Soft-Shell Crab Salad with Green Goddess Dressing

Name: Soft-Shell Crab Salad with Green Goddess Dressing
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 fillets anchovy fillets; 1 head bibb lettuce, trimmed and hand torn; 473 milliliters buttermilk; 1 Tbsp crab boil seasoning; 1 hard boiled egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh chives; 237 milliliters coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh tarragon leaves; 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped; 1 lemon, juiced; 4 servings Lemon wedges, for serving; 118 milliliters mayonnaise; 4 mediums soft-shell crabs, cleaned and rinsed; 1 red onion, sliced; 4 servings Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 118 milliliters sour cream; 2 bunches watercress, trimmed; 4 servings Vegetable oil, for frying

Soft-Shell Crab Salad with Green Goddess Dressing might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 40% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This pescatarian recipe has 1394 calories, 26g of protein, and 79g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up sea salt and pepper, tarragon leaves, chives, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert.

Instructions

To make the green goddess dressing: Simply puree the ingredients together in a blender, until light green and creamy. Cover and stick the dressing in the fridge to allow the flavors to come together.

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Blender

Pour the buttermilk in a shallow bowl large enough to hold all the crabs. Season the buttermilk with crab boil seasoning, salt, and pepper.

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Crab Boil Seasoning

Buttermilk

Pepper

Salt

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Bowl

Lay the crabs in the buttermilk mixture and marinate, covered, in the refrigerator for 1 hour; soaking the crabs in buttermilk helps plump them up when cooked.

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Buttermilk

Remove the crabs from the milk bath and let the excess drip off.

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Milk

Pour 2 inches of oil in a heavy frying pan or large pot and heat to 350 degrees F.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Pot

Put the flour in a pie dish or plate and season with a fair amount of salt and pepper. Dredge the crabs in the seasoned flour to coat, shaking off the excess.

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Salt And Pepper

All Purpose Flour

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Pie Form

Lay the crabs in the hot oil in a single layer without crowding; you may have to fry them in batches. Be careful, the crabs have a tendency to pop and spatter. Cook the crabs for about 3 minutes on each side, turning once, until golden brown.

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Cooking Oil

Pop

Drain on paper towels.

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Paper Towels

To assemble the salad: combine the watercress, lettuce, and onion slices in a mixing bowl.

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Watercress

Lettuce

Onion

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Mixing Bowl

Pour in 1/2 cup of the green goddess dressing, tossing to coat. Arrange the salad on a serving platter, put the fried crabs on top, and grate the hard boiled egg over the whole thing.

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Hard Boiled Egg

Garnish with lemon wedges and serve immediately.

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Lemon Wedge

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Servings:

3fillets

anchovy fillets 1head

bibb lettuce, trimmed and hand torn 473milliliters

buttermilk 1Tbsp

crab boil seasoning 1

hard boiled egg 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 2Tbsps

chopped fresh chives 237milliliters

coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 2Tbsps

chopped fresh tarragon leaves 2

garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 1

lemon, juiced 4servings

Lemon wedges, for serving 118milliliters

mayonnaise 4mediums

soft-shell crabs, cleaned and rinsed 1

red onion, sliced 4servings

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 118milliliters

sour cream 2bunches

watercress, trimmed 4servings

Vegetable oil, for frying

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Fish works really well with Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. One wine you could try is Thrive Pinot Grigio. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 15 dollars.