Soft shell crabs - 2 crabs
- Order number: 480003
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. Please note that one 75g crab is about two mouthfuls. And yes, you do indeed eat the whole thing... very tasty too. The availability of soft shell crab can be tricky so we do apologise if they are currently out of stock.
- You can eat our soft shell crabs whole
- The most popular method of cooking soft shell crabs is to deep fry them
- Soft shell crab is only sold as frozen in the UK due to it having to be imported
Featured customer reviews of our soft shell crabs
- "They are perfect lightly coated in tempura batter and grated coconut, mmmm"
- "Made an Indian Bel Phuri dish with deep-fried soft-shell crab - bought from The Fish Society - excellent! It's a real find this place with a great selection and spick & span premises."
- "Tasty, good quality and quick delivery"
UK Courier
| Basket | Charges |
| Under £40 | £5.90 |
| Over £40 | FREE |
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| Surcharge Type | Charge |
| Saturday | +£2.50 |
| Remote Postcodes* | +£20 |
*We use Royal Mail Special Delivery, which costs £26.60.
UK Mail
| 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