Chilli Crab Recipe

[babyflite]

It's the week for recipes! Someone requested for my chilli crab recipe so here it is. :)
2 medium size mud crabs (cleaned and quartered, claws lightly smashed

Comments

[bubblensqueak]

That looks really yummy! Did you kill the crab yourself??

[babyflite]

I don't dare to! My sister used to do it when we were living together but now I just get the people at the seafood store to do it when I buy the crabs.

[teokaren]

oh wow looks so yummy! you and M v talented :)

[babyflite]

No choice, coz can't get good chilli crabs here. But of coz still cannot compared to the restaurant ones in Singapore.

[jesuisariel]

I have a similar recipe but I've only ever used it to cook tiger prawns as it's hard to find good crabs here. Saw a documentary on the Asian Food Chanell on Singapore's chilli crabs and it made me crave for them so much!

[babyflite]

Are pippis (otherwise known as la-la in Singapore) readily available? The sauce is good with that too! When I cook it with pippis I use the stock from steaming the pippis for the sauce instead of water. :)

[jesuisariel]

Not too sure. Sibu's not really known for fresh seafood. We have crabs but hard to find those big fleshy types. Gonna cook this after I have my confinement!

[breadcrumbs]

Thank you for the recipe! I'm not v confident with crabs yet, but I'll try with prawns of la la first :)

Looks so yummy!

Btw, added you, hope you don't mind.

[babyflite]

I've never tried it with prawns but it's good with la la too. Just retain the water from steaming the la la so you can use it when cooking the sauce. And I've added you back. :)

[lovegreen_]

Hey Erica,

I didnt manage to do this dish as much as I've hoped to. ): It has been too cold to go out to crab here in adelaide and I cant locate a store that sells crab (without the need to drive a car). Will do it sooon (I hope!!) Thanks a lot for the receipe anyway (: