Recipes Soft-shell crabs are best cooked quickly, making them a great last-minute supper idea. For testing purposes (and because I’m reluctant to cut the face off a live crab), I prepared these ...

Avenue M’s Thai-influenced soft-shell crab, sourced from Core Sounds through Locals Seafood, is dredged in rice flour, pan-fried and served with satay sauce and hot chili chutney over a bed of ...

Avenue M’s Thai-influenced soft-shell crab, sourced from Core Sounds through Locals Seafood, is dredged in rice flour, pan-fried and served with satay sauce and hot chili chutney over a bed of ...

6 soft-shell crabs Directions: 1. Preheat grill to medium heat. Whisk oil with vinegar, salt, tarragon, lemon juice and garlic powder. 2. Brush mixture onto crabs and place crabs on grill.

Soft shell crab season runs from about April to late fall, when I presume crabs are most active. I confess that the first time I ever ate one, it was almost a little off-putting.

Soft shell crab with green curry, parsnips, roasted mushrooms, and pineapple chutney from The Gallows. All photos by Bernie Leed.

Soft-shell crabs are deliberately taken out of the water during or, more commonly, right before they shed. Once their shells have molted, they can be sold as soft shell seafood delicacies.

At Pier 500, soft crabs are stuffed with more crab meat and served with chutney, said Mary Howe, sous-chef. BTC “I try to treat the soft crab with respect,” said Vincent Vanhecke, chef of the ...

Soft-shell crabs are not a separate species of crab but a stage in the growth of a blue crab. To grow, crabs must shed their shells and grow new ones – something it does several times, starting ...

The arrival of soft-shell crabs is big news in the seafood world. Because water temperatures were so cold, no one was prepared for the soft-shell shed, said Richard Welton, owner of Welton's Fresh ...

"Here at Wicker's Crab Pot, our local soft shell season usually jumps off during the first full moon of May," says chef Jason Campen. "It's hard to beat a fried soft shell." We concur with the ...