What Are Crab Fingers?

Crab fingers are a great appetizer, and can be served as a complement to other seafood dishes such as fried fish and stuffed flounder. Prepare the claws by peeling away the shell. You'll only be using the pincer end of the claw.

Cocktail Crab Fingers - Picked from the ends of the blue crab's claws, the meat is left attached to the feather (called a feather because it looks like a feather once all the crab meat is removed) of the claw. Most popularly served as an appetizer, it is commonly served “as is” with a remoulade sauce. Crab Claw fingers can also be marinated and served in a crab salad or even deep fried and served with a seafood cocktail sauce.

How Long to Cook Crab Fingers - Crab Claw Fingers

Put un-cracked claws into a steamer basket and set over steamer pot of boiling water over high heat. Cover and steam until heated through, about 5 minutes. In the meantime, melt butter in a small pan, being careful not to brown it. Remove from heat.

Recipe

Directions

• Melt the butter in a Teflon coated skillet over medium heat. ...
• Sprinkle the claw fingers with seasoning, pepper and salt. ...
• After two minutes add the lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. ...
• Serve crab claws and sauce in a bowl – adding French bread for dipping.
• Remoulade Sauce would be great for dipping.

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