Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, soft shell blue crab. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Soft shell blue crab is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Soft shell blue crab is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook soft shell blue crab using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Soft shell blue crab:
- Get Soft shell blue crab
- Make ready 2 eggs (room temp)
- Make ready 1 cup butter milk
- Prepare 1 tsp Cajun season
- Get Salt/ pepper
- Prepare 2 cups self rising flour
- Make ready 1 tbsp Old Bay seasoning
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Prepare Peanut or vegetable oil
Soft shell crabs are a treat whether fried, broiled, or grilled. 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 crab is a culinary term for crabs that have recently molted their old exoskeleton and are still soft.
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
Soft-shells are removed from the water as soon as they molt to prevent any hardening of their shell. 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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