Boiled Crabs
Ingredients
Directions
Plunge the crabs head first into hot water (not boiling).
Add 1 tablespoon of coarse sea salt.
Boil for 20 minutes.
When cold, remove the outer shell and carefully take out the meat.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Crabs
- Provide the meat, the main edible part of the dish.
The step that matters
Boil for 20 minutes. Crab meat proteins tighten as they heat, so overcooking makes the meat firm, dry and stringy. Stick close to the stated time and keep the water at a boil only for that period.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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