Oven-Roasted Dungeness Crab

Ingredients for Oven-Roasted Dungeness Crab

• 60ml (1/2 stick) butter

• 60ml olive oil

• 2 tablespoons minced garlic

• 1 tablespoon minced shallot

• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried crushed red pepper

• 2 large Dungeness crabs, cooked, cleaned, and cracked (about 1.9kg)

• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme, divided

• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, divided

• 1/2 cup blood orange juice or regular orange juice

• 1 teaspoon finely grated blood orange peel or regular orange peel

How to make Oven-Roasted Dungeness Crab

Preheat oven to 260°C. Melt butter with oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in garlic, shallot, and dried crushed red pepper. Add crabs; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon chopped thyme and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley over crabs. Stir to combine. Place skillet in oven and roast crabs until heated through, stirring once, about 12 minutes.

Using tongs, transfer crabs to platter. Add orange juice and peel to same skillet; boil until sauce is reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. Spoon sauce over crabs. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon thyme and 1 tablespoon parsley and serve.

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