King Crab for Dinner

 

Yesterday Stuey and I had King Crab for dinner. I bought the crabs right at the dock from the people who had caught them in Bristol Bay and brought them to Kodiak to sell. Kinda a cool to be able to buy live King Crabs right at the dock.  Where else can you do this in the United States?

Getting the crabs is only part of the process of getting them to the table.  I took them to my friend Mike's place where we cleaned the crabs and boiled them in a HUGE pot over a 'crab-cooker' propane burner.  We both had crab for dinner.  We also froze an extra crab in its shell.  This morning I 'rimed' the extra frozen crab with salt water.  The rime creates a coating on the crab shell and keeps it from getting freezer burn.

King crab is expensive - even right at the dock - but it is amazing how much meat is them.  And they are so easy to pick!  I have enough crab leftovers for a few more meals in the next few days.

Patrick

Big bowl of leftover crab meat