Oven-Roasted Dungeness Crab
This oven roasted crab recipe is sure to inspire your next dinner party or holiday menu. The accompanying herb butter made with blood oranges creates the perfect appetizer or entrée for any occasion.
Oven-Roasted Dungeness Crab
active time: 35 minutes
ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 Tbsp garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp shallot, minced
- 1 ½ tsp crushed red pepper
- 1 large Dungeness crabs*, cooked, cleaned, and cracked (about 4 1/4 pounds)
- 2 Tbsp fresh thyme, chopped, divided
- 2 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped, divided
- ½ cup blood orange juice or regular orange juice
- 1 tsp blood orange zest
method
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.
In a separate large skillet, season the crabs and sprinkle with the thyme and parsley. Pour butter mixture over the crabs.
Place skillet in oven and roast crabs until heated through, stirring once, about 12 minutes. Using tongs, transfer crabs to platter.
Add orange juice and peel to empty skillet; boil until sauce is reduced by about half. Spoon blood orange sauce over crabs, garnish with remaining fresh hers and serve.
