Hot Blues, Cool Reds: Marketing Florida Agriculture

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Ingredients
2 tablespoons	butter, melted
1 teaspoon	salt
1	small onion, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon	pepper
2 tablespoons	all-purpose flour
12	medium fried soft-shell blue crabs
1	14-1/2 ounce can stewed tomatoes
	fresh parsley, chopped

Preparation
In a medium sauce pan, saute onion in melted butter or margarine over low heat 2 to 3 minutes. Stir flour into onion mixture until blended. Add tomatoes, salt and pepper; cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Arrange fried crabs on a platter. Pour tomatoes over crabs and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Serve immediately. Yield 6 servings. Note Make tomato sauce first so crabs can be served immediately after frying.

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