Skip to main content

Deep Fried Soft-shell Crab with Aioli and a Watercress Salad

Soft-shell crabs are wonderful deep fried. In this recipe the fresh yeast and beer in the batter produces a light and crunchy result.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 25 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Deep Fried Soft-shell Crab with Aioli and a Watercress Salad

Serves 4
Prep2 hr
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

903Calories
41 gProtein
22 gFat
122 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 18 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Crab100g cooked97
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Saffronnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Pea Shootsnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Coriander + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Lime + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Vinegar + garlictop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,115 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Beer + vinegartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together302 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, beer, vinegar, coriander, lime, flour, crab):

  1. Gingerfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Jalapenofits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, beer, vinegar, coriander, lime, flour, crab. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.