Louisiana Cajun Soft Shell Crabs
From mystic_river1 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Fried Soft Shell Crabs is a great Cajun Cooking Recipe and most often considered a delicacy in Louisiana Cooking
Ingredients
- Wet mix shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1 cup of milk shopping list
- 1/2 cup Italian dressing shopping list
- 1 tbs. creole seasoning (your choice) shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder shopping list
- 1/2 tsp onion powder shopping list
- 1 tsp. hot sauce shopping list
- 1 tsp. cayenne pepper shopping list
- salt and fresh ground black pepper. shopping list
- Dry Mix shopping list
- 2 cups plain flour. shopping list
- 3/4 cup cornstarch (makes it stick better) shopping list
- 2 Tbs. creole seasoning shopping list
- 1/2 tsp salt shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper shopping list
- 1/2 tsp. cayenne shopping list
- 1 tsp lemon and pepper seasoning shopping list
How to make it
- Put crabs in liquid mix. Mix it all up and marinade it for 30 or more minutes in the ice box.
- Dredge the crabs in the dry mix and let sit a minute or so moving them around just a little.
- Use peanut oil, about 1 1/2" in the pan depending upon the pan depth.
- Heat to 375ºF (use thermometerl).
- Place the crabs in the oil leaving a 1" space between them,
- don't try to fry too many at a time.
- Overloading the pan will cool the cooking oil too much and you'll get soggy crabs.
- Stir them around every 10 seconds or so.
- Cook them about 3 minutes flipping a few times.
- watch the bubbling to judge the doneness,
- Let them fry until they bubble lightly. If they quit bubbling completely they're overcooked.
- You cannot tell how done the crabs are by the outer color, it's all in the bubbles!
- Remove the crabs and place on paper towels.
- Move them around so the grease is soaked up.
- Transfer them to another pan with more paper towels and cover with paper towels.
- Let the oil come back to 365ºF for the next batch!
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