Oven-Roasted Dungeness Crab
Succulent Dungeness crabs roasted to perfection with a fragrant sauce of butter, olive oil, garlic, and citrus. This elegant dish features fresh herbs and a hint of spice from crushed red pepper.
Ingredients
- •¼ cup butter
- •¼ cup olive oil
- •2 tablespoons minced garlic
- •1 tablespoon minced shallot
- •1½ teaspoons dried crushed red pepper
- •2 whole Dungeness crabs
- •2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme
- •2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- •½ cup blood orange juice
- •1 teaspoon blood orange peel
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 500°F. Melt butter with oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in garlic, shallot, and dried crushed red pepper. Add crabs; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon chopped thyme and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley over crabs. Stir to combine. Place skillet in oven and roast crabs until heated through, stirring once, about 12 minutes.
12 min
- 2.
Using tongs, transfer crabs to platter. Add orange juice and peel to same skillet; boil until sauce is reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. Spoon sauce over crabs. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon thyme and 1 tablespoon parsley and serve.
5 min
