{"id":14270,"date":"2023-08-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/mariners-menu\/?p=14270"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:27:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T18:27:43","slug":"pan-fried-soft-crabs-with-white-wine-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/mariners-menu\/pan-fried-soft-crabs-with-white-wine-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Pan-Fried Soft Crabs with White Wine Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Prepare White Wine Sauce and keep warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mix flour, meal, salt and pepper in a shallow dish. Turn each crab in flour mix to coat completely. Gently shake off excess. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add butter. When skillet is heated, lay crabs upside down in oil. Saut\u00e9 until crisp and golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes. Turn and repeat on other side. Remove to warm platter. Pour wine sauce over crabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
White Wine Sauce<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Combine wine, onion, vinegar and cayenne pepper. Bring to a boil. Cook until reduced by half. Stir in butter and reheat. Remove from heat. Serve over cooked crabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contributed by\u00a0Joyce Taylor<\/a> \u00a0From:\u00a0Mariner\u2019s Menu: 30 Years of Fresh Seafood Ideas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n DID YOU KNOW?<\/p> The molting of a blue crab is regulated by hormones, controlled by endocrine glands in the eyestalk. The shell has not yet hardened and is completely edible in a soft shell crab<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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