Alaskan Bairdi Snow Crab - Large Clusters
Bigger clusters, sweeter meat.
Wild caught in Alaska's cold northern waters, bairdi brings a firm, meaty bite and a naturally sweet, lightly salty flavor that needs little more than butter and lemon. Cooked and frozen, ready when you are.
Wild caught in Alaska
Fully cooked then flash-frozen at peak freshness
Sweet, delicate, full of flavor
Gluten free, keto and paleo friendly
Frozen guarantee
PACKED WITH GOODNESS
Wild Alaskan Bairdi Snow Crab Large Clusters (8 - 12oz) - packed in 3 lb bags
Each cluster contains legs plus a claw on a section of body.
To lock in exceptional freshness, our crab is cooked first, then flash-frozen and protected with a light glaze. As a naturally wild product, minor shell markings, barnacles, and occasional incomplete clusters are normal and do not affect quality or flavor.
The product is packed in 3lb bags for additional protection and easy storage.
- Wild caught in Alaska's Bering Sea
- The largest of the snow crab species
- 8 - 12 oz large clusters
- Fully cooked and flash frozen
- Sweet, delicate, full flavor
- Ready to reheat and serve
Wild caught in the Bering Sea
Bairdi is pulled from the cold waters of Alaska's Bering Sea, where the crab feed and grow along the muddy floor of the continental shelf. It's caught in the deep winter months, when crews brave icy, stormy seas to set and haul their pots. That hard-won harvest is part of what makes bairdi feel like an occasion.
Rich, sweet, and full-flavored
The meat is sweet, succulent, and naturally a little salty, with a full flavor. That means you don't need to do much to it. A little melted butter and a squeeze of lemon is plenty, and simple preparations tend to let the crab shine. Compared to the more common opilio snow crab, the bairdi has bigger clusters, thicker legs, a firmer bite, and a fuller, sweeter flavor.
Firm, meaty texture
Where opilio is softer and more delicate, bairdi has a heartier, more substantial bite. The larger, thicker clusters also carry noticeably more meat, which is what makes them a go-to for entertaining, holidays, and any table you want to make a little special.
Flash frozen to hold its quality
Cooked shortly after harvest and frozen right away to lock in the flavor and texture. Well-handled bairdi shows a deep red-orange shell, a firm feel, and full, generous meat in every cluster.
OUR CRAB SOURCE
Our crab is wild caught in Alaska's cold northern waters, from the Bering Sea to the remote Aleutian Islands, in some of the most tightly managed fisheries in the world.
Our bairdi comes from the Bering Sea, caught in the deep winter months when the meat fills out and quality peaks. Our golden king crab comes from the steep underwater slopes of the Aleutian Trench, harvested deeper than any other crab fishery in Alaska by just a handful of boats rigged to work those waters.
Because crab loses quality fast once it's out of the water, it's held live aboard the boat until it reaches shore, then cooked, cleaned, sectioned, and flash frozen right away. Freezing seals in the sweet flavor and firm texture at their peak and creates a protective glaze that carries it all the way to your door. It's the same principle we follow with our salmon: handle it fast, handle it cold, and let the quality speak for itself.
SHIPPING INFORMATION
STANDARD SHIPPING:
Your order will ship via UPS the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday after you place your order. Your fish will arrive Tuesday - Thursday depending on your location. The orders are shipped from our hub in Milwaukee with dry ice for transit. Don’t worry, ALL fish are from Alaska! We do quality control and reduce your shipping cost by shipping from Milwaukee.
EXPEDITED SHIPPING:
If you pick expedited shipping during checkout, your order will be shipped within one business day with overnight delivery. With the exception of our shelf stable products, we are not able to ship on Fridays.
PICK-UP:
You will receive an email when your order is ready with instructions on how to coordinate your pick-up date, time, and place.
FROZEN GUARANTEE
Frozen shipments are shipped with ample dry ice to sustain the shipment duration. Frozen products need to be put in the refrigerator for immediate consumption or in the freezer for future use shortly after delivery. The dry ice is sublimating during the shipping process so your shipment may arrive with no ice left in the box, but it is good and safe to consume as long as it remains frozen.
If your shipment arrives partially thawed on the edges, it is still good and safe to consume. If the frozen products arrive completely thawed out or damaged in any other way, please take pictures and/or videos with as many visual details as possible and contact us for a possible refund or reship.
Alaska Fresh Seafood is not responsible for thawed packages/orders that were delivered on time per email notifications to customer, but left unattended on not collected by the customer in time.
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Wild Alaska Crab Preparation
Our Wild Alaska crab legs.claws and clusters are pre-cooked and flash frozen to preserve their wild-caught taste. Simply thaw, rinse, and serve chilled or reheated.
Step 1: Thaw
Place crab on a rimmed tray, cover with plastic wrap, and thaw in the refrigerator 8–12 hours (or overnight). Use as soon as thawed, or keep refrigerated for a day or two.
Step 2: Prepare
Rinse thawed crab under cold water. Serve cold, or reheat gently to avoid overcooking (the crab is already cooked). Grilling, steaming, and roasting all work well.
Grill: Brush crab with olive oil and cook on a medium-high grill 1–2 minutes per side, until the meat is warm.
Steam: Bring a large pot filled 1/3 with water to a boil. Place crab in a steamer basket over the water, cover, and heat gently a few minutes, until fragrant.
Roast: Preheat oven to 350°F. Place crab in a shallow pan with 1/8 inch water, cover with foil, and bake 3–4 minutes until just heated.
Step 3: Enjoy
Use kitchen shears to cut open the smooth underside of the shell, then crack it open with your fingers. Pull out the meat, dip in melted butter, and enjoy!
