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Chilli Crab Recipe

​Ingredients
  • 2 mud crabs (or use Crayfish, Sand Crabs/Blue swimmers) 
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 4 cloves of garlic – chopped
  • 2 banana chillies – chopped or chilli flakes
  • 2 tablespoons of chopped ginger
  • ½ cup of tomato sauce
  • ½ cup of sweet chilli sauce
  • 200ml of water
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 cup chopped green spring onion
  • 1 cup of mixed Vietnamese mint leaves and coriander leaves
  • 1 Tablespoon coriander stem – chopped
  • 2 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1 – 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoon of sea salt
  • 15 cherry tomatoes cut in half
Method
  • Freeze the crabs until they are asleep/dead (most humane way)
  • Remove the top head shell and discard
  • Remove the gills and clean out any excess muck (rinse very lightly and quickly)
  • Cut in half lengthways, then cut into 3 on each side using a cleaver
  • Crack the claws with the back of a knife or cleaver just so they open a bit to let the sauce in.
  • Heat oil in a wok
  • Add garlic, chilli, ginger and coriander root and cook until fragrant
  • Add the crabs and toss for 1 minute covering them in the above ingredients
  • Add tomato sauce, chilli sauce, water, hoi sin sauce, fish sauce, sugar and salt.
  • Stir to combine the ingredients, bring to the boil.
  • Cover and allow to simmer/steam for about 10 minutes
  • Add in the green onions, cherry tomatoes and herbs and mix for 30 seconds then serve with steamed jasmine rice.

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