Richard Brock, New Orleans Cajun here 82 years old I've watched relatives boil crabs, shrimp, and crawfish in the 40s. We use Zatarains Crab Boil. I squeeze a couple lemons in it and drop the squeezed lemon in the water. I take a large onion just cut it in half drop it in the pot, and I cut a whole head of garlic in half and drop it in the pot, when eating, my guests are hunting and fighting over the garlic oh, la la! They love it. I also put a 1/4 cup or more of Louisiana Hot Sauce in the pot too. Some folks add small 2 or 3-inch pieces of corn on the cob to the pot, as well as small potatoes, and start them boiling early because they take longer than the seafood to boil. Here is a secret Cajun trick for the best boil you will ever have. Throw that icebox of cold water away. Seafood floats to the top when finished. Quickly turn the fire off and pour a gallon or so of cold or even ice-cold water into the pot. As you do this the seafood will sink to the bottom. Let them soak for 10 to 15 minutes. This is when the seasonings all soak into the shell fish and really gets to the tastiest boiled seafood you will ever encounter. Try it! You'll like it! Mikey likes it. That ice box you are using does not have any seasoning to soak into the finished product. Richard no offense meant here. I hope you try this with any seafood you boil.

This is such a dad video, great work!

You got it down . The only thing I would add is 1/2 cup of white vinegar . Sounds odd but has no effect on the taste just the shell . Makes the meat separate so nicely especially in the knuckles . You'll notice that even the claws seem to crack easily without chipping like glass leaving tinny little fragments that sometimes get missed and end up chipping a tooth in the middle of your feast . The vinegar actually softens the shell . Makes it less brittle and less likely to smash the meat up trying to get at it . Trust me . You'll notice no change in taste just less work getting at the meat . I learned this from a old Italian crab fisherman down at pier 45 who really knew what he was talking about . He showed me the secret to making the best cippino I've ever had. It's the crab butter hidden in the top of the main carapace or head that looks all nasty inside . Not the guts but hidden behind all that there's a thin membrane that separates the funk from a creamy white layer of what looks like butter on the shell . You scrape that out with a spoon right into the pot trying not to gag on the look of it . As soon as you taste the difference you'll stop throwing it out and saving it up instead . There's always room to learn new things no matter how much you think you know about something .

@HOAUSCOM

4 жыл бұрын

Dave S. Nothere will try! Thx

@HOAUSCOM

4 жыл бұрын

Dave S. Nothere yessir. Works great. FYI my moms side all Filipinos so there isn’t throwing any of it lol. Thx for the recommendation

@lstruggy

Жыл бұрын

Imma try that ty! 👌🏽

I don’t like when my crab 🦀 get cold I like it straight out of the hot water let it rest for 2minutes then eat right away the ice bath wouldn’t work for me it like rinsing all my favourite off

Just saying I tried a few different methods of other people's suggestion on how to boil crab and I must say yours is the best thank you for sharing

Everyone has their own way they like to eat them. I make mine in salt water only cause I want the crab taste like 🦀 with some butter on the side. And I eat them soon as they come out the pot hot I don’t want frozen crab or cold crab.🤢🤮 but like I said there’s no wrong way to eat crab it’s just the way you prefer to. 👍🏼

I boil in the sea water on-site where they were caught. I agree that putting on ice because we're usually 100+ miles from home and camping a few days. Good video!

Great video … looks delicious

Nice video! Thanks!

Holy Crap... delicious crabs!!!

Nice piece !

Delicious cheff.

Duddddeee love how you got right to the point!! Great plan! User discretion be advised lol! I had great success

Love the boots lol

Great video.

I love crabs 🦀

Nice video even better boots!!!!!!!:)

I’m close to a million pounds of dungys into my deckhand career. Nice video.

The crabs look great

@Noone-ui9us

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

I was told by a crab salesman that the ice bath also pulls the meat away from the shell and is easier to get out

Why season them if you just rinse it all off?

@HOAUSCOM

6 жыл бұрын

nolan tanaka the seasoning not only cooks flavor in but changes the consistency of the meat. The seasoning lightly stays inside the shell as well. When I’m cooking this many crabs...20-100 then I do the rinse off and icing for them to be able to freeze and preserve. But I do take a bunch to eat while we are cooking and also after for dinner. I have found that the Louisiana crab boils also keep the meat sweeter and less fibrous than simply using salt. Salt boiling just makes the meat dry out and tough. Lastly you don’t get to see it on video but after the majority of crabs are done then the last bit I use for soup/gumbo or cooking stock. Hope it helps. Thank you for question/comments!

