Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, soft shell blue crab. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Blue Crab Trading takes pride in our product and strives for satisfaction. 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 blue crab is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Soft shell blue crab is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook soft shell blue crab using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Soft shell blue crab:
- Make ready Soft shell blue crab
- Make ready 2 eggs (room temp)
- Prepare 1 cup butter milk
- Get 1 tsp Cajun season
- Make ready Salt/ pepper
- Make ready 2 cups self rising flour
- Prepare 1 tbsp Old Bay seasoning
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Prepare Peanut or vegetable oil
There are specific considerations to remember when buying them. 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.
Steps 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
The result can be served as an entre', or in a sandwich. When served between bread slices or crackers, the legs stick out on either side, and the. Maryland soft shell crab is incredibly tender and can be eaten whole, shell included! Soft-shelled crabs and hard-shelled crabs are of the same species. Blue crabs have a hard shell or exoskeleton.
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