Fried soft-shell crabs with creole choron sauce

Fried soft-shell crabs with creole choron sauce

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The most popular way soft-shell crabs are prepared in Louisiana is fried, and for good reason, they’re good that way! [...]

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Ingredients

  • peanut oil for frying
  • 4 soft-shell crabs, cleaned
  • 1 recipe Creole choron sauce (see end of crab recipe)
  • lemon wedges
  • hot sauce
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup corn flour
  • 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
  • 1 tbsp. kosher salt
  • buttermilk – enough to make the crab batter the consistency of a thin pancake batter.
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp. kosher salt
  • 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
  • 1 cup hollandaise sauce
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 small bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 tbsp. garlic, minced
  • 1 can diced tomatoes (14 1/2 ounces)
  • stock to cover, about 2 cups
  • 2 fresh bay leaves
  • salt, black pepper, thyme (dried), cayenne pepper, and white pepper – all to taste
  • 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • hot sauce, to taste
  • 2 tbsp. flat leaf parsley, chopped
  • 3 thinly sliced green onions
  • corn starch slurry (2 tbsp. corn starch mixed with 2 tbsp. water) or dark roux, depending on the dish.

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