Crab Chiaau Recipe

24 large cleaned blue crabs or 2 pounds of fresh crabmeat
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 potatoes, diced
1 can (48 ounces) tomatoes with puree
1 can tomato paste
1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
hot sauce
Sugar
2 bay leaves
salt & pepper to taste
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning (or Zatarain's Crab boil seasoning)
1 cup red wine
2 pounds spaghetti, cooked and drained

In a large stock pot, heat olive oil and saute onion, bell pepper and garlic until tender. Add can of tomatoes with tomato paste, jalapeno pepper, potatoes, hot sauce, sugar, bay leaves, salt/pepper, oregano, Old Bay seasoning and red wine.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat to simmer; cook, stirring occasionally, until thick, about 2 hours.
Add blue crabs to sauce 30 minutes before end of cooking time.
Serve over cooked spaghetti.

(you can also use scallops, shrimp or clams)

This recipe was posted in reply to Tom's request, thanks!