claw meat
Picked from pincers
Claw meat is the flesh extracted from the claws of crustaceans, especially crabs and lobsters.
It has a slightly firmer texture and stronger flavor than the prized lump meat from the body.
Claw meat is often less expensive and works well in crab cakes, dips, and dishes where the meat is mixed with other ingredients: The recipe calls for a pound of claw meat.
- crabPincer-bearing shellfish
- stone crabHard-shelled coastal crustacean
- lobsterLarge marine shellfish
- shellHard outer covering
- sweetTasting of sugar
crab legs · succulent · picked · lump · seafood · seafood boil · tender · briny · cocktail · butter · cracker · mallet · ocean · delicate · white · chunks · bisque · cakes
- Chesapeake seafoodblue crabs, blue crab, steamed crabs, steamed crab, Old Bay
- crab meatlump crab, backfin, canned crab
- seafood boilseafood boil, crab boil, clambake, steamers, lobster pot