Red Lobster's Fried Soft-Shell Crab
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 18 live soft shelled crabs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper, ground
- 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon onion powder
- 2 ounces lemon juice
- 3 dashes soy sauce
- 1 cup flour
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 2 cups plain breadcrumbs
directions
- 1. Clean crabs but do not remove top shell.
- 2. Rinse well in cool water.
- 3. Place the crabs on a sheet pan and season with salt, pepper, lemon, soy sauce, garlic power and onion powder, then refrigerate for at least two hours.
- 4. Place flour in one bowl, eggs in another, and bread crumbs in the last.
- 5. Roll each crab in the flour, dip in the eggs, and then coat with the bread crumbs.
- 6. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- 7. Heat a skillet with about one inch of oil.
- 8. Sauté each crab on one side for 4-5 minutes, turn and continue until each crab is crispy.
- 9. Place browned crabs in oven for 8 minutes until hot all the way through and crispy.
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