Soft shell blue crab
Soft shell blue crab

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, soft shell blue crab. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Shipped Fresh from the Chesapeake Bay to Your Door! Check Out Top Brands On eBay. Product Description: Small in size but big in taste; these blue crabs caught just after molting (before the new shell has had time to harden) are prepared as soft shell crabs. The crab is then battered in flour, egg and seasoning then fried in oil until crispy.

Soft shell blue crab is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Soft shell blue crab is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to 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:
  1. Prepare Soft shell blue crab
  2. Get 2 eggs (room temp)
  3. Take 1 cup butter milk
  4. Get 1 tsp Cajun season
  5. Prepare Salt/ pepper
  6. Make ready 2 cups self rising flour
  7. Prepare 1 tbsp Old Bay seasoning
  8. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  9. Prepare Peanut or vegetable oil

They're regular crabs – in the U. S. they're most typically blue crabs – that have gotten too big for their shells. In order to keep on growing, they shed their shell and make new, bigger ones. The activity we are referring to is the pursuit of soft-shell crabs.

Steps to make Soft shell blue crab:
  1. 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.
  2. Add flour and remainder of seasoning into paper bag and shake to blend together.
  3. 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…
  4. Fry until golden. Take out and drain excess oil on paper towel while you prepare to make your Po boy sandwich

In order to keep on growing, they shed their shell and make new, bigger ones. The activity we are referring to is the pursuit of soft-shell crabs. A blue crab, in order to grow larger, is forced to shed its shell periodically and replace it with another that is very soft and flexible that will allow it to grow in size. This temporary condition is known as a soft-shell crab. Soft shell crabs have a rich, buttery sweetness and tender, flaky meat.

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