Boiled Crabs

Title:
Boiled Crabs

Yield:
4 Servings

Categories:
Cajun,
Main
Dishes,
Fish




Ingredients:





     2    Lemons, quartered


     4    Small ears fresh corn


     1 c  Salt


   1/2 c  Ground white pepper


    12    Live blue crabs


     8    New red potatoes


     4    Small yellow onions


   1/2 c  Ground red pepper


   1/2 c  Ground black pepper






 Fill a large (10-quart) stockpot one-third full with water.


 Add the lemons, potatoes, corn, onions, salt, and peppers.


 Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.  Let boil for 10 minutes.


 Add the crabs, (if blue crabs are not available, substitute other


 small to medium crabs), cover, and return to boil.  Once steam


 starts to escape from under the cover, let cook for 15 minutes.


 Turn off the heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes more.


 From Alex Patout's "Cajun Home Cooking"  Published by Randon House


 Alex says, "Serves 2 Cajuns, 4 elsewhere."  He writes, "We like


 to lay out the crabs and vegetables on a large table covered


 with lots of paper and have a feast."


 


 File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/cajun.zip