Beer Steamed Crabs
"A wonderful way to prepare fresh crabs. Especially fun if you add some iced cold beer for drinking while you pick crab meat. This recipe is meant for use with live crabs. If they're cleaned first, the meat is exposed and it will be entirely too spicy."
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
3
ingredients
- 1 dozen live blue crab
- 1 quart water
- 4 (12 ounce) cans beer
- 1⁄2 cup crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 bay leaves
- Old Bay Seasoning
directions
- Bring water, beer, crushed red pepper, bay leaves and Old Bay Seasoning to a boil in a 6 qt pot.
- Drop in crabs.
- Cook 15-20 minutes once liquid returns to boil.
- Serve hot.
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Reviews
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This is my 1st time using beer. I clean my crabs 1st so 1/2 cup of red pepper was HOT!!! Although my husband loved it that way. I also put the lid on during boil. Not sure if that was ok or not,but it worked.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
BogeysMom
United States
I'm a Marine Corps wife and mother of two children with skin and three with fur. I consider myself a "southern cook", but I love to try new stuff, too. I'm also a registered nurse and my specialty is Neonatal ICU. We are currently stationed near Washington, DC and we really, really could not hate it more. We are not big city people. We prefer the quiet mountains of Vermont, where my husband is from. I am into my own spirituality, and love to study religions of different kinds.
