Northwest Grilled Dungeness Crab

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 3 lemons, juice and zest of, grated
• 4 dungeness crabs, cleaned, cooked, and cracked
• assorted seasonal vegetables
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• crusty sourdough bread

Recipe

• 1 preheat grill to medium high.
• 2 melt butter with olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice and grated peel.
• 3 toss crab in the butter mixture to coat and place it on the grill away from the flame.
• 4 toss vegetables in the butter mixture and season to taste with salt and pepper; place vegetables on the grill.
• 5 cook the crab for 4 minutes and turn over, burshing with the butter mixture.
• 6 turn the vegetables over and cook until the crab is heated through and the vegetables are tender crisp.
• 7 arrange the vegetables on a platter.
• 8 toss the herbs in the remaining butter mixture and add the crab; toss to coat.
• 9 arrange the crab over the vegetables and pour the remaning butter mixture over the platter, serve with crusty bread.