(Photos: Mary, who seems very happy to shoot food pictures...)
What a feast. I got a shipment of Alaskan seafood in yesterday from my buddy Lloyd, who totally hooked me up. Alaskan King Crab legs, more crab, halibut filets and steaks, and killer smoked silver salmon.
He's challenged me to develop some Southwest techniques for preparing them, and since I just flew in yesterday, last night's dinner needed to be simple and fast. I clarified some butter, and infused it with plenty of Survival Spice™.
I'm a real purist when it comes to crab, especially the best King Crab on earth, so I wasn't sure if it would go over, but it did in a big way! I had to dump the plain butter into the "Survival Butter" because it clearly was the favorite. The sweetness complemented the crab beautifully, and the spice gave it a wonderful depth of flavor, again, complementing the crab's flavor and not obscuring it at all. Wow.
We sat outside on the patio watching baseball, drinking Red Hook ESB and dipping huge chunks of this amazing crabmeat and a Willo Bakery baguette into the butter, and life couldn't have been any better. Thanks, Lloyd!
Shit, all I had was an Atkins diet Meatza. Yeah a pizza with out the dough. It really wasn't bad, but the survival spice on the top of the cheeze really helps. Atkins loves Survival Spice.
I am (I'm not kidding) eating some Survival Spice chicken as I write this comment. It's my favorite new way to make chicken, enough so that I did a post about it a few days ago, with a big picture. It's so easy it's ridiculous: dredge a chicken breast in good flour (I use gluten-free flour, of course) with liberal amounts of Survival Spice. Sautee it with great olive oil on medium-high heat until it's done. That's it. So good. And for a real treat, cut it into strips with avocadoes, beans, artisan cheese and put it all on top of homemade tortillas. YAH!
I'm so, so jealous. That crab looks incredible!! I love Survival Spice on crab... it sounds odd, but it really does compliment it perfectly.
I, uh, still have to put that post up... I'm running about three months behind now. Sheesh.
I was pleasantly surprised how good it was, Meg. You had said how well it worked, so I was willing to give it a shot, I have a real 'keep it simple' mentality when it comes to seafood, but it just magnified what was there instead of masking it.