Boiled Crabs

Name: Boiled Crabs
Ingredients: 2 each lemons quartered; 1/2 cup sweet red bell peppers diced; 1/2 cup sweet yellow bell peppers diced; 1/2 cup green bell peppers diced; 8 each new potatoes red; 4 each corn small ears fresh; 4 each onions small yellow; 1 cup salt; 12 each crab, blue live blue

9 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

2 each lemons quartered
1/2 cup sweet red bell peppers diced
1/2 cup sweet yellow bell peppers diced
1/2 cup green bell peppers diced
8 each new potatoes red
4 each corn small ears fresh
4 each onions small yellow
1 cup salt
12 each crab, blue live blue

Directions

1

Fill a large (10-quart) stockpot one-third full with water.
2

Add the lemons, potatoes, corn, onions, salt, and peppers.
3

Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
4

Let boil for 10 minutes.
5

Add the crabs, (if blue crabs are not available, substitute other small to medium crabs), cover, and return to boil.
6

Once steam starts to escape from under the cover, let cook for 15 minutes.
7

Turn off the heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes more.