Tempura Soft-Shell Crab
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photo by ken cooks

- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
8 crabs
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- vegetable oil, enough to fry your amount of crab with
- 1 1⁄2 cups cake flour or 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3⁄4 teaspoon sea salt or 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 1⁄4 cups soda water
- 8 jumbo soft-shell crabs, dressed
- toasted sesame seeds, to garnish
directions
- Pour oil to a depth of 1 inch into a large Dutch oven, and heat to 350°.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt.
- Stir yolk into soda water in a 2-cup measure until blended; pour over flour mixture, and, using a large fork, gently combine (the batter should remain slightly lumpy and should have the consistency of heavy cream).
- Dip 2 crabs into batter, letting excess batter drip back into bowl, and carefully slip into the hot oil, top-side down. Fry 1 1/2 minutes per side, until golden brown and crisp. Drain on paper towels, then transfer to a baking sheet, and keep warm in a 200° oven. Repeat with remaining oil and crabs.
- Garnish with toasted sesame seeds and serve with Asian Slaw and Crab Dipping Sauce.
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