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How to Cook and Eat Alaskan King Crab

About the Alaskan King Crab

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Alexandra VanCleve
Owner/Crab Cooker, Capt. Jack's Crab Shack and The Virginia Crab Cake Co
www.welovecrabs.com  
540-582-8868

Eight years ago my family stumbled into the crab business and never looked back.  I spent every summer working at the crab shack to save money for college and of course help out my family.  After graduating from UVa with a degree in biology, I was dazed and confused.  Like most kids with a degree in one hand and zero experience in the other, I prolonged real life for a bit by working yet another summer at the crab shack.  The business had grown so much and the need to expand presented a unique opportunity- for me to become a business owner.  One larger retail store and an on-line store that ships seafood across the country, www.crabpie.com, I am learning something new every day.  Maybe one day I'll go to grad school, but right now I'm having too much fun cooking crabs!

About the Alaskan King Crab

 

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Alexandra VanCleve: Hi! I am Alexandra VanCleve with Capt. Jack's Crab Shack and I am here to show you how to cook and eat Alaskan King Crab. King Crab is most profitable, most prestigious crab in the sea, caught out of the cold icy waters of the Bering Sea. It's known for it's rich red color and it's succulent white tender meat.

Almost all of the Alaskan King Crab that you will come across is already fully cooked, so you are really just worrying about heating the crab meat, whether it's boiling, steaming, grilling or any kind of other method. Also, the most common types you are going to run into are the full legs and the claws. The meats are a little bit different, so it's up to you and totally personal preference on which one you'd like to eat.

There are three species of King Crab meat; Red, Blue and Golden. Today we are going to show you how to cook the Blue which is known for it's huge size and massive claws. King Crab can come in various sizes but the larger the leg, the higher the price tag, mainly because of how rare they can be. So, that's a little bit about Alaskan King Crab.

Coming up next, I am going to show you how to cook the King Crabs!

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