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Thereof, how do you cook already cooked Dungeness crab?
DIRECTIONS
- Thaw seafood, rinse and pat dry on paper towels.
- To Steam: place one inch of water in a large pot, bring to a boil.
- Snow crab legs or claws - 5 minutes.
- King Crab legs (whole or split) - 8 minutes.
- Maine lobster or Dungeness crab - 10 minutes.
- In Oven: preheat oven to 400°.
Correspondingly, how do you reheat crab meat?
Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil over a stovetop. Place the crab directly into the boiling water, if its shell is intact, and cover the pot with a lid. Boil for five minutes per pound of crab you are heating. If you are heating unshelled crab meat, skip to Step 3.
Defrost and cook frozen, uncooked crab by placing it in boiling water. For large crabs, boil up to 30 minutes; for smaller crabs, 20 minutes. You can safely defrost a small uncooked crab for use in a "fresh" crab recipe by placing it in the refrigerator overnight in a bowl, pot or pan filled with water.