• Place live crabs in freezer for half hour
  5-6 lbs Whole Live Dungeness Crab
• Then wash and scrub to clean under cold water. Rinse and scrub well. Use tongs and/or gloves to handle and hold from the back of the crab, away from the claws.
• Fill stock pot with at least three times the water level of the crabs and salt well with sea salt.
  water for boiling, 3/4 tbsp sea salt
• When water is at a rolling boil, place each crab in upside down, using tongs, hold the crab in for a few seconds, and finish placing all crabs in the salty water.

  The water's boil will slow down.

  Boil for about 8 minutes, or until crab shells are a vibrant, bright red.
• Remove crabs from water and onto a large cutting board for cleaning. Have a large pan next to you so you can put the ready crab in there.
• Watch your hands for sharp areas. Use scissors to cut off all sharp areas and ends, and remove those pieces from crab area throughly.
• Pull off back shell of crab and Pull off the Bottom Flap.

  REMOVE and discard the gills and stomach, black and green stuff...leave the yellow and roe.

  There will be yellow liquid and that is okay. Put the crab now in a big pan to keep in the juices together with the crab.

  You can keep the back shells for rice and sauce, or scoop out the yellow into the pan and then throw those shells away
• Cut in half between the legs. Place all the segments and yellow stuff in the pan that is next to you.

Sauce and Stir Fry

• In a small mixing bowl, add the brown sugar, hoisin sauce, soy sauce, and pepper. Mix. Set aside.
  ½ tbsp brown sugar, 3 tbsp soy sauce, 3 tbsp hoisin sauce, 1 tsp ground black pepper
• Heat your sauce pan and sauté the ginger, garlic, and whiter part of the scallions. Keep the green parts of the scallions aside.
  ¼ cup fresh ginger, 4 cloves garlic
• Add the beer slowly. Add the sauce mixture. High simmer for two minutes. Remove from heat.
  1 cup light beer

Final Sir Fry and Finishing

• In your big, deep sautee pot or wok, heat 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil, or butter.
• Add the crab and juices.
• Then add the green scallions. Toss and mix. Then add Half of the sauce. Mix for one minute.
  1 bunch of fresh scallions
• Add the remaining sauce mixture for one more minute.

  Serve and Enjoy!

  Garnish with lemons and chilies on the side.
  lemons, red chilies