BRYAN ROMANOW

Thrill your Family with Alaskan King Crab Legs



Posted: Sunday, May 10, 2009

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When most people think about Alaskan king crab legs , the envision plates of boiled or steamed legs in the shell, served with lemon and drawn butter. While this is the most popular way to serve this delicious meat, it is not the only way. There are a number of other ways to serve crab leg meat that your whole family will enjoy.

Regardless of how you will be serving the crab legs, you first need to learn how to get to the meat.. While it can be messy at first, once you learn the method and get a little practice time in, it really is not very difficult. Crab legs come in three sections, so your first task is to separate the sections. This is done by breaking the sections apart at the joint. Bend the joint until it cracks, then pull the sections apart. Once that is accomplished you are faced with the more difficult task; cracking the shell.

The easiest way to crack the shells is to have a set of crab crackers. These are like nut crackers, and are designed specifically for breaking crab leg shells. You need to crack the shells and pull them apart to get to the meat inside.

While king crab legs can hold their own as an excellent entre, they also work well as an ingredient in other dishes as well. On a cool evening your family would really enjoy a nice hot bowl of crab chowder or king crab bisque. When cooked in one of these soups, the flavor of the crab meat is released into the cream base of the soup, giving it a sweet flavor.

You can also use crab meat as an ingredient in a stir-fry, with some fresh vegetables and served over white rice. Or how about crab mat in a white wine sauce, served over a bed of fresh linguini. Might also want to consider a fresh crab leg salad served over chilled mixed salad greens.

Besides the flavor, another desirable quality of Alaskan king crab legs is that they are a healthy choice to add to your menu. The meat from crab legs is low in fat, but it is also high in Omega-3 oils. That means it is not only heart healthy, but also has essential oils that have been shown to help prevent cancer.

Alaskan king crab legs are something you should really think about when planning your next menu, whether you want to serve them straight, or as a featured ingredient, they are a delicious and healthy choice that will thrill your dinner guests.

Bryan Romanow is a local Maine Lobster expert.  He is interested in the preservation of cold water Lobster due to the over harvesting and poaching of undersized lobster. He also believes in moderate harvesting and believes it is OK to buy Maine Lobster when guide lines our flowed. It is important to buy Live Lobster from a reliable source
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