Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, soft shell blue crab. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little 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 recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Soft shell blue crab is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this 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 it.
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
- Take 1 tsp Cajun season
- Take Salt/ pepper
- Get 2 cups self rising flour
- Make ready 1 tbsp Old Bay seasoning
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Prepare Peanut or vegetable oil
The soft shell season is traditionally marked by the first full moon in May. Soft-shelled crabs and hard-shelled crabs are of the same species. Blue crabs have a hard shell or exoskeleton. In order for the crab to grow, it must periodically shed its shell in a process called molting.
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
Typically, a crab will seek shelter during this process because it is highly vulnerable to predators. 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 crabs are not a separate species of crab.
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