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What Are Crab claws and How Can I Use Them?

Wondering what to do with crab claws? This guide covers how to pick them, cook them, store them, and swap them, plus 3 recipes to put them to work.

In Chinese:
蟹钳
British (UK) term:
Crab claws
en français:
pinces de crabe
en español:
pinzas de cangrejo

Recipes using crab claws

There are 3 recipes that contain this ingredient.

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Curried Snow Crab Claws

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Snow crab claws simmered in a strained curry sauce built from sauteed vegetables, apple, fish stock, and a splash of pineapple juice. A refined, restaurant-style seafood dish with layered tropical and savory flavors.

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Satay-Satay Hurricane Soup

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Thai-style seafood soup with shrimp, crab claws, mussels, and fish in a galangal-lemongrass-lime leaf broth built on a slow-cooked garlic-chili paste. Bold, sour, and aromatic.

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Shark's Fin with Bamboo Fungus

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An elaborate Chinese banquet dish: shark's fin stuffed in bamboo fungi with shrimp-coated crab claws, asparagus, bean sprouts, and crab roe sauce. A multi-component showpiece for special occasions.

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