fried hard crabs in gravy

Name: Fried Hard Crabs in Gravy
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 dozen - live blue crabs; 1 1/2 cup(s) flour; 1 teaspoon(s) old bay seasoning; 3 cup(s) water (divided); 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 2 tablespoon(s) crisco

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Michele Osborne

Baltimore, MD

Updated on Jun 8, 2012

This is one of my grandmother (Dorothy Mohr Anderson) unique recipes. I don't know of anyone else that made these. We caught the blue crabs off our pier and gran would make these for dinner. Note: If you hold the crab by the backfin it can't pinch you. Crabs must be alive.

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I used jumbo sized crabs here, But medium sized tend to work better and are easier to handle

prep time 30 Min

cook time 45 Min

method Pan Fry

yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 dozen - live blue crabs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon old bay seasoning
3 cups water (divided)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons crisco

How To Make fried hard crabs in gravy

Step 1

Remove Shell, lungs and claws from live crabs. Save fat to season gravy

Step 2

Dredge crab in flour and fry 10 minutes, cavity side down turn and fry 10 minutes more. Set pan aside
Step 3

Place crabs in a large pot, cavity side up.
Step 4

add 1 cup water and steam 10 minutes
Step 5

GRAVY RECIPE below
Step 6

Brown flour that the crabs were fried in
Step 7

Add crab fat and 2 cups water
Step 8

Season with old Bay.
Step 9

Place crabs on a platter cavity side up and cover with gravy.
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