Devil crabs. I'm a seafood lover and crabs are a family favorite. These small and fascinating scavengers are native to Southeast Asia. Looks like this's gonna get complicated.

The dish is traditionally made with blue crab. This crab's muscles store two of the most lethal toxins— tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin. Lump crab, a creamy, decadent sauce, crunchy breadcrumbs and fresh endive for dipping. You can cook Devil crabs using 26 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Devil crabs

Prepare of croquette dough--------.
Prepare 3 loaves of stale white bread.
Prepare 1 loaf of stale Cuban bread (grind very fine and sift).
It's 1 tbsp of paprika.
It's 1 tsp of salt.
It's of crab filling--------------.
It's 5 tbsp of oil.
It's 3 of medium onions finely chopped.
It's 1/2 of red or green bell pepper finely chopped.
You need 4 clove of garlic mashed.
It's 1 tsp of crushed red pepper Italian style.
It's 2 of bay leaves.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of sugar.
You need 1 tsp of salt.
Prepare 6 oz of tomato paste.
You need 1 lb of crab meat shredded.
It's 2 tsp of salt divided.
It's 1 cup of cracker meal.
You need 1/2 cup of flour.
Prepare 1 of oil to fry with.
You need of ground black pepper.
You need of egg wash----------.
Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
It's of ground black pepper.
It's of salt.
Prepare 2 of eggs well beating.

Pick over the crab meat to remove cartilage and bone. Try not to break up the lumps. Because blue crabs are so plentiful in Maryland, we're always looking for new ways to enjoy Stir in crab. He is also a bully to all the other crabs that are the same size or smaller.

Devil crabs step by step

Croquette: remove crust from stale white bread you wont need the crust. soak remainder of white bread In water for 15 minutes..
Drain squeeze the white bread until almost dry, add the Cuban bread till you have dough..
Add paprika and salt mix well form ball and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Fry onions, bell pepper, garlic, and crushed red pepper in oil for 15 minutes. add bay leaves, sugar, salt and tomato paste. add crab cook 10 minutes. put on plate and refrigerate for two hours..
Press about 3 tablespoons of dough into your hand put 1 tablespoon of crab filling in middle then seal it making pointed end it will look like a mini American football..
For egg wash mix eggs milk, salt, pepper and put in bowl.
Mix cracker and flour.
Roll croquette in cracker mix dip into egg wash and back into cracker mix put into refrigerator for 2 hours and fry in oil until brown.
Recipe from Tampa Tribune of the Columbia Restaurant recipe.

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