Salt-and-Pepper Crabs | Saveur

Salt-and-Pepper Crabs | Saveur

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Deep frying the crabs in a chile infused oil gives them with a nutty, mild zing.

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Ingredients

  • 8 cups vegetable oil
  • 12 long, hot red wax chiles, chopped
  • 1 (3 1/2'') piece fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
  • 1 head garlic, cloves separated, peeled, and chopped
  • <sup>3</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cup flour
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cup sweet paprika
  • 2-3 Tbsp. salt
  • 1 Tbsp. freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 (1 1/2–2 lb.) large blue or dungeness crabs, thoroughly scrubbed

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