Soft-Shell Crabs With Corn
- Total Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 4ounces whole red onion or 3 ounces chopped (1 cup)
- Nonstick pan spray
- 1small clove garlic
- 1½pounds roasted peppers
- 1teaspoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2ears corn
- ¼teaspoon ground cumin
- 2tablespoons dry white wine
- 6large basil leaves
- ⅛teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 4soft-shell crabs
- 2tablespoons flour
- 1tablespoon olive oil
Preparation
- Step 1
Chop onion. Heat nonstick pan until it is very hot; reduce heat, and spray with pan spray. Add onion, and saute until it begins to soften.
- Step 2
Meanwhile, mince garlic in food processor. Rinse peppers, add to food processor with soy sauce, and puree.
- Step 3
Scrape corn from the cob, and add to onion with the cumin; cook 2 minutes. Add wine, and cook briefly.
- Step 4
Wash and julienne basil, and stir in with salt and pepper. Remove from pan, and set aside. Clean pan.
- Step 5
Wash crabs, and coat with flour already seasoned with black pepper.
- Step 6
Heat the oil in the same pan; add the crabs, and saute on both sides, a total of about 5 minutes.
- Step 7
Combine the peppers with onion-corn mixture, and serve with crabs.
Private Notes
Comments
I served this corn dish with grilled soft shells and it was delicious. Roasted the peppers over my gas stove burners.
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