Title: Soft-Shell Crab Club Sandwich
Categories: Cooking, Live
Yield: 1 Servings

4 md Soft-shell crabs
2 tb Chili powder
2 tb Vegetable oil
4 Soft buns, such as brioche,
-croissant, or other
-good-quality soft dinner
-bun
1 Sliced tomato
1/2 c Alfalfa sprouts
2 Avocados, peeled, pitted and
-cut into 1/4-inch slices
Several leaves of red-leaf
-lettuce
1/2 c Mayonnaise
2 tb Pureed ancho chili peppers,
-rehydrated

Season the crabs with salt and pepper, and sprinkle both sides with the
chili powder. Preheat a

pan with the oil until nearly smoking. Add the crabs, belly-side down. Cook
for 5 minutes

before turning. Lower the heat and cook for another 5 minutes on the second
side. Remove from the pan and pat dry with paper towels to remove any
excess oil.

Build your sandwich with lettuce, tomato, sprouts, and avocado, topped off
with the crab and chili mayonnaise.

Yield: 4 sandwiches

NOTES : (Courtesy of Michael Lomonaco)

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8836 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #512 by
Angele Freeman on Mar 12, 1997