Sorry for all of my crab posts lately, but I ran into a big problem
I decided to portion my crabs before transport and freeze them for the trip home. The freezing worked perfectly, (they didn't thaw at any point) and we boiled half of them up for 15 mins in a pot of water at a rolling boil, all of the crab meat stuck to the shell. Don't know what went wrong, anyone have ideas?
Key points:
Crabs were killed and portioned (so they did not die and the meat didn't go bad from the enzymes beforehand)
Crabs were frozen solid and never thawed during trip home
Crabs were cooked from raw
Crabs were cooked 15 mins in one batch and tried another for a 10 min batch. Both had meat stuck to shells
Crabs did not thaw prior to going in the pot (straight from frozen)
If you have any solution to this it would be much appreciated! Having another dinner soon for friends with the remaining crabs, hoping there is a way to get around this!
I decided to portion my crabs before transport and freeze them for the trip home. The freezing worked perfectly, (they didn't thaw at any point) and we boiled half of them up for 15 mins in a pot of water at a rolling boil, all of the crab meat stuck to the shell. Don't know what went wrong, anyone have ideas?
Key points:
Crabs were killed and portioned (so they did not die and the meat didn't go bad from the enzymes beforehand)
Crabs were frozen solid and never thawed during trip home
Crabs were cooked from raw
Crabs were cooked 15 mins in one batch and tried another for a 10 min batch. Both had meat stuck to shells
Crabs did not thaw prior to going in the pot (straight from frozen)
If you have any solution to this it would be much appreciated! Having another dinner soon for friends with the remaining crabs, hoping there is a way to get around this!