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fried hard crabs in gravy

(1 rating)
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Recipe by
Michele Osborne
@Michelecooksalot
Baltimore, MD

This is one of my grandmother (Dorothy Mohr Anderson) unique recipes. I don't know of anyone else that made these. We caught the blue crabs off our pier and gran would make these for dinner. Note: If you hold the crab by the backfin it can't pinch you. Crabs must be alive.

(1 rating)
yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 45 Min
method Pan Fry

Ingredients For fried hard crabs in gravy

  • 1 dozen
    live blue crabs
  • 1 1/2 c
    flour
  • 1 tsp
    old bay seasoning
  • 3 c
    water (divided)
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 2 Tbsp
    crisco

How To Make fried hard crabs in gravy

  • 1
    Remove Shell, lungs and claws from live crabs. Save fat to season gravy
  • 2
    Dredge crab in flour and fry 10 minutes, cavity side down turn and fry 10 minutes more. Set pan aside
  • 3
    Place crabs in a large pot, cavity side up.
  • 4
    add 1 cup water and steam 10 minutes
  • 5
    GRAVY RECIPE below
  • 6
    Brown flour that the crabs were fried in
  • 7
    Add crab fat and 2 cups water
  • 8
    Season with old Bay.
  • 9
    Place crabs on a platter cavity side up and cover with gravy.
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