Louisiana Style Boiled Blue Crabs | Chef Alden B

[@SamuelsReview]

I like all crabs. Steamed, boiled, fried, and free 😂

[@Flychefaldenb]

Yes Lawd!

[@CoCoFantastique]

Free is my favorite ....you cook em I eat em.

[@mikeylopez9625]

​@@CoCoFantastiqueI'm weak

[@shadeenlewis198]

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[@Itz_yourgirl_jinx]

Facts

[@jokimamillar2933]

Looks good. Being a Marylander, the seasoning on top (old Bay0 permeates into the crab meat and steaming intensifies the taste. I love crabs in general so I would eat your preparation too and ask for some old bay on the side. 

[@dorianvidrine7336]

Old bay sucks lol get some sea food liquid boil so much better gotta be a Cajun flavored thoe

[@lookitwasnotme225]

​@dorianvidrine7336 it's horrible

[@ChristinaBonvillian-sd5dg]

​@@lookitwasnotme225old bay is horrible

[@treatpeopleright5483]

Ol bay, fresh garlic w/melt butter & acv. Just yummy makes my tummy 😊

[@CoCoFantastique]

For people saying ol bay is horrible have to understand that when Maryland people say ol bay its not necessarily the brand that is found in the stores. Most crabhouses or vendors have their own blend of seasoning called "ol bay" similar but different and better than the stuff you by in the can.

[@SP88749]

I'm from New Orleans. I love my crabs the way I love all seafood. Boiled and seasoned 😋

[@Flychefaldenb]

So good

[@deborahwilliams2711]

Exactly I’m From New Orleans and You Definitely Doing Your Thing Awesome

[@evetterumph9194]

I'm from New York City and I boil the crabs because that juice just taste extremely great ❤❤❤❤

[@rosetati1988]

As a Floridian here, we also boil our crabs, but with a can of beer added with the seasoning.

[@joy-to7dx]

What kind of beer? Have you try 211 reserve beer?

[@rosetati1988]

@joy-to7dx We use Coronas, Heinekens, Michelob Ultra, or any type of malt liquor beer. We really don't have a preference, as long as it is some type of beer going into the mixture.

[@joy-to7dx]

@@rosetati1988 Thanx

[@rosetati1988]

@@joy-to7dx you're welcome 😊

[@CoCoFantastique]

I love beer crabs too

[@PamelaBlowe]

I love all crabs. Here in Richmond, VA, most of the crabs are steamed. Can’t wait to do a “boil” on some nice blue crabs. Thanks for the lesson!11

[@carlettethomas5252]

Very good video. Thanks for sharing 👍. Love me some boiled 😋 blue 💙 crabs 🦀 😋 yum! Thanks Chef! ❤❤❤

[@ClassicallyMish]

The reason we steam is you get the fresh clean sweet crab taste. The boiled crabs have the flavors of the ingredients in the pot. It’s preference not policy.

[@lrac_1]

And the meat isn’t soggy

[@officerkrupke4966]

@@lrac_1 I am from Maryland and spent some time in New Orleans. I like them both ways, Meat is not soggy if you cook quality crabs, steamed or boiled. Light crabs will have a lot of juice trapped in shell either way, but its still good.

[@ryancols]

So why season 😂 You get that clean sweet crab taste boiling

[@officerkrupke4966]

@@ryancols Back in the day, the bars around Baltimore used to serve them free if you bought a beer. Using heavily salted seasoning, it would get on the customers fingers and than his mouth which would make him more thirsty, so they would sell more beer, and hence a tradition began.

[@drewjenn9819]

And the delicious yellow mustard gets boiled right out of the crab. No thanks

[@wyndolynpappion6898]

I am also from Louisiana!!! This is definitely the best way to cook them!!! Delicious 😋!!!!!!

[@SmokyRibsBBQ]

Looks great! Now I'm wanting crabs!

[@trevorbickham3067]

Where is your video?

