Kirk's steamed or boiled crab recipe
Delicious crab! Central to the identity of San Francisco, it is the very symbol of Fisherman's wharf. Now that you've got it, what will you do with it? Don't blink, here goes:
Ingredients:
two dungeness crab
big pot of boiling water and a steamer basket if you want to steam
beer
Method:
Set your pot to boiling. Either a couple inches under a steamer basket if you’re steaming, or a full pot if you want to boil
Open a beer
Pour half the beer in the pot of boiling water, and the other half in you
add your crabs to the boiling water so they're fully immersed
note: if your crabs are halved and cleaned, you may want to steam them rather than immerse them, in which case use less liquid and set them on a steamer basket in your pot
cook for 10-12 minutes
pull 'em out, crack, and enjoy! Cheers!
I like to use a meat hammer to crack my crabs and snack as I go, but to each their own. Serve with melted butter (or lemon-garlic butter: melt the butter in a skillet, add 1 small clove of garlic, cook on low to avoid burning the butter, add juice of half a lemon).