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.
Quick facts
- 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.
Curried Snow Crab Claws
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.
Satay-Satay Hurricane Soup
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.
Shark's Fin with Bamboo Fungus
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.