@HOAUSCOM

6 жыл бұрын

nolan tanaka it stays inside shell so meat is sweet and soft. Not salty and fibrous. Especially for cooking later

@officerkrupke4966

4 жыл бұрын

As the crabs cool off, they absorb the water, so instead, why not stop cooking process and simplify things by dumping ice into pot, which would stop cooking process and allow crabs to absorb the seasoning in pot. Less mess, more flavor.

@MAJORMAN299

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking that

Love the boots brotha Swag 😁

@mrbeaverstate

3 жыл бұрын

I came just to comment on those ;-)

Bro. You rock!! Nice method and nicely done. Great job.

i just bought 3 legal small ones from a guy for $10.00! I'm happy! I haven't had any for around 4 years!

@MrSoarman

2 жыл бұрын

Ha, you just bought 3 legal crabs, unless he had a consumer license they are illegal. And he must have a commercial license.

@davidregan9872

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSoarman They're gone now so I really don't care!

Very nice

Nice video

Do you have a video on cleaning them?

Nice job

@HOAUSCOM

6 жыл бұрын

Pastor Peewee thx!

Great Video. But OH, the boots!!!

Nice boots!

@HOAUSCOM

6 жыл бұрын

Sub2 NICO best comment ever!

I always add half can of beer and apple cider vinegar- it’s the bomb!!!!

If I was balling hard this is the way to do it nice video my wife would leave me for them damn crabs she love em.

Those boots are cute

Excellent techniques but do I have to wear the little girl marching band boots?🤣

Try cleaning the crab before cooking much cleaner taste when done cooking put on ice not in water

螃蟹不好看但是我爱吃

So how do you split them, take out the guts to eat?

where are you from big dawg?

What brand of boots are they?

THE BOOTS

Right you have rubbers on, great safety

@HOAUSCOM

5 жыл бұрын

Dustin Surprises safety first!

What size pot is that?

what’s the exact season months for dungeness crabs? sep - dec?

@HOAUSCOM

4 жыл бұрын

h p November till March/April but look at local regulations

Grew up eating cold crab, hate how everyone wants to serve it hot. Never did the ice bath though, we would go from the pot to the fridge

@HOAUSCOM

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Buster ice water can shock/blanch the fastest (other than Dry ice).

My preferred method is add nothing to the water........Too many times overdone with salt etc absolutely ruins the crab to me. Nice video great instruction.

@wizeird

6 жыл бұрын

If you cook them in unsalted water you actually steal the salt (and some flavour) naturally in the crab out into the cooking water. if you guess wrong and over salt the water, well you get overly salted crab, which i agree completely ruins it. you're aiming to get the water salted to taste like the sea, so that the salt in the crab and the water are balanced. I too have struggled getting the ratio right. so every time I go crabbing I scoop some sea water to cook them in. then the salt ratio is always perfect (you're boiling the water anyway)

@HOAUSCOM

6 жыл бұрын

Craig Marston I have tried a ton of different ways, and this seasoning just makes the crab sweet and not salty and breaks the fibrous tissues down. Cajun shrimp, crawfish & crab boil water by Chef Hans’ Gourmet Foods, Inc.

@Buttascotch

6 жыл бұрын

If you don't want to add seasoning then at least use beer instead of water. Beer and seafood is a perfect match

Nice boots

Where do you live that you can get live Dungeness? I can’t find them where I live

@HOAUSCOM

5 жыл бұрын

Brittany King NorCal and seasons almost here...

@mobmoneymoovez6407

5 жыл бұрын

If ur close to a Chinese stor call “SF SuperMarket” then there is live crab 🦀

@kennethmcglothen3933

5 жыл бұрын

@@mobmoneymoovez6407 Here in Sacramento California we have live crab at SF market for $4.50lb. Super bowl tomorrow

@brentwong6982

4 жыл бұрын

Any Asian seafood market

who wants cold crab

@HOAUSCOM

6 жыл бұрын

Mac Y hot n fresh best, buuuuuut with hundreds you wanna have them 90-95% ready for next warm n cook!

