Soft-Shell Crabs with Tarragon Tartar Sauce

Name: Soft-Shell Crabs with Tarragon Tartar Sauce
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: Serves 4 to 8
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon chopped sour pickles (preferably French cornichons); 1 clove garlic, minced; 1 cup mayonnaise; 2 pickled jalapeño peppers, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon drained capers; 8 large soft-shell crabs; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter; 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives or scallion greens; 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh tarragon leaves; ½ teaspoon black pepper; 2 teaspoons Dijon-style mustard; Grilled and buttered white bread slices or buns, for serving; Ripe tomato slices, for serving; Lettuce leaves, for serving

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
5 min

Appears in

How to Grill

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

About

Ingredients

8 large soft-shell crabs
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter

Americas
United States
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Clean the crabs as shown in Preparing the Crabs, Steps 1 through 4, or have your fishmonger do this for you. Melt the butter in a wide saucepan or frying pan with the garlic over medium heat and keep warm.
Combine the mayonnaise, jalapeños, capers, pickles, lime juice, chives, tarragon, mustard, and pepper in a nonreacti