Best Cornmeal Crusted Soft Shelled Crabs With Cilantro Lime Tartar Sauce Recipes

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CORNMEAL-CRUSTED SOFT-SHELL CRABS



Cornmeal-Crusted Soft-Shell Crabs image

When you buy soft-shell crabs, have them cleaned at the fish market. Here, they are served on a bed of arugula with a Lemon-Red Pepper Confit.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Ingredients     Seafood Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup yellow cornmeal
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 large egg whites
8 soft-shell crabs, (about 2 1/2 pounds)
6 tablespoons olive oil
1 bunch arugula, (about 6 ounces), washed and tough stems removed
Lemon-Red Pepper Confit

Steps:

  • Combine cornmeal, salt, and pepper in a shallow bowl or plate.
  • Whisk egg whites in a small bowl until just frothy. Dip crabs into egg whites to coat. Dredge them in the seasoned cornmeal, shake off excess, and set aside.
  • Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; arrange 4 crabs on their bellies in the pan. Cook until golden and crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer crabs to a plate and add 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil to pan. Return crabs to pan, on their backs, and cook until crisp, about 5 minutes more. Remove crabs from skillet and keep warm on a baking sheet in a 300 degrees oven. Repeat with the remaining olive oil and crabs.
  • Divide arugula among four plates. Arrange 2 crabs over each plate of arugula, spoon confit over or around crabs, and serve.

CORN-CRUSTED SOFT-SHELL CRABS WITH BEAN-MANGO SALSA



Corn-Crusted Soft-Shell Crabs With Bean-Mango Salsa image

Provided by Marian Burros

Categories     dinner, easy, quick, main course

Time 30m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 egg white
4 soft-shell crabs, cleaned
1/4 cup cornmeal
1 15-ounce can no-salt-added black beans
2 mangoes
1/4 fresh pineapple
1 tablespoon canola oil
1/2 jalapeno
1 tablespoon fresh or frozen ginger
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro

Steps:

  • Beat egg white slightly. Wash and dry crabs, dip into egg white and then into cornmeal.
  • Drain and rinse beans under cold running water.
  • Cut mangoes and pineapple into small chunks and place in mixing bowl large enough to hold all the ingredients but the crabs.
  • Heat oil in a nonstick pan and saute crabs until they turn red and the crust turns golden brown on both sides; about 5 minutes, depending on size.
  • Mince jalapeno, coarsely grate ginger, and add both to fruit.
  • Stir in brown sugar, lime juice and beans.
  • Wash, dry and chop cilantro and stir in.
  • Arrange salsa on each of two dinner plates and top with crabs.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 641, UnsaturatedFat 8 grams, Carbohydrate 119 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 23 grams, Protein 27 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 447 milligrams, Sugar 60 grams, TransFat 0 grams

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