How to Cook and Clean a Fresh Dungeness Crab

Step 6 Remove gills

Remove and discard the spongy, inedible gills from either side of the body.

Comments

[psycho_candy]

Dude, I'm Asian, I think this guy is totally nuts for getting rid of all the "icky guts" of the crab. As Bunk said in the Wire: "Damn white people, throw away the best part of the crab." But you DON'T eat the gills on a Dungeness Crab, that is just plain WRONG.

[RoboticKop]

The gills are has a nice crunchy yet soft texture. what do you mean by not edible? Do you mean it does not have nutrients?

[SandySprueill]

I believe that what he means is that the gills are actually very bad for you. The gills are full of toxins and metals that the crab (a bottom feeder) has come into contact with during his lifetime.

I'm sure that they have a nice texture and may be completely edible for some species but for dungeness I would strongly suggest not eating the gills.