Hot Chilli Crab
Contributed by Simon Cotter
Ingredients
- 1 whole crab (large)
- Tomato paste
- 2 x Onions finely chopped
- I x clove garlic
- Fresh ginger
- 2 x hot chillis chopped (seeds left in)
- 1 x generous tablespoon of quality olive oil.
Preparation
- Clean and cook crab in boiling water for 4 minutes. Remove and allow to cool. Using meat cleaver divide crab into 4 sections. Break claws with mallet or nut cracker etc.
- (but leave claws attached to body!!)
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- Heat one tablespoon of oil in deep saucepan (the one used to cook crab). Add chopped onion, garlic, ginger and chillis. Stir and heat until onion begins to brown. Add 1 cup of water and simmer.
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- Place crab pieces in pot, add tomato paste. Cook for 3-4 minutes with lid on.
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- Enjoy with a chilled white wine or a cool beer. Serves one. Simply add 1 extra crab etc for each person. As too for the other items… Adjust the chilli to suit personal taste. Chopped lemon grass can be added as well. Australian Blue swimmer or Mud crab is best.