First the crabs had to be cleaned and prepared for cooking. BIG DECISION - how to prepare them. We settled on stir fry with lots of garlic.
Sandra took about 8 cloves of garlic for each crab.Chop the garlic finely, and stir-fry it in oil until it is golden brown.
Remove the garlic and add about a tablespoon of dried red pepper flakes and fry until fragrant.
Cut the crab into four pieces and dredge with flour.
Stir-fry the crab in the oil until it is done, adding some chicken bouillon powder and salt.
When the crab is done add chopped green onion and the fried garlic and heat until the onion is softened.
Serve with steamed bread.
DON’T discard any leftover garlic residue. It is great added to rice congee.
As you can see, there wasn't anything left. In fact it was so tasty that I bought a license and went out to catch our own crabs this past Friday.
We went to a jetty near Nehalem Bay on the Oregon coast. They rent the traps and I wanted to try it out before I invested in my own traps. The license which allows you to catch 12 crabs per day was $6.50 and the traps rented for $8.00/day including a rotting fish for bait. We went with another family and took the fixings for lunch and hot pot in case we were hungry and didn’t want to eat the crabs we caught “on-the-spot”. We even decided how we would divide our catch among our friends since 12 per family would be more than enough.
They even have a pot to boil your crabs if you want to eat them there at one of the many tables provided surrounding a communal fire pit.
They rent boats if you want to go out into the channel but we decided to crab from the floating dock.
Well, to make a long story short we “crabbed” all afternoon. Throw the trap out – wait 20-30 minutes – pull the trap in – inspect the catch. You are only allowed to keep male crabs measuring over 5-3/4 inches across the back of the shell.
I caught 33 crabs – and brought none home. All the large crabs were female and the males were too small to even measure. My friend and his daughter caught over 40 crabs – same results.
We thought about buying some crabs at the pier but had second thoughts. There will always be another chance; in fact my friend is out today at another location. MAYBE he will share his catch.
Remove the garlic and add about a tablespoon of dried red pepper flakes and fry until fragrant.
Cut the crab into four pieces and dredge with flour.
Stir-fry the crab in the oil until it is done, adding some chicken bouillon powder and salt.
When the crab is done add chopped green onion and the fried garlic and heat until the onion is softened.
Serve with steamed bread.
DON’T discard any leftover garlic residue. It is great added to rice congee.
As you can see, there wasn't anything left. In fact it was so tasty that I bought a license and went out to catch our own crabs this past Friday.We went to a jetty near Nehalem Bay on the Oregon coast. They rent the traps and I wanted to try it out before I invested in my own traps. The license which allows you to catch 12 crabs per day was $6.50 and the traps rented for $8.00/day including a rotting fish for bait. We went with another family and took the fixings for lunch and hot pot in case we were hungry and didn’t want to eat the crabs we caught “on-the-spot”. We even decided how we would divide our catch among our friends since 12 per family would be more than enough.
They even have a pot to boil your crabs if you want to eat them there at one of the many tables provided surrounding a communal fire pit.
They rent boats if you want to go out into the channel but we decided to crab from the floating dock.
Well, to make a long story short we “crabbed” all afternoon. Throw the trap out – wait 20-30 minutes – pull the trap in – inspect the catch. You are only allowed to keep male crabs measuring over 5-3/4 inches across the back of the shell.
I caught 33 crabs – and brought none home. All the large crabs were female and the males were too small to even measure. My friend and his daughter caught over 40 crabs – same results.
We thought about buying some crabs at the pier but had second thoughts. There will always be another chance; in fact my friend is out today at another location. MAYBE he will share his catch.
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