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The ingredients needed to make Where Is My Chili Crab?:
- Prepare Spice Mix:
- Make ready Dried Red Chilies, 10g Adjust to Preference
- Prepare 3 TBSP Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil,
- Prepare 10 g Yellow Split Peas,
- Get Fresh Red Chilies Deseeded, 3 Adjust to Preference
- Prepare Bird's Eye Chili / Chili Padi Deseeded, 1 Adjust to Preference
- Get 3 Shallots Roughly Minced,
- Make ready 4 Cloves Garlic Roughly Minced,
- Get 1 Stalk Lemongrass White Parts Only Finely Sliced,
- Make ready 3 Candle Nuts / Macadamia Nuts,
- Prepare 1/2 Inch Galangal Finely Minced,
- Take Chili Crab:
- Take 1 TBSP Belacan Fermented Shrimp Paste,
- Make ready 2 1/2 TBSP Tomato Ketchup,
- Take 1/2 TBSP Oyster Sauce,
- Get 1/2 TBSP Hoisin Sauce,
- Prepare 1/2 Cup Miso Stock,
- Take 125 g Good Quality Crab Meat Fresh or Frozen,
- Make ready Palm Sugar / Gula Melaka, 1 1/2 TBSP Adjust to Preference
- Get Pinch Sea Salt,
- Take 1 Egg,
- Get Pinch Nori Flakes,
- Prepare Pinch Dried Mushroom Powder,
- Take Fresh Lime Juice, 1 Lime
- Prepare Fresh Lime Zest, 1 Lime
- Get 8 Fried Mantou,
- Prepare 1 Handful Fresh Coriander Finely Chopped,
- Get 1 Handful Scallions Finely Chopped,
- Get Cured Egg Yolk, For Serving
Chilli crab is a Singaporean seafood dish. Mud crabs are commonly used and are stir-fried in a semi-thick, sweet and savoury tomato-and-chilli-based sauce. Despite its name, chilli crab is not a very spicy dish. Patronise these seafood and zi char restaurants for the best renditions of the ever-popular dish.
Instructions to make Where Is My Chili Crab?:
- Pls visit: https://www.fatdough.sg/single-post/2017/07/31/Mantou for the mantou recipe.
- Pls visit: https://www.fatdough.sg/single-post/2019/05/17/How-To-Cure-Egg-Yolks for the cured egg yolk recipe.
- Prepare the spice mix. - - Soak dried chilies in a bowl of hot water until soften. - - Deseed if desired. Pad the chilies dry. - - In a skillet over medium heat, drizzle oil.
- Once the oil is heated up, add in the soaked dried chilies, peas and the rest of the chilies. - - Saute until aromatic. - - Transfer into a blender, reserving the oil in the skillet.
- Add the rest of the ingredients. - - Blitz until fine paste and set aside. - - You can add a bit of water to keep the blitzing going.
- Prepare the chili crab. - - In the same skillet over medium heat, add in belacan. - - Break the belacan into fine pieces with the back of a spatula. - - Toast the belacan until aromatic.
- Add in the spice mix. - - You can add some water into the blender and clean up all the nooks + crannies, then add into the skillet. - - Saute until most of the liquid is evaporated. - - Add ketchup, hoisin and oyster sauce. - - Stir well to combine. The color should turn a darker shade of red.
- Add in miso stock and crab. - - To make miso stock, simply add 1/2 TSP of miso into 1/2 cup of hot water. Stir until the miso is dissolved. - - Stir to combine well. - - Bring it up to a simmer.
- Continue to simmer for about 3 mins. - - Taste and adjust for seasoning with palm sugar and salt. - - Add in egg and stir to combine well. - - Remove from heat.
- Add in nori flakes, dried mushroom powder, lime juice and zest. - - To make dried mushroom powder, simply blitz some Chinese dried mushroom in a spice grinder until powder forms. - - Give it a final stir. - - Transfer into serving plates or bowls.
- Garnish with coriander and scallions. - - Grate some cured egg yolk over the top. - - Serve with fried mantou in the side.
- If you want the same plating as shown in the photo: - - Blitz the chili crab until smooth. - - Ladle onto serving plates. - - Place a fried mantou into the middle. - - Garnish with coriander and scallions. - - Grate some cured egg yolk over the top. - - Serve immediately.
Despite its name, chilli crab is not a very spicy dish. Patronise these seafood and zi char restaurants for the best renditions of the ever-popular dish. Be prepared to get your hands dirty! Chilli crab is a Singaporean seafood dish. Mud crabs are commonly used and are stir-fried in a semi-thick, sweet and savoury tomato-and-chilli-based sauce.
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