Boiled crab
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dozen crabs | |
| 1½ | gallon | Water |
| ½ | Box salt | |
| 2 | Onions; quartered | |
| 3 | Lemons; quartered | |
| 1 | Bag crab boil | |
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| 1 | Whole garlic; halved | |
| 1 | Bottle (small) hot pepper sauce | |
| 1 | Green pepper; halved | |
| 3 | Ribs celery | |
Directions
Combine all ingredients except crabs and boil for 1 to 1-½ hours. Purge crabs in fresh running water. Put purged crabs in brew and cover. Let come to a boil. Boil for 20 minutes. Turn off fire and let soak for 10 minutes.
Crabs will be very peppery. If less peppery crabs are desired, use less hot pepper sauce.
From <A Taste of Louisiana>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .