Soft shell crabs - 2 crabs
- Order number: 480007
- Each pack contains two whole soft shell crabs
- Yes you do indeed eat the entire thing, shell and all!
- One 75g crab is about two mouthfuls so for two main meals, you would need one 320g pack
Softshell crabs are normal crabs which are caught immediately after moulting their shell, in the few days before the new one has hardened up. They are everywhere, of course, but two regions turned them into culinary stars: Venice and New England. They’re still fished in both places, but the rest of the world goes to Thailand for this delicacy where a burgeoning soft shell crab industry seems to be run by a cadre of ex-patriate Bostonian fish processing managers. So the quality is excellent. The most popular method of eating soft shell crab is to deep fry them. The availability of soft shell crab can be tricky so we do apologise if they are currently out of stock.
How you've been using our soft shell crabs...
- "Ideal for making salt and pepper soft shell crab. Arrived perfectly frozen and would recommend."
- "This was an excellent purchase great quality absolutely would recommend coated in seasoned flour & old bay (seasoning from New Orleans) pan fried crispy crunchier & delicious!"
- "Excellent product - very good quality - i coat them in Tempura Batter and they are really enjoyable and tasty"
UK- dpd - Courier
Basket | Charges |
Over £50 | FREE |
Under £50 | £6.50 |
Under £20 | £8.90 |
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Surcharge Type | Charge |
Saturday & Sunday | +£3.50 |
1pm Delivery | +5.00 |
Remote Postcodes* | +£20.00 |
*We use Royal Mail Special Delivery, which costs £26.60.
UK Royal Mail - Only tins & Jars
Service | Charges | Details |
2nd class | from £3.20 | 2-4 day delivery |
1st class | from £3.80 | 1-2 day delivery |
Northern Ireland
International
We are not currently shipping internationally.
![]() | Temperature |
Frozen | Stored frozen at -22C |
Chilled | Stored at 2-5C |
Ambient | Stored at room temperature |
![]() | Source |
The area where the fish was caught or farmed |
![]() | Wild or Farmed |
Wild | Fish that are caught from their natural habitat |
Organic | Organically farmed and certified by the soil association |
Farmed | Fish that have been bred on a commercial fish farm |
![]() | Prepared |
Raw | This product has not been cooked in any way |
Cooked | This product has been cooked, and is ready to eat |
Cured | This product has been smoked or otherwise preserved |
Reheat | This product has been prepared and only needs to be heated up to eat. |
![]() | Catch Method |
Hand pole & line | Caught using the traditional fishing rod and line |
Longline | Caught using a long line that has baited hooks and floats attached along its length |
Dived | Hand caught using divers |
Foraged | Caught by foraging along the beach |
Pots & Traps | Caught using stationary pots or traps that are placed along the ocean floor. |
Dredges | Caught using a net with a heavy steel frame that is dragged along the ocean floor. |
Gill netting | Caught using a curtain of netting that hangs in the water using floats. Usually does not touch the ocean floor. |
Seine net | Caught using a ring of netting in the open ocean with floats at the top and pinched at the bottom. |
Trawled | Caught using a large fishing net dragged behind a fishing boat |
Netted | Caught using any of the types of netting |
Thai Food Soft Shell Crab with Garlic & Pepper Recipe
Source: Duncan's Thai Kitchen