Soft Shell Crab Dipping Sauce Recipes

SOFT SHELL CRAB WITH TEMPURA BATTER AND DIPPING SAUCES

Steps:

• For Tempura Batter: Whisk together ingredients. Can be used for up to 1 hour. Keep cold!
• For Crabs: Heat 1/4-inch of corn or peanut oil in a heavy skillet until very hot but not smoking. Fry the crabs in batches for about 2 minutes on the first side, then turn and fry for another minute. The crust should be golden. Be prepared the crabs will split when you fry them; a splatter screen will come in handy.
• Drain on paper towels and serve with dipping sauces.
• For Balsamic Syrup: Put all ingredients together and reduce over medium heat, down to 1/4 of its liquid. Strain and discard onion.
• For Red Pepper Syrup: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Reduce down to 3/4 of a cup. Thicken with the arrowroot.
• For Wasabi Cream: Dissolve Wasabi in water. Whisk in creme fraiche and lemon juice. Season with salt.

SOFT SHELL CRAB WITH A MICRO BREW SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan bring apple juice to a boil and reduce to a sugar syrup. Add beer. Do not foam. Bring to a boil. Lower heat, let reduce by 2/3. Set aside.
• In a large bowl combine mango, pineapple, shallots, scallions, plum tomatoes, add cilantro, lime juice, vinegar and oil. Set aside.
• In a small bowl mix 1/4 cup of cornstarch and some of ice water make a slurry. In a large mixing bowl combine sugar, flour and remaining cornstarch. In a saucepan heat slurry stirring constantly until slurry is clean and pasty. Remove from heat, add ice water. Stir to combine. Add ice water slurry to flour mixture, whisk to make tempura batter.
• Preheat deep fryer 400 degrees F.
• In a saucepan heat beer sauce.
• Dip soft shell crabs into tempura batter and deep fry until crisp and golden brown. When done remove crab to paper towels, let drain and season with salt and pepper. Arrange mango pineapple salsa in center of a plate. Place soft shell crab on top salsa. Add beer sauce to plate.

CRAB DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together until sugar had dissolved.

DEVILED SOFT-SHELL CRABS WITH DIPPING SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix flour, cornmeal, chili powder, cayenne, cumin, ground coriander, and salt in shallow bowl.
• Heat 2 inches of oil in deep fryer to 350 degrees.
• Coat crabs thoroughly with flour mixture and fry 2 at a time, turning once, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Drip and serve hot with dipping sauce.
• To make dipping sauce, mix last 12 ingredients in small bowl.