[@ChargersCity]

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[@pearsonchuck]

Im from MD and I steam but your boil sure looks good too. The bottom line is we all use our favorite ways to enjoy hard crabs., Thanks for sharing,

[@Janat_California_simplifying]

Thank you for the easy break down Sending love from Cali! ❤❤❤ I’m making the crabs I bought couple of hours ago before they die.

[@katrinajoseph9072]

I’m from LA living in GA! Luv em boiled. I must say ALL your videos are great. ❤ Beautiful family. I follow you on all social media platforms!

[@Flychefaldenb]

Thanks so much

[@jmwalters82]

Very informative. I live in Louisiana to and boil crawfish a lot but it's been years since I boiled crabs. This helps

[@melroyel2235]

Hey Bro, Floridian here, and it's boiled all the way. I'm with you on how can the seasoning get into the crab shell by dropping seasoning on top of the crab. Nothing against the Maryland crowd cuz If I was in Maryland I would eat them just as well. My dad would put chicken wings or legs (or both) in the pot because he was allergic to crabs. That chicken in all that seasoning is so good. He also would put sausage eggs, and corn in the pot. For a guy who could not eat crabs, he sure could cook them. I cook mine the same way today. Great video my man as always.

[@GoBills1990]

The right way, is the way you like it

[@josecuevas-nh2oq]

I love your video and boiled crabs for me all day thank you for the video I’m gonna definitely try it the way you did it in this video

[@markp4967]

You know what I like? I like a happy family and you seem to be there❤❤❤👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@saundraallen1913]

I’m a Maryland girl not knocking your way of fixing crabs but I love my steam crabs to the fullest. I pour wine, old bay, mince garlic, beer and vinegar on my crabs when cooking them, DELICIOUS, I tried ur way before but love my way better. Much Love Always to U!

[@Carameldoll85]

Nobody asked you for this 😒

[@_moegreen5770]

Unnecessary

[@enell08]

Thank you, I Used your recipe for my first crabbing/boil... Amazing! Question I have is do you need to "clean" them prior to a crab boil? I noticed you brought them live.. I'll usually go crabbing for mines.

[@dawnatkins93]

I had a homie from Louisiana do a crab boil and that’s the only way I’ll take it. You right about it being therapeutic- you don’t need the tools at all. Much love from NC 🤘🏽

[@GeovannyAmador]

Bro, you have just earned a sub! I was going through many videos, and that level os spicies is what I needed to stick to for today's recipe. :) Thanks for the vid!

[@98shon98]

Love the way you showed us how to do a proper boil as well as how to break a crab down. I made sure to save that video for future references. I'm embarrassed to say that I was born and raised in Louisiana, but never ate crabs or when to a crab orawfish boil until I was almost a young adult. I moved to Europe for 4 years soon afterward, so I definitely didn't get any Cajun food in Germany. I moved to AZ, then to OK, which is where I've remained for the last 30 years. Let me be the first to tell you that these eople don't know the firstvthing about Creole or Cajun cooking, so I had to start from scratch. It's taken a few years as well as a few tweaks to perfect my dishes which are loved by most. I'm sure there's someone out there or a lotvofvsomeones in Louisiana that would bring me back down to size, but I honestly haven't met anyone who doesn't like my Cajun food. Honestly, I think it's because Cajun and Creole cooking is so flavorful. We love seasonings and to be able to taste it all. I'd love to go back to Louisiana and experienced all of the flavors I missed as a kid growing up there. Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to watching more of the videos you make.

[@shawnkincheloesr5192]

I am from Baltimore Maryland & I prefer to steam them, but that way looks pretty tasty too & I will eat them any kind of way lol 😋 Let’s Go Ravens ! & How Bout Them O’s ! 💜🖤💜🖤💜🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡 ✌🏾👊🏾

[@theboringchannel2027]

Maryland style, the seasoning ontop, gets on your fingers, which transfers to the meat as you pick the crab.

[@TheMainFrame3]

I'm from up North, been eating stemed crabs all my life. I gotta try this though!

[@sonliving]

Wow looks unreal.. I gots to get me one them machine's 👊 recipe looks delicious thanks for the video! The blue's are my favorite.

