Cornmeal Battered Soft Crabs Amongst One-Time Bay Corn Grits

Ingredients:

for the crabs:
4 soft crabs, cleaned
two cups milk
1 egg
1 1/2 loving cup flour
1 loving cup self-rising cornmeal mix
2-3 tablespoons Old Bay, divided use
freshly solid pose down dark pepper

for the grits:
1 loving cup yellowish stone-ground grits
iii loving cup H2O or chicken stock
1/3 loving cup grated Gouda
1 tablespoon Old Bay
4 ears' worth of (cooked) corn kernels
freshly solid pose down dark pepper

Directions:

for the crabs:

Whisk together the milk, egg together with one-half of the Old Bay inwards a medium bowl. Pour into a resealable bag, add together the crabs. Seal together with refrigerate 1 hour.

Meanwhile, whisk the flour, cornmeal, together with remaining spices together inwards a bowl. Dredge both sides of each crab inwards the seasoned flour. Place on a platter until railroad train to fry.

Heat 1/4 inch stone oil inwards a large pan. Fry the crabs for 3-5 minutes on each side or until crisp together with fully cooked. Drain on newspaper towel-lined plates.

for the grits:

In a medium pot, select the H2O or stock together with Old Bay to a boil. Add the grits together with stir continually for nearly ten minutes or until all the broth is absorbed. Remove from the rut together with stir inwards the cheese together with corn. Serve immediately.

My thoughts:

We had such a seafood weekend! We had a clambake inwards the Inner Harbor that had clam, mussels, crabs, lobster, together with sausage thus the side past times side twenty-four hr menses nosotros had steamed crabs together with corn at abode inwards the backyard. The entirely matter nosotros didn't conduct hold was soft crabs. Soft crabs are perhaps my most favorite nutrient thus this clearly needed to hold upward rectified.

I purchased cleaned them. You tin sack purpose defrosted, previously frozen, cleaned soft crabs exactly you lot produce non desire to purchase dead nonfrozen soft crabs every bit they spoil actually speedily together with you lot conduct hold no means of knowing how long they were dead! It is okay to purchase them hold upward together with conduct hold the shop build clean them for you lot every bit long every bit you lot brand them speedily together with proceed them cool.  If you lot hold upward inwards a bluish crab area, seafood markets together with locally owned grocery stores are your best bet, although I volition hold upward honest together with country I conduct hold likewise bought them at stands on the side of the road. They're hold upward together with if they were spoiled, I'd know thus I experience prophylactic doing that. But that's pro-level crab procurement.  If you lot are local, experience costless to electronic mail me together with I volition tell you lot where I larn my crabs. I ever select a cooler together with huge H2O ice pack to carry my crabs abode inwards since it is summertime together with I don't desire to poisonous substance us.

Anyway, I usually produce a flour coat for my soft crabs together with brand sandwiches exactly I got fancy this fourth dimension together with busted out the cornmeal together with made grits on the side using upward the extra corn on the cob the steamed crab house gave us for or thus reason. It was such a proficient meal! I likewise made or thus other vegetable dish exactly honestly, the grits together with the soft crabs were enough. The crabs were super juicy together with flavorful (the batter together with the fact that you lot consume them musical rhythm out together with all actually keeps the flavor in) together with the creamy grits tied inwards perfectly. I actually desire to brand this same repast again, correct now.