Blue Crab Recipes

Live blue crabs

The blue crab is a tasty crustacean that is found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean off the East coast of the U.S. and the Pacific coast of Central America. Many people immediately associate blue crabs with the many delicious recipes that come from the  Chesapeake Bay area in Maryland. In fact, steamed crabs from Maryland has a huge following with many crab eaters. A trip to the Chesapeake Bay area will often end up with a trip to one of the area restaurants that specialize in steamed crabs and other blue crab recipe dishes.

The thought of the blue crab conjours up thoughts of delicious recipes highlighting its sweet and delicate crab meat. Some of the popular recipes and dishes include Maryland Style steamed crabs, crab imperial, jambalaya, cocktail claws, crab cakes, chowder, soups, stewed, boiled crabs and deep fried soft shell blue crabs. However you cook and prepare blue crabs and its sweet, delicious meat, it is hard to prepare it incorrectly. Some people may not care to pick the crabmeat, because it is a little time consuming. However the time spent picking out the meat is time well spent. You can also buy crabmeat already picked and cleaned. Just be sure to get good quality crab meat such as that from the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland.

Blue Crab Recipes:

Crab Cakes Recipe:

There are many different delicious variations of this recipe, but here is a standard version.

• 1 to 1 /2 pounds of blue crab meat
• 1 teaspoon dry  mustard
•  2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon of Old Bay Seasoning
• 2 teaspoons of parsley
•  1 egg
•  1/2 teaspoon of  Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise

Mix your ingredients then the bread crumbs and crab meat. Next you will make and shape the mixture into patties. Make them the size you like but do not be stingy. Next you will either pan fry in hot oil or cook off in the oven broiler. Enjoy with tarter sauce, cocktail sauce, horseradish sauce or plain.

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