Best Warm Lobster Dip Or Crabmeat Or Sea Legs Or Baby Shrimp Recipe Foodcom Recipes

DRAWN BUTTER FOR STEAMED LOBSTER, CRABS, OR CLAMS

Steps:

• Place the butter in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil for 1 minute.
• Set the saucepan aside and let the butter settle, undisturbed. The milk solids will come to the top of the butter and the watery whey will collect on the bottom. Skim off the milk solids with a spoon and pour the drawn butter into a serving bowl or several small ramekins, taking care not include the watery liquid in the bottom of the pan. Serve.

WARM LOBSTER DIP

Steps:

• Soften the cream cheese, and cut the lobster meat into bite size pieces.
• Stir all the ingredients together, adjusting the consistency with milk, as desired.
• Place into an oven-proof dish and refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Bake uncovered at 375F for 20 minutes or until bubbly.

LOBSTER DIP

Steps:

• Blend the chili sauce into the cream cheese.
• Mix in the mayo, onion and horseradish.
• Add the lobster carefully.
• Chill until ready to serve.

SEAFOOD (CRAB, SHRIMP AND LOBSTER) BOIL AND HOW TO OPEN AND EAT

Steps:

• In a very large outdoor boiler/fryer or in a very large pot heat first 9 ingredients. Using half the water and adding as you need it so food is completely submerged with an extra 2-4 inches to cover.
• When it comes to a boil lower heat to medium high and add sausages cook 3 minutes add potatoes cook for 8 minutes add corn and Dungeness crabs cook for 4 minutes and follow with rest of the crabs cooking for 7 minutes. There should be enough water so that the crab is completely submerged.
• Strain into a large pot or bowl set aside and cover.
• If needed add more beer or water into the cooking liquid.
• Add lobster into pot and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add clams for 1 minute add shrimp for 3-4 minutes, toss.
• Dump and Serve on table covered with brown paper with melted butter, lemon, salt, and cocktail sauce.
• Open a lobster-- To open a boiled or steamed lobster.
• Break off large claws; separate tail from body; take body from shell, leaving "lady" or stomach on shell.
• Put aside green fat and coral; remove small claws; remove woolly gills from body, break later through middle and pick out meat joints.
• Cut with very sharp scissors through length of underside of tail, draw meat from shell,yum.
• Draw back flesh on upper end and pull off intestinal cord.
• Break edge of large claws and remove meat.
• Enjoy!
• For the Crab--.
• Twist off the legs and claws, take the mallet, and have fun gigging out the meat with forks or picks.
• Pry off the crabs "apron," the small flap on the underside, and discard it.
• Next, with the crab upside down, press down on one side of the top shell and pull up on the center and leg sections with the other hand until they come apart, discard top shell. Also, discard the intestine, which runs down the center of the back.
• Remove the gills (NOT EDIBLE) from each side and discard.
• The greenish yellow "mustard." Of course, it's not really mustard (it is the crustacean's equivalent of a liver). Many do eat it, but probably as many just toss it.
• The "crab butter" (the yellow, mushy stuff in the cavity. Is consider a delicacy and there are recipes that call for them. So, set them aside if you like. If not discard.
• Snap crab body in half.
• The edges where the two halves have broken open are where you'll find the biggest chunks of crabmeat. Pull it out with your fingers. As you dig deeper into the body closer to the leg openings, a knife or pick comes in handy. There are smaller cavities here, which should not be overlooked.
• To Crack claws either use a mallet or a nutcracker. A mallet is fairly self-explanatory but look out for flying bits of shell and juice.
• Before you roll up the mess in the paper, carefully check that no utensils or, even worse, a stray uneaten claw gets thrown away by accident.
• Be sure to put the garbage bags in tightly sealed cans to keep animals out. Even if you wash your hands thoroughly with soap the smell of crabs and Old Bay may linger for a day. Rubbing lemon juice mixed with baking soda on your hands will remove this odor.

JUST LIKE, JACK ASTOR'S CRAB DIP - COPYCAT

Steps:

• In a small pan, saute onion and garlic.
• Next saute bell pepper, then mushrooms.
• Let cool.
• In a bowl soften cream cheese with a spoon.
• Add cooled vegetables, crab meat, and cheese.
• Store in container in fridge until ready to serve.
• SERVING INSTRUCTIONS: Place dip in a oven proof shallow bowl.
• Spread dip evenly in bowl and top with more shredded cheddar cheese.
• Warm slightly in microwave.
• Bake in oven at 350 degrees, until slightly bubbling and the top is starting to turn golden brown.
• Sprinkle with chopped parsley and parlsey sprig.
• Place bowl on a serving plate and surround with nacho chips and pita points.

WARM LOBSTER DIP (OR CRABMEAT, OR SEA LEGS, OR BABY SHRIMP)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Chop onion & garlic and put in microwave safe bowl with the olive oil. Microwave 1 minute then remove and add to a large bowl with all the remaining ingredients.
• Stir to combine well & add to oven safe baking dish sprayed lightly with cooking spray for easy clean-up (I use Pam Olive Oil Spray).
• Bake 30 minute covered with foil. Remove foil & bake another 10-15 minute until bubbly.
• Serve immediately.