Oven-roasted Dungeness Crab

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon minced shallot
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry crushed red pepper
• 2 large dungeness crabs, cooked, cleaned, and cracked (about 4 1/4 pounds)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme, divided
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, divided
• 1/2 cup blood orange juice or 1/2 cup regular orange juice
• 1 teaspoon finely grated blood orange peel or 1 teaspoon regular orange peel

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 500°f melt butter with oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. stir in garlic, shallot, and dried crushed red pepper. add crabs; sprinkle with salt and pepper. sprinkle 1 tablespoon chopped thyme and 1 tablespoon chopped parsley over crabs. stir to combine. place skillet in oven and roast crabs until heated through, stirring once, about 12 minutes.
• 2 using tongs, transfer crabs to platter. add orange juice and peel to same skillet; boil until sauce is reduced by about half, about 5 minutes. spoon sauce over crabs. sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon thyme and 1 tablespoon parsley and serve.