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Live Green crabs

Live Green crabs

Cancer Pagurus

Green Crab, or Shore Crab — cheap, sweet and full of flavour. Perfect for soups and bisques, or simply cooked and picked as they are. There’s a little work involved getting at the succulent meat, but the reward is worth it. Perfect for: Bisque • Fish soup • Crab stock • Picking at the table

  • Wild Caught
  • Ireland Caught in pots, Connemara
Catch Method
Pots / Creels
Pack Size
1 kg
Sustainability
Well managed

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Product information

Fish Information
Shelf Life
Fresh: 3 days
Home Freezing
Suitable for home freezing
Nutritional Value(per 100g)
Calories
97 kcal
Protein
19.5g
Fat
1.6g
Salt
0.9g
Omega 3

Rich in

  • Zinc
  • Selenium
  • Vitamin B12
Eating Quality
Flake size
Firmness
Portion Guide
1 whole 1kg crab
Feeds 1-2
1.2kg (2 crabs)
Feeds 2-3
454g picked meat
Feeds 3-4
Master Fishmonger’s Notes

Slow food in armour. Boil hard, rest, then make an evening of the picking — the brown meat in the shell is the cook's reward, and the shells owe you a bisque.

Stefan
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