Maryland Soft Shell Crab Sandwich Recipe

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🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

Prepare the blue crabs by ensuring they have molted their shell.

In a bowl, add enough flour to dredge the crabs and mix in Old Bay seasoning to taste.

Add a couple of grindings of black pepper to the flour and mix well to distribute the seasoning.

Dredge the soft-shell crabs lightly in the seasoned flour, ensuring to lift the flaps to coat them without creating a batter.

Set the dredged crabs aside on a plate as you prepare the frying pan.

In a hot frying pan, add about a tablespoon of butter and a little olive oil to cover the bottom of the pan.

Once the butter and olive oil are crackling, place the crabs top side down in the frying pan.

Cook the crabs for about two minutes on one side until they develop a nice crust, then flip them over.

While the crabs are cooking, prepare the sandwich by spreading a thin layer of mayonnaise on the Italian sourdough bread.

Arrange mixed lettuce on the mayonnaise-covered bread.

Once the crabs are done cooking, arrange three soft-shell crabs on each sandwich along with the claws.

Press the sandwich together gently and cut it in half to serve.

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