Chilli mud crab
This popular and impressive dish is easy to make, especially if you ask your fishmonger to kill, clean and cut up your crab. Other raw crabs also work.
Ingredients
Vegetable oil
1 large mud crab, cleaned, gills and guts removed and cut into pieces
3 long red chillies, deseeded and chopped
6 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tbsp grated ginger
1/3 cup tomato sauce
1/3 cup chilli sauce
1/3 cup soy sauce
Method
Heat a little oil in a wok and fry crab in batches until shell has turned bright red and meat is just cooked through. Transfer to a bowl and keep warm.
Heat a little more oil in the wok and gently fry chilli, garlic and ginger until just starting to colour. Add remaining ingredients and simmer for a few minutes.
Return crab to wok and coat in chilli sauce. Serve immediately with a little rice.
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