Jersey Shore Garlic Crabs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 dozen live blue crabs (live or cleaned)
4 teaspoons dried oregano
10 -15 garlic cloves, chopped
1/4 cup olive oil
26 ounces canned chopped tomatoes or 26 ounces puree
1 cup white wine or 1 cup white clam broth
1/2 lemon (halved)

Preparation

Clean crabs by covering them with slightly hot water.
Leave 5 minutes to anestheize crabs.
Remove back shell,lungs and rinse.
In a large spagehetti pot add 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1/3 garlic.Saute 1 minute on low.
Add 6 crabs and 1 teaspoon oregano.Saute 1 minute ,toss and add 1/3 can tomatoes.
Repeat this process another 2 times until all crabs are added.
Add wine or clam broth.
Cover and cook on low for 10 minutes.
Remove crabs to platter.
Squeeze lemon and add to pot along with remaining oregano.
Pour sauce over crabs on platter.
Serve with linguine.