Crab
Singapore-Style Chili Crab
Sweet-hot tomato gravy, whole cracked crab
- 40 min
- Hard
- Serves 2–3
Ingredients
- 1 cooked Dungeness, cleaned and cracked
- Paste: shallots, garlic, ginger, 2 red chilies
- 1/2 cup ketchup + 2 tbsp sweet chili sauce + 1 tbsp soy
- 1 egg, beaten
- Cilantro, steamed buns or rice
Method
- Fry the blended paste in oil until fragrant and split.
- Sauces + 1 cup water; simmer 5 minutes.
- Crab sections in; toss to coat and heat through, 4 minutes.
- Off heat, stream in the egg, folding into silky ribbons.
- Cilantro; serve with buns for the gravy.
Tip. The egg ribbons finish the gravy — off the heat or they scramble.
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