Korean flower crabs (kkotge) are the most popular and well-loved ocean crabs in Korea. They are distinguished for being full of sweet meat and having a soft shell. It’s best if you can find them fresh and live in a Korean market. They also sell them frozen too, and you can sometimes buy them flash frozen and shipped from Korea.
- Flower crab
- Other English name(s): Korean crab, gazami crab, Japanese blue crab, horse crab
- Scientific name: Portunus trituberculatus
- Classified under: Seafoods
- Korean name: 꽃게
- Romanized: Kkotge
- Wikipedia entry for flower crab (kkotge)
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Which to get? Both are best sellers and either one is a good choice if you want to learn Korean home cooking. Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking has all the recipes for all the essential Korean pastes and sauces, but my second book Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking has more recipes, more photos, and more variety.
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