[@themalissa]

Good lawd those crabs looked so good!! Oh and that garlic was cooked to perfection!! 🤤

[@lisafan6365]

both can be good. depending on my mood sometimes I do crave steamed and other times boiled all the way. there is no bias for me.

[@AllThingsJUDYTV]

Love boiled crabs. 🦀The juices and flavor is throughout.

[@4thfugee]

Dope vid easy to watch and great production

[@byungna2566]

Wow! Very much enjoyed your video. Thank you, sir.

[@Flychefaldenb]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@byronp8158]

We steam crabs in Baltimore MD. and they still be just as juicy as boiling them. Iv been to Houston where they boil them and the only thing you can get out of it are the different flavors or spices they serve them up.

[@officerkrupke4966]

Just use some of the boil liquid from the last cook to fill a plastic tub and freeze it, than next boil, use it to cool down your liquid with it. Another tip is to use the the top crab shell like a ramekin to grill your oysters in. Gets all those flavors from the inside shell cookin with those oysters. Oh yeah.

[@waynespyker5731]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKSWhGpqatJkd6M Save the encrusted seasoning top shell, retain the mustard if desired, pick all leg segments. Occasionally dip a morsel into apple cider vinegar then touch the encrusted seasoning for a blend of flavors. Had a crabhouse make Maryland crab soup on Monday from the weekend AYCE inventory. A cup had crabby treats when finding shell covered segments between the veggies. Soggy but tasty! Maryland steamed are my favorite. Enjoy

[@lonniepolion594]

I like the way you do your crabs very easy

[@rg2metairie]

Thanks, my daughter is giving me a few crabs she and her boyfriend caught at Grand Isle. So I'll cook them as you suggested, but I'll most likely use the Zataran seasoning in the little bags you throw in the water. Thanks again

[@joef3558]

I've been buying , steaming & eating Jumbo or #1 blue crabs in SW Florida for about 10 years. Still haven't mastered removing the body meat as quickly as you. Nice going. I'll have to keep replaying your video..

[@ac4498]

I love blue crabs! I steam mine in beer (no water), old bay, crushed peppers and apple cider vinegar........delicious. I would definitely try it your way, but must clean the skin of the vegetables and fruit first

[@DDSACCESSORIES]

DAG, ALL BEER. YIKES BUT IMA TRY IT LOL

[@ac4498]

@DDSACCESSORIES lol. The cheapest beer you can find. Remember that you don't boil it in beer, just enough to steam and not submerge. Enjoy!

[@CoCoFantastique]

There is no better sanitizer than boiling water. Im curious as to what would be the advantage to cleaning the fruit and veggies that has no visible dirt on it?

[@ac4498]

@CoCoFantastique Visible dirt or not, the fruits and veggies were packaged in a factory, shipped by trailer, stored in the market's warehouse/ supermarket until purchased by consumer........yes they should be washed! Boiling the water doesn't matter in this case, because all the dirt is being consumed in the crab boil. It's not like he cleaned them off with boiling water

[@CoCoFantastique]

​@@ac4498 Boiling water kills or inactivates viruses, bacteria, protozoa and other pathogens by using heat to damage structural So once that fruit sits in that crab boil water any harmful bacteria or virus is killed. I would think if you were going to put that fruit into a salad or eat as is , it would be helpful to wash but even washing doesnt kill virus and some bacterias like boiling would.

[@anaveragedro]

Looks great man! I've been thinking about getting one of those boilers. They look like they get the job done in one go

[@tee8870]

Im from philly and everybody i know boil their crabs my crabs come out delish never mushy😊 those crabs look so good i got to get me some but the most beautiful thing about this video is your beautiful daughter bringing her daddy something to drink thank you for sharing your recipe boiled in beer is the way i like it 😊

[@becomethestar]

