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OVEN BROILED BLUE CRABS



Catch of the day: Oven-broiled blue crab perfection! 🦀✨

𝑰𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔:
🦀 Uncooked blue crab
🦀 Butter
🦀 Parsley
🦀 Thyme
🦀 Habanero pepper (or hot sauce)
🦀 Fresh garlic
🦀 Old Bay
🦀 Onion and garlic powder
🦀 Black pepper
🦀 Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
🦀 Splash of your favorite beer

𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔:

1. If you have live crab, be sure to place them in an ice bath or the freezer for 45 minutes to paralyze them before cracking them open.
2. Next, lift the flapper piece on the back to create an opening that will separate the shell from the body.
3. Clean out the guts and remove the lungs, which we call the dead man fingers.
4. Next, to a bowl, add butter, parsley, garlic, thyme, hot pepper or hot sauce, Old Bay seasoning, onion and garlic powder, and black pepper.
5. Melt the butter and then add a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
6. Then, add the butter mixture to each crab, seasoning it up really well on the front and back.
7. Bake in a 375-degree oven for 7 minutes on each side and then broil the front half for 3 minutes to get a nice char.
8. Top with Old Bay and eat with the butter mixture that was left in the pan!

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