Sauteed Soft-Shell Crabs With Lemon-Butter Pan Sauce Recipe

Recipe By Serious Eats

These crispy, plump, and briny soft-shell crabs cook up in just a few minutes, and are then topped with an even quicker lemonbrown butter pan sauce with capers and parsley. It's as pure a celebration of fresh soft-shell crabs as it gets, with nothing extraneous in the way.

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Sauteed Soft-Shell Crabs With Lemon-Butter Pan Sauce
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Ingredients for Sauteed Soft-Shell Crabs With Lemon-Butter Pan Sauce Recipe

  • 1/4 cup All purpose flour
  • As required Kosher Salt And Freshly Ground Black Pepper
  • 2 Large soft shell crabs, preferably jumbo or awhalea size, cleaned
  • 1/2 stick Unsalted Butter, Divided
  • 1/2 tablespoon Drained Capers
  • 1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice from one lemon
Nutrition
value
28
calories per serving
< 1 g Fat3 g Protein3 g Carbs5 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    < 1g
  • Protein
    3g
  • Carbs
    3g
  • Fiber
    5g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    3g
  • Protein
    3g
  • Fiber
    5g

Fats

  • Fat
    < 1g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    62mg
  • Iron
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin A
    189mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    28mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    0mcg
  • Vitamin C
    22mg
  • Vitamin E
    < 1mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    30mg
  • Manganese
    < 1mg
  • Phosphorus
    46mg
  • Selenium
    6mcg
  • Zinc
    < 1mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By Serious Eats