Who in Philly boils their crabs? I'm in PA near the MD line. We steam them MD style. I can't even fathom that somewhere in PA boils over steam. I'm being dead honest. Where is this place? I must see. I can't fathom that anyone from this area actually chooses boiled over steamed or that the place that offers it would even stay in business. What's it called. I'm seriously curious. For one, I gotta try. I've been to NOLA and had them boiled. They're ok. But I wanna try this famous Philly boil you speak of. Or do you just boil them at home? Where does Philly catch their blue crab? Can't be from Philly waters. Do they get shipped from MD? I'm so confused by this whole statement. Blue crab are in MD and Virginia waters. Maybe Delaware and even NC, but Philly or even Jersey blue crab? My mind is blown. I gotta see this 😂😂😂😂

[@albertor1061]

Thank you for the very detailed video! Blue crab is an invasive species here in Italy, it was not really common before so me nor my relatives have any idea on how to cook it. Will try it out!

[@James-ns9pn]

Do you use the pro boil for your crawfish as well or just crab? I wasn’t a fan when I used it in my crawfish boil.

[@bnuttsgee]

Thanks!!!just caught some crabs and have most of the ingredients . Greetings from New Jersey.

[@jaiblessed6337]

Boiled never steamed!! Definitely trying this recipe

[@Flychefaldenb]

Hope you enjoy

[@kingleeoglesby3000]

Actually in Maryland when we steam crabs the seasoning seeps into the meat via steam. We steam in light beer and JO seasoning and is all you actually need for flavor. We don't have time to add all that unnecessary seasoning. And I've had the boiled style before...it changes the texture of the meat to what we call meally(soggy). But to each its own

[@romeomenard3911]

I hear ya. I just don't know why all the rave over Maryland bc. Have had it many a times up there. Can honestly say the best blue crabs I've had were in NC, and louisiana. Never understood the hype

[@cbee9590]

Hi I am not a subscriber, but I ran into you by just searching, I love the way you cook your crabs, no butter for me, but the very next time I cook crabs I will certainly buy some oranges for more flavor, I wished I live near by lol, I am from Los Angeles, good luck to you and continue to cook those good crabs!

[@BlaqueTyrone]

In Maryland they put Old Bay in our Baby Bottles. I can respect the Louisiana way, though. I'll try it out sometime.

[@AScentedSoul]

Oooooo weeeeee. I haven’t had blue crabs in a minute. Can’t wait till next season❤

[@onamission4562]

You can also put broccoli in a food safe mesh bag and drop in the water when crabs are almost done it is so delicious with that seasoning but take it out when your desired tendency is met. I boils and also add some white vinegar to my water

[@rosegeaber7533]

Looks fantastic!

[@ErnestMorgan-yw2uw]

You are old school and the best. Just like we did it in Slidell and London Ave in the 50's.

[@janetalberts7414]

I L❤VE your instructor voice.

[@shannonmonique9258]

❤Westwego seafood lot is the only place I go for my live crawfish blue crabs and fresh shrimp, oysters, etc ❤

[@Sublette217]

I was brought up steaming them Maryland style with Old Bay but Ima have to try this method. Looks pretty darn mouth watering.

[@lookitwasnotme225]

LAWRY'S SEASONED SALT #1. Thanks for teaching us Anatomy and Physics. You did dat young Man.❤

[@HaroldFromDa504]

Is that the seafood lot in Westwego?

[@MsCandyCane08]

I wish we had blue crabs in Dallas I haven’t been able to find a spot that sells them here

[@smokyjoe3617]

If you can't find a dedicated seafood market that has them live try an Asian market. Here in San Antonio we have both and I can get them live from both during the season.

[@MsCandyCane08]

@@smokyjoe3617 thanks!

[@denisetonya5666]

Been boiling my crabs all my life 😊 I'm 54. Been doing this since a teenager ❤

[@SS-gf6rl]

Hello, where are you getting your crabs from? I'm in north Louisiana.

[@1sexcchef]

MD here. Fresh crabbing my whole life and love a seafood boil....but my blue cr🦀bs...beer, butter, garlic, old bay...STEAMED. #alldone

[@SS-gf6rl]

Where do you get your crabs from, I live in North Louisiana?

