Sauteed Soft Crabs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

fresh soft crabs
4 oz. butter or margarine
egg wash (egg white mixed with 1 Tbsp. water)
flour
few drops lemon juice
dash of seafood seasoning

Preparation

Place butter in a skillet and allow to get very hot, white in appearance.
Dip soft crabs in egg wash, then dip in flour.
Put crabs in hot butter and be careful of the splatters.
Add seafood seasoning to taste, then lemon juice.
Turn soft crabs when brown and crisp, about 5 minutes.
Allow to cook 4 to 5 minutes on the other side.
Remove from heat, take soft crabs from pan and pat dry with paper towels.
Serve hot.
This quantity butter is for 4 soft crabs, approximately 2 soft crabs to 1 ounce of butter.