Fried Crab
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Cayman Islands Seafood recipe supplied by TheMealDB.
schedulePrep 0 min
local_fire_departmentCook 0 min
publicCayman Islands speedmedium
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Provider record: TheMealDB meal 53509 · updated 2026-06-30 00:01:00
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Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb Crab Meay
- 2 medium Onions
- 1 Scotch Bonnet
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- To taste Salt
- 1/4 cup Oil
Directions
- Wash crabs and boil in large pot of water for 15 minutes, remove from boiling water and cool. Crack legs and open backs to remove all meat, set aside.
- Remove seeds from scotch bonnet pepper and dice pepper and onions. Sauté onions and scotch bonnet peppers in oil over medium heat until onions begin to get transparent. Add crab meat, black pepper and salt, stirring occasionally. Cook over medium heat for an additional 5 to 10 minutes.
- Serve with “bread kind”, a local dish that consists of a variety of starchy vegetables including pumpkin, squash, plantain, potato, cassava and breadfruit.
- Optional: Seasoned crab meat may also be stuffed in cleaned crab backs and baked. Cover stuffed backs with foil paper and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.