Boiled Hard Shell Blue Recipes

Steps:

• Combine 1/2 cup seafood seasoning, salt, beer, and vinegar in a large stockpot over high heat. Bring to a strong simmer.
• Right before cooking, carefully place each crab upside down and stick a knife through the shell, just behind mouth.
• Fit a screen over the beer mixture and layer the crabs on the screen. Be sure that the crabs are above the simmering liquid. Cover.
• Steam crabs until they turn bright orange and all of the blue/green color is gone, 20 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup seafood seasoning before serving.

Steps:

• Make Cocktail Sauce.
• Heat water to boiling in stockpot or canner. Drop 4 crabs at a time into water. Cover and heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Simmer 10 minutes; drain. Repeat with remaining crabs.
• Follow directions for How to Eat Crabmeat. Serve with Cocktail Sauce.

Steps:

• 1. Heat water to boiling in stockpot or canner. Drop 4 crabs at a time into water. Cover and heat to boiling reduce heat to low. Simmer 10 minutes drain. Repeat with remaining crabs.2. Follow directions below to remove meat. Serve with Cocktail SauceNUTRITION FACTS: 1 Serving: Calories 100 (Calories from Fat 20) Fat 2g (Saturated 0g) Cholesterol 105mg Sodium 290mg Carbohydrate 0g (Dietary Fiber 0g) Protein 21g % DAILY VALUE: Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 2% Calcium 10% Iron 4% DIET EXCHANGES: 3 Very Lean MeatFrom "Betty Crocker's Complete Cookbook, Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today, 9th Edition." Text Copyright 2000 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.