You may remember a post of mine from a year or two back, which chronicled my family adventures in crabbing down in Savannah. I have been catching crabs off docks and boats for several decades at this point, and when I don’t have the opportunity to go catch my own, I enjoy getting them as fresh as I can locally.
While I have prepared many crab dishes, like my crab cakes, dips and appetizers, this is my first time attempting soft shell crabs at home. My husband and I hit a local farmers market yesterday, and among all of the fresh produce and local vendors, was a local seafood team selling all kinds of awesome items.
I saw they had jumbo soft shell crabs and I knew I had to attempt recreating what I had enjoyed at so many southern restaurants, fried soft shell crabs! So here is my take on friend soft shell crabs, which ended up in burger form for dinner tonight, with some fresh lettuce and chipotle mayo!
My absolute favorite part of any Chinese dinning experience is the crab rangoon. Some of you may refer to these as crab wontons, however the general idea is the same; fried wonton dough, filled with delicious crab, cream cheese and seasonings!