From my Quarantine Cookbook Vol. 2
Serves 5-6
Ingredients:
9-10 medium sized crabs with top shell. Use 3-4 top shells for the sauce
2 Cups of Oil for deep frying Crab
4 Tbsps Cornflour to coat crab before frying
2-4 Tbsps Vinegar
For Sauce
3-4 Top shells of the Crab
Black Pepper Paste or Crushed Whole Pepper
1 Onion chopped finely
2 Tbsps Butter
2 Red Chilies
minced Ginger (4'') and Garlic (10 Cloves)
Few Lemon Leaves
1 Tsp Cornflour
1 Tbsp Oyster Sauce
Quarter Cup White Wine
1 Tbsp Prawn Paste or Quarter Cup of Seafood Stock (optional)
1 Tsp Soya bean Paste
1 Tsp Dark Soya Sauce
1 Tsp White Vinegar
Method:
First, give the crabs a good wash. Make sure the crab's apron is removed, it is de-shelled and its nails are clipped. Once this is done, scrub and clean the crabs again, top shell included.
*There is a video and article on my website on tips to keep in mind when cleaning a crab.
Sprinkle vinegar on the crabs evenly and immediately place on a bed of ice. After 30 minutes, remove the crabs and place in a mixing bowl. Coat with cornflour as shown in the picture and deep fry in hot oil. Fry the crabs for a minute only, on high flame.
Deep fry both, the crabs and the shells, till they turn a beautiful orange colour as shown in the picture. Remove and keep aside on a paper towel.
To prepare the black pepper paste, take a very large skillet, add 1 tbsp butter and onions, don't brown them too much.
Blend red chilies, ginger and garlic and add to the onions that are frying in the skillet. Make sure the blend is still coarse (as shown in the picture).
Fry for two minutes, add the prawn paste or seafood stock, black pepper paste, oyster sauce and soya sauce. Fry them well together for 5 minutes on medium flame.
After 5 minutes, add the remaining butter and lemon leaves along with vinegar. Stir well and let it simmer.
After 5 minutes, add the wine and the cornflour mixed in water. When the paste thickens, add the crabs and mix them well in the thick black pepper sauce. Keep mixing these gently on medium flame for 5-7 mins. Turn off the stove and serve with your favourite cocktail.
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