Dungeness Crab Recipes
Every December we pull crab pots out of the Bay Area, and most of that crab ends up in these recipes: crab curry, crab pulao, garlic roasted crab, crab tikki, crab dip and plenty more.
If you just came home with a sack of Dungeness and don't know where to start, start here.
How we handle it
Cook the whole haul, freeze the extra
Cook your crab the day you catch it, while it's still alive. When we come home with more than we can eat, we steam or boil it all, then vacuum seal the crabs whole and freeze them. Months later they're ready for curry, pulao or crab dip.
Clean before you cook for curries
Pull the back shell, scrape out the gills and guts, and rinse. You get cleaner flavor and the sauce gets into every piece.
Save the crab water
Keep the water you steam or boil crab in. It is a ready-made stock for pulao, bisque and rasam.
Dungeness crab recipes
9 full recipes with ingredients and steps, plus a card for every dungeness crab video we have posted.
Crab Pot Pie
- Species
- Dungeness crab
- Method
- Baked pot pie
Crab Tikki
- Species
- Dungeness crab
- Method
- Pan fried
Creamy Crab Pasta with Mafaldine
- Species
- Dungeness crab
- Method
- Pasta
Dungeness Crab Curry
- Species
- Dungeness crab
- Method
- Simmered
Dungeness Crab Dip
- Species
- Dungeness crab
- Method
- Baked
Dungeness Crab Pulao
- Species
- Dungeness crab
- Method
- Pulao
Nandu Rasam with Crab Pakoras
- Species
- Dungeness crab
- Method
- Bisque, fried
Oven Roasted Garlic Dungeness Crab
- Species
- Dungeness crab
- Method
- Roasted
Stuffed Crab (Caranguejos Recheados)
- Species
- Dungeness crab
- Method
- Stuffed, baked
Crab Bruschetta
- Species
- Crab
- Method
- Bruschetta
Crab Croquettes with Aleppo Pepper Tagliatelle
- Species
- Crab
- Method
- Fried
Crab Egg Drop Soup
- Species
- Crab
- Method
- Soup
Crab Wonton Soup
- Species
- Crab
- Method
- Soup
Creamy Coconut Crab Noodles
- Species
- Crab
- Method
- Noodles
Butter Crab Pasta
- Species
- Crab
- Method
- Pasta
California Dungeness Crab and Rockfish
- Species
- Dungeness crab, Rockfish
- Method
- Catch and cook
Crab Bolognese
- Species
- Crab
- Method
- Pasta
Crab Curry
- Species
- Crab
- Method
- Curry
Crab Tagliatelle
- Species
- Crab
- Method
- Pasta
Soft Shell Crab Three Ways
- Species
- Soft shell crab
- Method
- Fried