when you watch YouTube videos to learn how to do something for the first time we watch multiple videos for multiple methods and techniques. I feel no need to watch any other video after watching this one. It was very clear and I feel ready to hop in the kitchen and cook and clean my crab from start to finish.

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