Crab for dinner
Crab offers plenty of flavour and is packed with good nutrients. Crab is also a very versatile ingredient, which makes it easy to cook good dishes the whole family can enjoy.
You can buy crab in shops with a fresh fish counter, or as ready-picked crab meat in the shell from the chilled section. The brown crab is not just a fine Norwegian ingredient that we Norwegians enjoy. Large quantities of Norwegian crab are also exported to the rest of the world. One of the countries that the most crab is exported to is France, which is a big consumer of Norwegian seafood.
The flavourful crab meat is an exciting alternative to traditional fish dishes, so why not make crab one of your three fish meals a week?
Here we have gathered some dishes that are especially well suited to dinner, whether it is a weekday or the weekend.
Baked potato with crab, herb butter and chives
Crab meat is absolutely superb in a baked potato with fresh herb butter. The flavour combination of red onion and herbs turns this into a feast, in the middle of the week.
Pearl barley salad with crab, pomegranate and feta
This is a healthy, light salad with crab. Lovely flavours such as pomegranate, lemon and feta make it exciting, sweet and salty at the same time. A fresh and colourful dinner dish.
Crab gratin with pasta and tarragon
The classic fish gratin reaches new heights with crab. The gratin is easy to make and nicely filling. It can be served with bread rolls or a fresh salad. Tarragon and lemon make this crab gratin a lovely, fresh dinner experience.
Dinners that almost cook themselves are always popular. With oven-baked vegetables, potatoes and crab, this dish quickly becomes a favourite. Crab in foil is a very flavourful dish, ready in 20 minutes.
Pytt i panne, the Norwegian pan-fried potato hash, is filling and simple. This dish is of course made with crab, full of flavour and a hit with young and old alike. Serve it with good bread and herb butter on the side.
This dish suits many different occasions; as tapas, for a krabbelag, a Norwegian crab party, or as a weekday dinner.
Pepper crab is easy to make, and with ingredients such as ginger, chilli and kecap manis you have a dinner you will certainly be tempted to eat again and again.
Risoni with crab, tomato vinaigrette and herbs
Risoni is probably something more of us could cook more often. Risoni, or orzo, is a mini pasta shaped like grains of rice. This dish is healthy, simple and takes only 25 minutes to make. Perfect food for a busy weekday.
