Soft shell blue crab
Soft shell blue crab

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, soft shell blue crab. One of my favorites. 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. Soft-shell crab is a culinary term for crabs that have recently molted their old exoskeleton and are still soft. Soft-shells are removed from the water as soon as they molt to prevent any hardening of their shell. A wide variety of blue soft shell crab options are available to you, such as part, variety, and certification.

Soft shell blue crab is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Soft shell blue crab is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook soft shell blue crab using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Soft shell blue crab:
  1. Prepare Soft shell blue crab
  2. Take 2 eggs (room temp)
  3. Take 1 cup butter milk
  4. Get 1 tsp Cajun season
  5. Make ready Salt/ pepper
  6. Get 2 cups self rising flour
  7. Get 1 tbsp Old Bay seasoning
  8. Take 1 tsp salt
  9. Get 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-shelled crabs and hard-shelled crabs are of the same species.

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

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-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. Typically, a crab will seek shelter during this process because it is highly vulnerable to predators.

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