About the Recipe
Ingredients
🦀 Ingredients:
For the crab:
2 whole mud crabs (or Dungeness crab), cleaned and chopped into pieces
2 tbsp oil
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 cup water or seafood stock
For the chili sauce:
5 cloves garlic
2 red chilies (adjust to heat preference)
2 bird's eye chilies (optional, for extra heat)
1-inch piece ginger
2 tbsp tomato paste
3 tbsp ketchup
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp rice vinegar or white vinegar
1 tsp cornstarch mixed with 2 tbsp water
Preparation
🔥 Instructions:
Make the chili paste:Blend garlic, ginger, and chilies until smooth.
Cook the crab:Heat oil in a wok or deep pan. Stir-fry the chili paste until fragrant (about 2–3 minutes).
Add sauces:Mix in tomato paste, ketchup, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and vinegar. Stir well.
Simmer with crab:Add crab pieces and water/stock. Cover and simmer for about 10–12 minutes until the crab is cooked through.
Thicken sauce:Stir in cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce slightly.
Add egg:Slowly drizzle in the beaten egg while stirring gently to create silky egg ribbons.
Serve:Garnish with cilantro or green onions. Serve with steamed buns or rice to soak up the sauce!