Panfried softshell crabs
Panfried softshell crabs recipe in the seafood category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 cups saltine cracker crumbs
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 soft-shell crabs
Recipe method:
- In a shallow dish, stir the flour together with the oregano, salt and pepper.
- In a second dish, mix together milk and eggs.
- Add cracker crumbs to garlic and process until crumbs are ground fine.
- Transfer crumbs to another dish.
- In a large, heavy skillet, warm the butter and oil together over medium-high heat.
- Dip each crab lightly first in the flour, next in the egg mixture and then in the cracker crumbs.
- Add the crabs to the skillet, in two batches, if necessary, and pan-fry them 6 to 8 minutes, turning them once.
- Drain crabs, and serve immediately.
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