[@shannonmonique9258]

This is the way I do mine🎉

[@patriciajackson3883]

I like boiled crabs we add beer to our boil but everything you use we also use made me want some crabs lol

[@keliiwilliams8142]

How are the crab sizes looking right about now? I was going to try and get to Tony's this year, but I'm going to have to order delivery to TX.

[@ronaldbeach8724]

Do you have a recipe you used per dozen crabs your looked very good my wife doesn’t really like (hot) pepper food so I was wondering I have never boiled crabs and don’t know how much seasoning to put in the water I don’t want to get it to hot spicy so my wife can enjoy them as much as I know I will

[@mzmaryd6452]

Did you wash them crabs? Did you rinse them potatoes off first?

[@Phillip-ino]

Ayyeee WESTWEGO!!! My hometown! P.S. I always add a can or 2 of pineapple chunks. The sweet pineapple with the added seasonings is ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@timquinn3397]

Steamed for 2 reasons. The taste is better, and it’s seasoning on top makes for a extra seasoning when picking to use on the potatoes and corn.

[@tatanishaevans6530]

I'm from NYC and we eat them all ways. Bout to go get some now 😊

[@santaclause12341]

Very informative vid bro👍🏾

[@tanikyafeemster6998]

Gotta try this way love it

[@Foxhound_J]

How puch water per dozen if youre making a smaller batch?

[@tambam8821]

I like both steam or boiled crabs as long as the crabs are done and good.

[@kiesasmith2544]

I. From Maryland and I like em both ways

[@carnellmills8181]

Nice job 👍🏿

[@jonspears4329]

Great video brother

[@mzmocha411]

I miss the crab and seafood boils. That looks delicious 🔥🔥🔥

[@2W6468]

Where did you obtain the boiler!?….

[@volvo09]

Man that looks good!

[@RickSeling]

I live in Florida and steam mine with Old Bay anyway you cook them they're good

[@dupeydog68]

Nice. Looks good brother!! Cant beat some good food like that

[@jgreat8582]

You dont purge them before you cook them?

[@eman5445]

Great video

[@kennethrichey4669]

So what if some of mine was floating as soon as I put them in are they bad

[@tmcrae6957]

I love them steamed. But I had them boiled (low country boiled) and love that, too! What caught my attention was he said a dozen large crabs for $30. Did I hear that right??? In the Northeast, we talking about $60 a dozen for #1 males. Dang, I'm jealous of the price! Anyone in the DMV seen large crabs for $30 a dozen?

[@truckrboat]

Steamed for sure. Putting the seasoning on the outside gets it all over your hands so that everything you touch tastes like the spice

[@tonybailey9336]

can you add your ingredients that you ysed in your boil.Also what is the name of the cooker?

[@JesusChrist-yh4pi]

got dayum this looks amazing. way to go here bud

[@SS-gf6rl]

Where did you get these crabs from I live in rural Louisiana and can't find them fresh? Please help!

[@radforduniversity6424]

my man! gotta be honest, I'm SO jealous of that pile of crabs you got there, man. Awesome vid, sir!

[@bargdaffy1535]

I like how he says just take your time and eat them like its a process instead of a chore...lol

[@djmatic_]

I agree with everything in this video. 💯

[@robinbrown4513]

I'm from Charleston SC.......we BOIL 'EM !!! How I miss those days of crabbing with my mom...

[@froggybug]

Right!!

[@HeirloomGameCalls]

I like ALL crab, no matter how you cook it. I was given a bag of Cleaned, frozen, Blue Crabs. Maybe about 10. Come on now, Shreveport isn't THAT far north! Was thinking of making a dressing and stuffing them after thawing and then setting on the pellet smoker grill for 30-45 minutes. What do YOU think? Help a fellow Louisiana Boy out if you can.

[@Pageoneevents]

So how many crabs per person?

[@trevorbickham3067]

Thanks for this video. I normally boil shrimp and crawfish.

[@Stampey2]

I love crab soup too!

[@carlabattle1407]

Love them all..steamed and boiled

[@ValueVictory]

So you have a voice over voice & your everyday voice Yes laawd

[@PhongNguyen-zx9tk]

Looking good!