Crab Boil
By: Anonymous
Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 8:59pm

Ingredients




Water
1 Bouquet garni
cup Crab boil
3 Lemons cut in half
2 Garlic heads slit in half
1 Blue Crab
1 Dungeness Crab
1 Green Shore Crab
1 Stone Crab
1 Common European crab
2 Queen Crab claws
2 Snow Crab claws
2 King or Alaskan claws
Bloody Mary Sauce see * Note

Preparation

1 Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add bouquet garni, crab boil, lemons and garlic. Add the largest of the crabs first adding the remainder of the crabs and removing the crabs as they become cooked. 2 In a sauce pan, melt 1/4 cup of butter with a few peeled garlic cloves. Simmer the butter for 3 to 4 minutes to infuse the garlic into the butter. Remove from the heat and discard the garlic cloves. Serve immediately as a dipping sauce. 3 Place the crabs on a platter and arrange the sauces around the platter.