Chili Crab - Southeast Asian Recipe

Chili Crab

🌍 Southeast Asian, Singapore Difficulty: ●●●○○

Ingredients

• 2 whole crabs (1kg each, cleaned and cracked)
• 400ml tomato sauce
• 3 tbsp sweet chili sauce
• 2 eggs (lightly beaten)
• 3 tbsp sambal belacan
• 5 cloves garlic (minced)
• 3cm ginger (minced)
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cornstarch + 3 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp oil
• cilantro. **Serve with:** mantou buns (fried)

Method

1. Heating — Heat oil in large wok; fry garlic and ginger 1 min.
2. Adding — Add sambal; cook 2 min.
3. Adding — Add crabs; stir-fry 3 min.
4. Adding — Add tomato sauce, sweet chili, soy sauce, sugar, 200ml water.
5. Covering — Cover; cook 8–10 min until crabs cooked.
6. Stirring — Stir in cornstarch slurry; drizzle in beaten eggs while stirring gently.
7. Garnishing — Garnish with cilantro; serve with mantou to mop up sauce.

Tags: crabs, tomato sauce, sweet chili sauce, eggs, sambal belacan · Source: Brittani's Almanac