Soft Shell Crab Sandwich
Instructions:
- 1/4 Cup Mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoon Prepared barbecue sauce
- 1/4 Teaspoon Minced garlic
- 1/4 Cup Flour
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 Soft shell crabs (have fish monger clean them)
- 2 Tablespoon Vegetable oil
- 1 Tablespoon Butter
- 4 Kaiser rolls; split in half
- 8 Leaves of lettuce; washed and dried
- 1 Slice Ripe tomato; optional
- In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise with the barbecue sauce and garlic and set aside. In a shallow bowl or on a plate, combine the flour with the salt and pepper.
- Pat the crabs dry with paper towel. In a 12−inch skillet over medium heat, heat the oil and butter. As the oil is heating up, dip the crabs in flour, on both sides, and shake off any excess.
- Saute the crabs, shell side down, over medium heat, for 3 to 4 minutes, averting your face from the skillet as the crabs begin to cook because they spatter like a volcano (after a few minutes the sputtering settles down).
- With tongs, turn the crabs over and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes or until slightly red and firm. Spread both sides of the roll with barbecue mayonnaise, set lettuce and tomato on one side of the bread, top it with a crab and other half of the roll.