Recipe Needed: Grilled Crabs

Ask and you shall receive:

Grilled Crabs

You may never boil them again.

1. Remove the top shells and clean the crabs. Season with lemon pepper and place on the grill (low heat) bottom down. Squeeze butter on top and cook for 15 minutes. Flip the crabs and cook for 5 minutes. Flip crabs again, squeeze more butter, and cook for an additional 10 minutes. Serve with melted garlic butter

Grilled Soft Shell Crabs W Braised Scallions with Broccoli Rabe

1/2 lb broccoli rabe, whole, blanched, refreshed
3 Tbs extra-virgin olive oil, plus
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
24 scallions or spring onions, root end trimmed
1/2 cup sweet vermouth
1/4 cup sundried tomatoes, soaked 10 min. in
1/2 cup boiling water
2 Tbs balsamic vinegar
1 Tbs capers
12 small soft shell crabs
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste

1. Preheat grill. Remove florets from broccoli rabe and cut stems and leaves into 1-inch pieces.

2. In a 10-inch to 12-inch saute pan, heat 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil until just smoking. Toss scallions and cook 2 minutes, stirring often until just wilted. Add broccoli rabe and sweet vermouth and continue cooking 2 to 3 minutes, until scallions are quite soft. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside and allow to cool to room temperature.

3. In a blender, add sundried tomatoes, soaking water, balsamic vinegar, capers and 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil and blend until smooth, about 1 minute. Remove from blender and set aside.

4. Clean soft shell crabs by cutting off face and removing gills. Season with black pepper and place onto grill. Cook until crisp and bright-red (about 5 minutes each side).

5. Meanwhile, divide rabe/scallion mixture among 4 plates. Place 3 crabs on each plate, drip 2 tablespoons tomato pesto around crabs and serve immediately.

6. This recipe yields 4 servings.

7. Comments: The original recipe title as listed is "Grilled Soft Shell Crabs With Braised Scallions, Broccoli Rabe And Dried Tomato Pesto".

Servings: 4
Author: Mario Batali

Look up Deer Meat for Dinner on youtube, he has recipe that he did recently.

quote:

---

Stadium rat

---

I may be slightly intoxicated, but damn these crabs are effing good.
Highly recommend

Thanks for this recipe. I was really in need of it today. I am going to cook crabs at dinner. Hope so this will go good.

Barbecue Crabs:

(Assuming crabs are alive)
Grab crab w tongs, dunk in boiling water 5-10 seconds, then dunk in ice water bath
Tear backs off, scoop guts out, remove gills
Set aside

Make baste of lemon, butter, worchestershire, garlic
Season crabs w Tony's
Place crabs on grill
Douche liberally with said baste
20 minutes or so (no need to flip)

Serve w good French bread and a nice Chardonnay