Fried Blue Stone Crabs In Savory Tomato Sauce Over Pasta Recipe
If you love crabs, there’s nothing more savory and delicious than fried blue stone crabs in red sauce over pasta. Once the fall weather hits, we love cooking more savory meals on the stove now that’s it’s cooling down. Today, I prepared a recipe that’s so mouth-watering good, everyone will love it.
The aroma of garlic and seafood fills the house as we patiently waited for the pasta to boil. While this recipe is perfect all year round, it’s especially delicious this time of year.
It starts out with live fresh crabs from the fish market! My hubby is a seafood fanatic and this recipe is one of his favorites! I store them in the fridge for a few hours before cooking. If you love seafood dishes, you must try our Shrimp Scampi recipe. It’s so good, you’ll make it every week!
Fried Blue Crabs In Savory Tomato Sauce Over Pasta Recipe
Ingredients
- Crabs
- 1/4 cup of olive oil
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 small onion
- 2 cups of red wine
- garlic powder to taste
- onion powder to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
- Red Tomato Sauce
- 2 cans of crushed tomatoes
- 3 cans of tomato sauce
- 2 cans of tomato paste with garlic (we used the garlic-infused tomato paste if you can't find it just use regular paste
- 1 cup of red dry wine
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1/4 olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 small onion
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Clean crab well
saute garlic in olive oil for about 3 minutes
add crabs
season
brown well
remove crabs and set aside
saute garlic and onion in olive oil for about 3 minutes
add canned tomatoes
add sugar and spices and wine
stir well - let cook for about 45 minutes
add crabs
let it cook for another 45 minutes
serve over your choice of pasta and enjoy!
They have to be cleaned well and prepped for cooking first.
Start by giving them a good wash in the sink.
Then, pull out the outer shell. You can pull that off entirely and discard.
You also have to pull off the back-end of the shell to reveal the insides and clean that part well by removing all loose internals.
They are not that difficult to clean. You can easily see what needs to be removed.
Once fully cleaned, your crabs should look like this.
And the frying process begins with freshly cleaned and seasoned blue crabs.
You can eat them fried too without the sauce if you prefer. They are so good just as is as well.
Frying the crabs up with seasoning gives them, even more, flavor.
Be sure to flip the crabs over while frying them at least twice to make sure they are nice and brown in color.
Once your crabs are clean, set aside and start the sauce. There’s always fresh garlic!
And the sauce is so easy with canned tomatoes!
And course, let’s not forget the wine! We love adding a nice red dry wine.
With the garlic, onion, and olive oil cooking, you can see this dish is going to be delicious.
Now that the sauce is done it’s time to add the fried crabs.
Add the crabs to the sauce and cook for at least an hour.
Give them a stir every 20 minutes or so.
You can see a difference in the consistency of the sauce after it’s been cooking for over an hour. Delicious and ready to go! Time to boil the water for the pasta. You can use any type of pasta you like, we like it with thin spaghetti!
Pair it with some fresh corn on the cob – cleaned and ready to boil! The perfect side dish!
Now, it’s time to eat!
Don’t you want to dig into this dish? I know I do!
I hope you get to enjoy this recipe soon. It’s one of the best seafood experiences I promise you!
Let me know if you have any questions in the comment section below.
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