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    Crab: Cracked Crab with Two Dipping Sauces

    Source of Recipe


    The Seattle Times


    List of Ingredients


    • -- Orange Balsamic Butter --
    • 4 Tbsp butter
    • 2 Tbsp orange juice
    • 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
    • 1 medium clove garlic, peeled and forced through a press
    • .
    • -- Lemon-Soy Butter --
    • 1 (2-inch) piece ginger
    • 4 Tbsp butter
    • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
    • 1/2 tsp soy sauce
    • .
    • 2 crabs, about 2 lbs. each, cleaned and cracked


    Instructions


    1. To prepare the orange butter: In a small saucepan, combine the butter, orange juice, vinegar and garlic. Melt over medium-low heat, stirring to combine the ingredients. Keep warm.

    2. To prepare the lemon butter: Chop the ginger into small pieces and put a few at a time in a garlic press. Press to extract the juice; measure 1 teaspoon. In a small saucepan, combine the ginger juice, butter, lemon juice and soy sauce. Melt over medium-low heat, stirring to combine the ingredients. Keep warm.

    3. Extract the crab from the shells and dip into the two sauces.

      Makes 4 servings.



 

 

 


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