Lobster Crab Seafood Recipes
Stewed Jimmys Blue Crab
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» Ingredients
Live Chesapeake Bay blue crabs
meat or bacon grease
Old Bay seasoning
1 medium onion, sliced
salt and pepper to taste
potatoes
dumplings
» Preparation Instructions:
Pull backs off live blue crabs. Rinse out guts with garden hose. Cut off dead men fingers, apron and mouth. Chop off crab legs and discard, but save claws. Scrub the crabs with small brush to remove all dirt and rinse well. Place blue crabs in large pot and add about 2 cups of water. Add about 1 tablespoon of fat meat grease or bacon grease. Sprinkle crabs with salt, pepper and a dash of Old Bay seasoning. Add onion and potatoes. Cover and cook over medium-high heat, adding water if necessary, for about 40 minutes. Make dumplings and place over top of crabs. Cover and cook over low heat 15 minutes. Remove dumplings, crabs, potatoes and make gravy with flour and water paste.
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