Recipes for the Grill - Grilled Crab with Blender Béarnaise Sauce

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Grilled Crab with Blender Béarnaise Sauce

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                Grilled Crab with Blender Béarnaise Sauce

Recipe By     :Steve Williams, King Salmon, Alaska
Serving Size : 4     Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Alaska Seafood Marketing Inst. Blender
                Fish/ Seafood                   Grill

Amount Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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     1/4           cup white wine vinegar
1 1/2      teaspoons minced onions or chives
1           teaspoon tarragon leaves -- crushed
3                     egg yolks
1           teaspoon Dijon mustard
     1/4      teaspoon salt
     1/4      teaspoon pepper
     3/4           cup butter
     1/4           cup chopped ripe olives
2             pounds Alaska king crab legs, dungeness
                        OR
2             pounds snow crab

In small, microwaveable bowl, combine vinegar, onion and tarragon. Microwave on high about 2 minutes or until vinegar is reduced to 2 tablespoons; set aside.

Place egg yolks, mustard, salt and pepper in blender; blend on low 3 seconds. Put butter in microwaveable cup, cover, and microwave on high until melted, about 2 minutes. With blender on low, gradually pour hot butter into yolks in a steady stream; turn off blender. Add vinegar mixture, olives and blend just until combined. Keep warm.

Cook Alaska crab on hot grill about 5 minutes. Serve with Béarnaise sauce.

Source:
"Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute"
S(Internet address):
"http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/COMMERCE/asmihp.htm"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 561 Calories; 42g Fat (67.0% calories from fat); 42g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 387mg Cholesterol; 1262mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 5 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 7 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : Also great with Alaska halibut!

This recipe was one of five winning recipes of ASMI's Second Annual Fishermen's Grilled Recipe contest. The five winning recipes were selected by an independent home economist from a field of 50 entries. The recipes were evaluated for flavor, originality and ease of preparation.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 20220 1484 3232 0 0 0 0 2678 26445 0 2130706543