Emeril Lagasse's Restaurants Feature Soft Shell Crabs

LAS VEGAS — Three of chef Emeril Lagasse's restaurants — Delmonico Steakhouse, Table 10 and Emeril's New Orleans Fish House — have created special lunch and dinner dishes using fresh soft shell crabs in a weeklong celebration of the seafood May 6-12. From sautéed to pan-fried, cornmeal crusted on salads or crispy on New Orleans French bread, soft shell crab will be the highlight of three to four unique entrees at each of the restaurants. The soft shell crab specials will be offered at each restaurant for lunch and dinner, with prices ranging from $20 to $40. Look for a soft shell crab sandwich on grilled New Orleans French bread for lunch and crispy soft shell crab with Emeril's essence emulsion and sweet onion salad or sautéed soft shell crabs with fava beans, wild morel mushrooms and spring pepper sauce for dinner at Table 10 at the Shoppes at the Palazzo. Emeril's New Orleans Fish House at the MGM Grand features cornmeal-crusted soft shell crab with organic Bibb lettuce, bacon, pickled fennel and creamy Herbsaint dressing and a pan-fried soft shell crab po-boy with heirloom tomato and Creole mustard for lunch and a toasted tortilla crusted soft shell crab with spicy tomatillo sauce or crispy fried soft shell crab and crabmeat cake with pickled mirliton slaw and wild ramp sauce for dinner. Head to Delmonico Steakhouse at the Venetian for a soft shell crab sandwich on toasted brioche with green onion aioli, local tomatoes and Old Bay fries for lunch or crispy soft shell crab Louis salad with avocado, teardrop tomatoes and red onion or sautéed soft shell crab with fresh pea salad, heirloom lemon vinaigrette and baby heirloom tomatoes for dinner. [EaterWire]