Grilled Soft-shell Crab Sandwiches With Green Chile Aioli

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 soft-shell crabs, cleaned and dried with paper toweling
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 4 french baguettes, torpedo rolls or 4 hoagie rolls, etc
• 1/4 cup green chile aioli (recipe follows)
• mixed greens
• tomato, slices
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
• 1 poblano chile, grilled, peeled and seeded
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 prepare a wood or charcoal grill and allow it to burn down to the embers.
• 2 brush crabs lightly with olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper. grill for 2 1/2 minutes on each side.
• 3 for each sandwich, place crab on one half of the roll top with mixed greens, tomato slices and green chile aioli.
• 4 green chile aioli: combine all ingredients in the food processor and process until the poblano is pureed. season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.