Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, soft shell blue crab. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Soft shell blue crab is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Soft shell blue crab is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Commercial fishermen harvest Blue Crabs on the east coast and hold them in tanks and monitor them for molting. After each crab have molted, they are quickly removed from the tank to stop the shell from hardening. Soft Shell Crab How to cook - One thing I will miss when retired in Philippines.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have soft shell blue crab using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Soft shell blue crab:
- Get Soft shell blue crab
- Make ready 2 eggs (room temp)
- Prepare 1 cup butter milk
- Get 1 tsp Cajun season
- Prepare Salt/ pepper
- Prepare 2 cups self rising flour
- Prepare 1 tbsp Old Bay seasoning
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Take Peanut or vegetable oil
Contrary to popular belief, soft shell crabs aren't a separate species; they are just regular, hard shell crabs (most often blue crabs in the US) at a particular stage of growth. Soft shell crabs are prepared by first cutting out the gills, face, and guts. The crab is then battered in flour, egg, and seasoning, then fried in oil until crispy. The result can be served as an entre', or in a sandwich.
Instructions to make Soft shell blue crab:
- Rinse off blue crab and place on paper towel to drain. Crack both eggs in a bowl and add buttermilk. Add Cajun seasoning and mix. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. Turn on stove to medium heat and allow oil to heat up. Preferably in a cast iron skillet or heavy bottom pan.
- Add flour and remainder of seasoning into paper bag and shake to blend together.
- Add blue crab to flour. Dust off excess and add to egg mixture. Cover completely in egg. Add back to the bag of seasoned flour. Cover entire crab in flour. Add a pinch of flour to see if oil is ready to fry if it’s bubbling when the flour is added, it ready, if not allow oil to continue to heat. You may need to turn the heat up slightly above medium…
- Fry until golden. Take out and drain excess oil on paper towel while you prepare to make your Po boy sandwich
When served between bread slices or crackers, the legs stick out on either side, and the. Maryland Soft Shell Crabs: Blue crabs go through a molting process shedding its outer shell and leaving a delicate soft shell crab that is exploding with flavor. Several methods for preparing soft shell crabs are baked, sauteed, deep fried, or pan fried. Other ways of cooking will give equally tasty results. The delicious soft shell crab…mmmmm soooo good….is a Chesapeake Bay regional specialty.
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