Creole Spiced Blue Crabs With Green Onion Dipping Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

1		Water
1		Onion - chopped
2		Celery stalks - chopped
2		Lemons - halved
1		Jalapeno - halved
1		Garlic head - halved
3		Fresh thyme sprigs
2		Bay leaves
2 tablespoons	30ml	Crab Boil
3 lbs	1362g / 48oz	Blue crabs
3		Green onions
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chopped garlic
1		Chicken stock
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

In a large pot, combine the water, onions, celery, lemons, jalapenos, garlic head, thyme, bay leaves, and Crab Boil. Season the water with salt and pepper. Bring the liquid up to a boil. Add the blue crabs and cook for about 15 minutes. Remove the crabs from the water and cool in a bowl of ice water. Cool the crabs for about 5 minutes and remove from the water.

In a saucepan, combine the green onions, garlic, and chicken stock. Season with salt and pepper. Bring the liquid up to a simmer. Cook the liquid for 10 minutes. Remove the sauce from the heat. Using a hand-held blender, puree the sauce until smooth. Strain the sauce through a fine mesh strainer. Reseason with salt and pepper if needed.

Pile the crabs on a platter and serve with the dipping sauce.

This recipe yields 4 appetizer servings.

Source:
EMERIL LIVE with Emeril Lagasse - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EM-1A55 broadcast 06-21-1998) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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