The case for eating seafood is a good one as Alice from Maresca Fish, Scottish seafood suppliers based in Aberdeen explains. Not only is it tasty but it is healthy too. King Crab recipes are imaginative and there are many superb ideas for appetizers, main courses or as tidbits to hand out at parties. Crab meat is an excellent source of protein and can be incorporated into a low fat diet.
There are two major resources for this kind of food, Norway and Alaska. Both regions will produce the finest quality King Crab recipe, especially when combined with other fresh ingredients. The crab meat is a good accompaniment to most salad ingredients and vegetables and can also be combined with other seafood. There are so many ways to enjoy King Crab recipes, in wrap sandwiches, quiche, dipping sauces, and dumplings.
The Norwegian King Crab has become very popular in up market restaurants in the US and the UK. Stocks are abundant and it is hoped that the demand for this food will grow as other fish species dwindle.
An example of a Norwegian dish is Norwegian Red King Crab with White Halibut. When frying the halibut and crab meat, add lemon juice, garlic, rosemary and butter. Parties go with a zing with mango cubes filled with crab meat with a layer of salmon roe. They are colorful as well as full of flavor. Kebabs with salad are great fun too. Fry the crab meat, and toss the lettuce in olive oil, salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Skewer the crab, lettuce and onion and serve with croutons and an aioli dressing.
The Bering Sea is the source for the Alaskan King Crab recipes. Crab legs are split and the meat removed. Alaska King Crab Royal can be made by grilling the crab meat with onion, parsley, tarragon, lemon juice, butter or margarine and a dash from a hot pepper bottle. Alaska meets the Orient with the Alaska stir fry, using crab meat with garlic, onion, mushrooms, tomatoes and Chinese pea pods. Seafood soup is also popular and King Crab recipes make the soup course a welcome treat. Creamed Alaskan Crab and Spinach Soup uses chicken broth, and seasoning with pepper and ground nutmeg.
There is nothing like a nourishing seafood stew on a cold winter’s day. Alaskan Seafood Stew is a gorgeous blend of different kinds of fish and herbs. It calls for Alaskan King Crab or snow crab, halibut, cod, rockfish, pollock, Dungeness and Alaskan pink shrimp. All this is cooked with onion, thyme, pimiento and parsley in white wine.
Not all dishes and snacks need to have fresh crab, canned crab meat will sometimes be appropriate. In the Caribbean, King Crab Cakes are popular and are eaten hot and cold. The canned crab meat for this King Crab recipe is prepared with mashed potato, parsley, French mustard, mayonnaise, Worcester Sauce, butter, egg, breadcrumbs and seasoning.