The Best and Easiest Soft-Shell Crabs

Soft-shell crabs frequently are the focus of quick and simple meals during the spring and early summer. Because cooking the crabs is messy and speedy, I don’t bother fussing with a side dish and always serve these as a separate course. To round out the meal, sometimes I precede this with a pasta dish or follow it with a salad of steamed spring vegetables.

This is the type of meal I usually cook for just the two of us because sautéing crabs for several people is a job that requires t