Soft-Shell Crabs Bayou with Yellow Tomato Coulis

Ingredients

• 4 servings angel-hair pasta hot cooked
• 1 teaspoon thyme leaves dried
• 1  garlic clove minced
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder 
• 0.5 cup bell pepper green finely chopped
• 0.3 teaspoon ground pepper black
• 0.5 teaspoon ground pepper red
• 0.5 teaspoon ground pepper white
• 0.3 cup butter divided melted
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 1 teaspoon onion powder 
• 1.5 tablespoons paprika 
• 8  soft-shell crabs 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 2  shallots diced finely
• 6 large tomatoes yellow peeled seeded chopped

Equipment

• frying pan

Directions

1. Saut green pepper, shallots, and garlic in oil. Stir in tomatoes, salt, and pepper; cook 2 to 3 minutes. Set coulis aside.
2. Combine paprika and next 7 ingredients.
3. Brush crabs with 2 tablespoons melted butter, and coat with seasoning mixture.
4. Cook crabs in a hot nonstick skillet 1 to 2 minutes on each side or until done.
5. Serve on pasta with coulis.
6. Drizzle with remaining butter.