chilli crab (singaporean style)

The other day DH and my boys and friends caught some crabs. So, chilli crab on the menu for dinner. This old recipe of Singaporean chilli crab is always handy so that’s why I reblog again and thought it would be useful to share too. Sorry no recent pictures of the crab, as I didn’t get a chance to take a pic, the chilli crab gone in 60 second 😝

The Shallow Kitchen

Firstly, Happy New Year Internet! 🙂 Secondly, this is my first ever post in 2013.  Been busy during this school holidays that I (again) neglected this blog. But, I am back now with bit spicy recipe of crab.  It’s just the season of crab in my household.  Hubby and my boys were out crabbing twice so far and every time they would bring home some fresh crabs for me to cook.

Ingredients:

6 – 8 crabs, cleaned.

1/2 cup cornflour

1/2 cup peanut oil for frying

4 or 6 red chillies

1 tsp shrimp paste

1 stalk lemongrass, sliced thinly

2 tbspn olive oil

5 red shallots, sliced thinly

3 cloves garlic, sliced thinly

3-4cm fresh ginger, finely grated

3/4 cup chicken stock

1/3 cup tomato sauce

2 tsp sugar

2 – 3 green onions, sliced thinly

1/2 cup fresh coriander, roughly chopped

1 limes, juiced

Method:

Clean / rinse…

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