Devil crabs

skunkmonkey101
skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101
Dover, Florida

The devil crab roll originated in Ybor City in Florida by the Cuban community long ago this is so delicious split a little opening down the center longways and fill the opening with your favorite hot sauce so very yummy

Devil crabs

The devil crab roll originated in Ybor City in Florida by the Cuban community long ago this is so delicious split a little opening down the center longways and fill the opening with your favorite hot sauce so very yummy

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Ingredients

24 servings
  1. croquette dough--------
  2. 3 loavesstale white bread
  3. 1 loafstale Cuban bread (grind very fine and sift)
  4. 1 tbsppaprika
  5. 1 tspsalt
  6. crab filling--------------
  7. 5 tbspoil
  8. 3medium onions finely chopped
  9. 1/2red or green bell pepper finely chopped
  10. 4 clovegarlic mashed
  11. 1 tspcrushed red pepper Italian style
  12. 2bay leaves
  13. 1/2 tspsugar
  14. 1 tspsalt
  15. 6 oztomato paste
  16. 1 lbcrab meat shredded
  17. 2 tspsalt divided
  18. 1 cupcracker meal
  19. 1/2 cupflour
  20. 1oil to fry with
  21. ground black pepper
  22. egg wash----------
  23. 1/2 cupmilk
  24. ground black pepper
  25. salt
  26. 2eggs well beating

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Croquette: remove crust from stale white bread you wont need the crust. soak remainder of white bread In water for 15 minutes.

  2. 2

    Drain squeeze the white bread until almost dry, add the Cuban bread till you have dough.

  3. 3

    Add paprika and salt mix well form ball and refrigerate for 2 hours

  4. 4

    Fry onions, bell pepper, garlic, and crushed red pepper in oil for 15 minutes. add bay leaves, sugar, salt and tomato paste. add crab cook 10 minutes. put on plate and refrigerate for two hours.

  5. 5

    Press about 3 tablespoons of dough into your hand put 1 tablespoon of crab filling in middle then seal it making pointed end it will look like a mini American football.

  6. 6

    For egg wash mix eggs milk, salt, pepper and put in bowl

  7. 7

    Mix cracker and flour

  8. 8

    Roll croquette in cracker mix dip into egg wash and back into cracker mix put into refrigerator for 2 hours and fry in oil until brown

  9. 9

    Recipe from Tampa Tribune of the Columbia Restaurant recipe

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Michael Sonis
Michael Sonis @Mike54
I used to go to a small restaurant in Ybor city & these were $1.25 each. Used to buy fresh & hot they threw them on a brown paper bag and they were the BEST ever !! SO happy I found this recipe.
Thank you

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