Soft Shell Crab Sandwich
- Level: Easy
- Total: 16 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 6 min
- Yield: 4 servings
- Level: Easy
- Total: 16 min
- Prep: 10 min
- Cook: 6 min
- Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
Vegetable oil, for frying
3 large eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup beer
2 cups all-purpose flour
4 soft shell crabs, cleaned
4 sandwich buns, toasted
Tartar Sauce, for serving, recipe follows
Sliced tomato, for serving
Lettuce leaves, for serving
Tartar Sauce:
8 ounces mayonnaise
2 tablespoons horseradish, drained
1 cup sweet pickles, chopped
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup lemon juice
Directions
- Heat about 3 inches of oil in a saucepan to about 400 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, mix eggs, milk and beer until creamy. Put flour in a separate bowl. Dip soft shell crabs into wet batter and then dip into flour. Drop battered crab into hot oil. Fry crab for 3 minutes on each side or until golden. Serve on buns, with tartar sauce, tomato and lettuce.
Tartar Sauce:
- Mix mayonnaise, horseradish, pickles, salt and pepper together in a small bowl. Add lemon juice. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Yield: about 3 cups