Herbed Ricotta Gnocchi with Wild Alaska Crab & Salmon Roe
Ingredients
Serves: 2-4
- 1 lemon plus juice of ½ lemon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 4 stems Italian parsley leaves
- 1 large clove garlic
- Salt
- 1 ¼ cup ricotta cheese, thoroughly drained
- 7 tablespoons AP flour, sifted
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 cup Parmesan, grated
- 6 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus more if needed
- 1 tablespoon oregano, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon tarragon, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon chives, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- Wild Alaska crab meat (picked from 2 crab sections), about I cup
- 4 overflowing tablespoons wild Alaska salmon roe
Step 1: Lemon
Peel lemon with a vegetable peeler; julienne the peel. Cover peel with cold water by 1 inch in a small pot, bring to a boil, drain. Repeat twice more (softens peel, removes bitterness). Juice the lemon into a bowl, strain, add salt and sugar. Stir in the peel and let macerate at room temperature.
Step 2: Prep and stock
Finely chop parsley and garlic together until well combined; refrigerate covered. Bring 6 qt water to a boil in a soup pot, salt generously, then lower to a simmer.
Step 3: Gnocchi
Blend ricotta, flour, egg, 2 Tbsp olive oil, ½ tsp salt, half the Parmesan, oregano, tarragon and chives until smooth. Load one-third of the batter into a piping bag (large straight tip, or a resealable bag with a ½-inch corner cut). Over the simmering water, pipe and cut into 1-inch lengths. Poach until firm, about 3 minutes, then lift out with a slotted spoon onto a platter and drizzle with olive oil. Repeat with remaining batter. Reserve 6 Tbsp cooking water.
Step 4 Assemble
Melt butter in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add the reserved gnocchi water, then gently add the gnocchi. Stir in crab, remaining lemon juice and remaining Parmesan; heat through, stirring gently, 3 to 5 minutes. Spoon into bowls and garnish each with salmon roe, the parsley-garlic blend and preserved lemon. Serve immediately.
Singapore Chili Golden King Crab
Shared by Chef Hans Korompis
Singapore Chili Sauce
Ingredients
- 4 cups tomato Ketchup
- 2 2/3 cups Sugar
- 2 TBSP Salt
- 4 ¼ TBSP Taucheo (Fermented Bean Paste)
- 4 TBSP Oil
- 13 cups Water, Seafood stock or Vegetable Stock
- 6 cups Shallots
- 2 ½ cups Garlic Cloves
- 30 Red Chilies
- 2 cups Candle Nuts
- 3 cups Galangal
- 5 cups Lime Juice
- 2 cups Belacan (Shrimp Paste)
- 12 stalks Lemongrass
Directions
- Add galangal, shallots, garlic, stalk lemongrass, candle nuts, red chilis, 3 cups of lime juice into a food processor and blend into a paste.
- Cook paste in Dutch oven or Rondo pan with oil, caramelizing well but not to the point of burning.
- Deglaze pan with remaining 2 cups of lime juice, scrap bottom of pan.
- Add salt, sugar, fermented bean paste, and ketchup.
- Bring heat down to simmer, add water/stock
- Reduce by ¼, taste, season more if needed
ASK YOUR FISHMONGER
How big are the portion sizes?
Our Bairdi crab comes in generous 8oz clusters, each with four legs and a claw on a section of body. One cluster makes a satisfying starter, and two to three per person is a hearty main.
Our golden king crab is sold by [weight/leg count per order, to confirm]. The legs are long and meaty.
Wait, my crab is already cooked?
It is, and that's on purpose.
Crab is cooked right after it's landed, while it's at its freshest, then flash frozen to lock that in. Cooking it fresh dockside protects the sweet flavor and firm texture far better than shipping it live or raw and hoping it holds up on the journey. By the time it reaches you, the hard part is done.
All you're doing at home is thaw and warm it through, whether you steam it, bake it, or drop it in simmering water for a few minutes. Overcooking is the only real risk, since it's already cooked once, so gentle and quick is the way to go.
Think of it less like raw fish you have to prepare and more like the crab's already met you halfway.
Who do I support when I buy your crab?
More people than you might expect.
Our crab comes from Alaska's cold northern waters, from the Bering Sea to the remote Aleutian Islands, among the most tightly managed fisheries in the world. Buying wild Alaskan crab means backing the crews who brave some genuinely rough seas to bring it in, the small number of boats licensed to fish these waters, and a management system built to keep the crab population healthy for the long haul.
When will I get my order?
Your crab will be shipped the Monday or Tuesday after your order is placed. You will receive your fish 1-2 days after shipping. We ship out of our hub in Milwaukee. Don’t worry, all of your fish is from Alaska! Adra’s originally from WI.
We relocated back here and started our company. And shipping from MKE versus Alaska saves you $$ on shipping as the customer! If you’ve purchased a 'preorder' product then the delivery date is in the product description.
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Meet your Fishmongers
With 17+ years living in Cordova, Alaska, owners Adra and Juro built relationships directly with local fishermen and ran seafood processing operations, giving us the inside perspective most seafood companies simply don't have.
We hand-pick each fish from trusted boats, then partner with elite processor Copper River Seafoods (where Juro worked for 13 years) to ensure every fillet is perfectly cut, flash-frozen within hours, and vacuum-sealed to lock in peak freshness for up to two years.
While there's a myth that "never frozen" is best, the truth is unless you live on the Alaska coast, our flash-frozen fillets will taste fresher than anything that's been shipped fresh for days. We guarantee that our proven boat-to-box process delivers the quality consistency you deserve, with the personal expertise you can trust.
