Singaporean Chilli Crab

Ingredients

• 2kg fresh mud crabs, cleaned and chopped (or 1.5kg crab claws)
• For paste: 6 red chillies, 4 garlic, 1 thumb ginger
• 1 tbsp shrimp paste
• 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 2 tbsp chilli sauce
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 500ml stock
• 1 tbsp cornflour with water
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 tbsp oil
• Coriander, spring onion
• Fried mantou buns to serve

Instructions

1. Blend the paste ingredients.
2. Fry in oil with shrimp paste for 3 minutes.
3. Add ketchup, chilli sauce, sugar, soy and stock; simmer 5 minutes.
4. Add the crab pieces; cover and steam in the sauce 8 minutes.
5. Stir in cornflour slurry; cook 1 minute.
6. Drizzle in beaten egg in a stream while stirring.
7. Top with herbs.

Serving suggestions

• Mop the sauce with fried mantou buns or bread.

Storage & reheating

Best fresh.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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