Boiled Crabs

Total Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lemons, quartered
• 8 red potatoes
• 4 ears fresh corn
• 4 small yellow onions
• 1 cup salt
• 1/2 cup red pepper, ground
• 1/2 cup white pepper, ground
• 1/2 cup black pepper, ground
• 12 live blue crabs

Recipe

• 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.