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Risotto with alaskan crab
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Risotto with alaskan crab

5 Best Crab Recipes with Alaskan Crab

June 27th, 2023

A Delicious Range of Recipes for Crab Legs

Wild Alaskan Company’s Snap & Eat Crab Legs are sweet and succulent, with a subtle brininess and delicious texture. They’re delicious in a range of recipes, whether steaming the crab to dip in a zesty sauce, adding a handful of picked crab meat to a risotto, or making the perfect crab cakes.

Cajun Butter Dipping Sauce

Crab dipping sauces

Steaming crab legs is the easiest way to enjoy your crab. After you’ve mastered this cooking technique, there are various ways to enjoy it — most immediately, with melted butter! For an extra kick, try making a zesty, savory cajun butter.

Our recipe for Cajun Butter Dipping Sauce includes:

  • Butter

  • Garlic and onion

  • Cajun seasoning

  • Honey

  • Lemon juice

  • Hot sauce

Crab Esquites

Crab esquites

Esquites are a beloved Mexican street food, perfect to serve at a vibrant gathering. The dish is typically made with grilled corn, cut from the cob then buried under fresh, zesty toppings. This esquites recipe adds in a heap of briny Alaskan crab, giving it that *extra* that you’re looking .

Our recipe for Crab Esquites includes:

  • Corn (fresh or frozen)

  • Serrano pepper

  • Lime

  • Cotija cheese or feta cheese

  • Sour cream

  • Mayonnaise

  • Cilantro

Creamy Alaskan Crab Risotto with Corn and Scallions

Crab risotto This recipe for risotto with crab, corn, and scallions is a creamy, comforting meal to share with some of your favorite dinner guests. Pureed corn makes this risotto extra special, adding a velvety creaminess to the risotto, melding with the starches released from the grains of rice.

Our recipe for Creamy Crab Risotto includes:

  • Risotto rice

  • Yellow onion

  • Dry white wine

  • Veggie stock or prawn stock

  • Corn (fresh or frozen)

  • Scallions

The Perfect Crab Cake

Crab cake alaskan

These crab cakes are perfect for a reason. Briny, sweet, freshly-picked crab starts as a delicious base, mixed with almond meal to help bind it together with a dose of healthy fats. You can enjoy these on a sandwich, over a salad, or on their own with a zesty sauce.

Our recipe for the Perfect Alaskan Crab Cake includes:

  • Egg

  • Red onion

  • Mayonnaise

  • Dijon mustard

  • Almond meal (or breadcrumbs)

Saucy Crab Stir Fry with Bell Peppers

Crab stir fry with peppers

Crab stir fry is a simple yet flavor-packed meal that you can whip up in under 20 minutes. The sweet, delicate flavors of Alaskan crab are spiced up with oyster sauce, bell peppers, and some aromatic ingredients to make an impressive meal in almost no time. 

Our recipe for Saucy Crab Stir Fry with Bell Peppers includes:

  • Ginger

  • Shallots and garlic

  • Dried chili flakes

  • Green bell pepper

  • Sake, white wine, Shaoxing wine, or beer

  • Soy sauce and oyster sauce

  • Cilantro and scallions 

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