@Buttascotch

6 жыл бұрын

I can eat crabs hot, room temp and cold. Esp blue crabs

@HOAUSCOM

6 жыл бұрын

FYI the crab I eat right away is hot out of the pot. But to keep the crab frozen (which is 99% of all crab unless it’s moving has been frozen) it’s best to prep this way

@IMKINDOFABIGDEAL13

5 жыл бұрын

@@HOAUSCOM how do you store for later? Packaging suggestions?

@IMKINDOFABIGDEAL13

5 жыл бұрын

I do. Cold but fresh is my favorite way to eat Dungeness. It's an oregon/Washington tradition lol

Doesn’t that ice and water bath wash off all the seasoning???

His member was looking

Dunegeness crabs are delicious on their own. Burying them in spices like that is a waste.

I couldnt cook mines so i just gave him a name

@alexandramoss7719

3 жыл бұрын

😭

Isn't there any poop to clean out?

why not just take them out a bit early and let the residual heat cook them to finish? saves all the faffing about with ice

Why is your bricks green.. Sam I am?

How to crack?

I prefer steam crabs. Boiled crabs has a lot of sodium and salt. Not too good for you. And I like old bay seasoning with a little bit of JO seasoning

im very want eating crab😢

You don't clean them, first?

So much for humane, you're supposed to lift the crabs apron and slice through it to cut off the nervous system then put them in a pot

@HOAUSCOM

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure if crabs are human, humane, humanly but there’s always salad my friend. Cheers! Will try the apron trick!

Yeah just let cain pass thru the flood already

Those didn't look like they were alive

@peacegiver1000

5 жыл бұрын

They r alive they r probably stunted by putting them on ice it usually slows their movement

Yeah isa yuguda use to yell at me everyday through spectrum cable when I was a masculine manly man that's how they break down you boys and men in our television internet cult

I don't want to eat COLD crab

Gordon Ramsey told me you cook crab for 15 mins....who lying to me you or him?

@IamLegend32

Жыл бұрын

I've also heard most people say 15 min.

I thought ur supposed to eat it alive

Nope! I kill clean and cook. Ocean spiders deserve human treatment Too 😜 crab butter is a mith

How the FUCK is u holding them by the back butt or legs or whoever “Humane”!?! No dude . If you were HUMANE u would somehow put it out of its misery before burning it alive. Omg. Geezus

This is a fragile way of thinking how you should eat a crab perfectly, but in the end you just ruined all the crabby flavors and seafood essence in the shells !

Lol a lot of people don’t know how to cook crabs. 🤦‍♂️

Yeah I'm just a symapthical and empthaytical guy I'm nice boy I don't want to die in good old boys so yeah that's why they target me

Why do that when you could get a bigger pot and put ice in to stop/slow the process. you need to come to the soft and learn how cajuns do it the best. #Lousianna

@voltsnbolts8879

4 жыл бұрын

Why would you do that if youre cooking a bunch of crab? You would need to reheat water for each batch. Better to just have an icebath near by like this guy.

@HOAUSCOM

4 жыл бұрын

Devin Vance first, love Cajun, second, y’all don’t have Dungeness down there, third, I fly in Louisiana boil which is wonderful, forth if you do it that way the meat continues to cook and then overcook. This is for stopping as quick as possible with ice bath (dry ice even faster). But to each his/her own. Now I’m craving blue crabs! Booking a flight.

You never boil a crab whole.....you have to remove the guts and gills or it taints the meat.

ice tub !! not really good idea

That’s not how you boil crab lol

This method makes zero sense if you plan on eating the crab that day..

Not the right way at all, first of all these crabs are virtually dead and 10 minutes is not near long enough I’ve been cooking crabs and fishing them on a commercial scale for 10 years this is not how it’s done

Yeah just let Filipino boys make a boy or girl with there European wives and girlfriend's

Yuck, eat them hot and tasty!

There already dead!!

If u don’t know how to cook it are u even a human xD

Too much water....you’re loosing all of the flavor!

@HOAUSCOM

4 жыл бұрын

Danita Daniels thx for the tip! This is for prepping the little wonders so you can store and keep then cook with tons of flavor later. Goal is to get the Best softest sweet meat for the later date. Or else you can just take it right out and chow. I use about 10 x more seasoning than it looks. Cheers!

Boil it in cat carcus stock or dog stock from bones of them it's delicious Chinese delicacy yummy