Spent the day today in a tinny doing the rounds of 20 yabby nets. We bagged our 150 each and threw back at least that number again. They are cooked cleaned and ready for the table. Now where is that bottle of thousand island dressing.
I chuck in boiling water to blanch them to make it easy to get the flesh out, 30 seconds. Peel them then do what ever you like. My favourite is just butter, garlic and ginger flash fried. Yabbie stir fry. Freeze the bigger ones for half an hour, split them and on the BBQ with a nice herb, lemon and garlic butter!
Best of all, swim them for a week in fresh water, feed on carrots to clear the mud and boil with a bit of salt and malt vinegar. Serve with crusty bread, butter and some lime, lemon, pepper and a good white wine!
