Singapore Chili Crab Recipe
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Ingredients: 4 uncooked blue swimmer crabs
1 tablespoon peanut oil
2 long fresh red chilis, seeded, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tablespoon finely grated fresh galangal
1 stalk lemongrass, white part only, finely chopped
1/4 cup (60ml) tomato sauce
1/4 cup (60ml) sweet chili sauce
2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine or sherry
2 tablespoons Kecap Manis
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon finely grated palm sugar
1 bunch green onions, trimmed, thinly sliced
1 bunch coriander, leaves picked
Steamed jasmine rice, to serve
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Directions:1. Clean crabs and cut bodies into 1/4's - crack the large claws with a cracker or blunt knife.
2. For ease of preparation combine in two separate bowls the following ingredients;
chili, garlic, galangal and lemongrass
tomato sauce, sweet chilli sauce, wine, keycap manis, lime juice and palm sugar.
4. Heat oil in a wok over high heat until just smoking. Add the crab and stir-fry for 10 minutes or until the shell changes colour and meat turns white
5. Add the chill mix and stir fry for 1 minute or until aromatic.
6. Add the sauce mix and stir-fry for 2/3 minutes or until suce boils and thickens slightly, remove from heat and add half the green onions and coriander and toss until just combined.
7. Spoon the crab and sauce among service bowls. Sprinkle with remaining green onion and coriander. Serve immediately with steamed rice, if desired. |
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Notes: Shaoxing wine is a Chinese rice wine used for drinking and cooking. The wine is named after a famous wine making city of the same name in China. Shaoxing rice wine is commonly aged for 10 or more years and it resembles the taste of dry sherry.
Substitutes: Dry Sherry or Japanese Sake (sweeter)
Buy in Asian grocery stores.
Read more from GourmetSleuth.com: www.gourmetsleuth.com/Dictionary/S/Shaoxing-wine-6157.aspx#ixzz2w4xNuirB
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