Barbecued Corn and Hard Shell Crab
Ingredients
- 1/3 c OLIVE OIL
- SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE 2 ts TOMATO PASTE
- 4 EARS WHITE CORN UNSHUCKED
- 1 ts HOT PEPPER PASTE
- 8 Hard shelled crabs; cooked
- -washed and dried 1 CLOVE MINCED GARLIC
Cooking Directions
- MIX THE OLIVE OIL WITH THE TOMATO PASTE,GARLIC,SALT AND PEPPER,HOT PEPPER PASTE.SET ASIDE.
- PLACE THE CORN ON A CHARCOAL GRILL FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES,TURNING EVRY 5 MINUTES.
- REMOVE TO A WARM SPOT.
- BRUSH THE CRABS WITH SOME OF THE OIL MIXTURE AND GRILL FOR FOUR MINUTES PER SIDE,UNTIL LIGHTLY BROWNED AND THE EDGES OF THE SHELL HAVE SLIGHTLY CHARRED.
- SHUCK THE CORN AND SERVE TWO CRABS AND AN EAR OF CORN TO EACH DINNER.
- SERVE THE EXTRA SPICED OIL MIXTURE AS A DIP FOR THE CRAB AND TO BE BRUSHED ON THE CORN.MAKES FOUR SERVINGS.
NOTE: IF USING LIVE HARD SHELLED CRABS,BOIL THEM FIRST IN A LARGE POT OF WATER SEASONED WITH SEVERAL TABLESPOONS OF CRAB BOIL( A SPICE BLEND ) UNTI ALL THE CRABS ARE BRIGHT RED,ABOUT 10 MINUTES.THEN PROCEED AS INSTRUCTED F COOKED CRABS.
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