Catch ’em & Cook ’em: Soft Shell Crab Sandwich
Ingredients:
Vegetable oil for frying
3 Lg eggs
1 C milk
1 C beer
2 C flour
4 Soft shelled crabs cleaned
4 Hamburger buns toasted
Tartar sauce
Tomato slices
Leaf lettuce
How to:
1. Heat about 3 inches of oil in a saucepan to about 400 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, mix eggs, milk and beer until creamy.
3. Put flour in a separate bowl.
4. Dip crabs into wet batter and then dip into flour.
5. Drop battered crab into hot oil.
6. Fry crab for 3 minutes on each side until golden.
7. Serve on buns with tartar sauce, tomato and lettuce.
Makes 4
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