Indulge in the ultimate seafood delight with our guide to the best fatty crabs chili crab recipes. This iconic Singaporean dish tantalizes taste buds with its harmonious blend of sweet, savory, and spicy flavors. Dive into a world of culinary exploration as we uncover the secrets to creating an unforgettable chili crab experience. Get ready to embark on a gastronomic journey that will leave you craving for more.
Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!
SINGAPOREAN CHILE CRAB
This recipe is well known in Singapore and is a great hit with tourists and locals alike! It is really spicy!!!
Provided by COOKIE1
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian
Time 35m
Yield 3
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Wash crabs and separate claws from body. Crack the shell and cut the body into 4 to 6 pieces.
- In a large bowl, mix together ketchup, water, cornstarch, and soy sauce.
- Heat skillet and the oil, stir in garlic and shallots. Fry the garlic and shallots for 1 to 2 minutes before adding the chili. Fry another 2 minutes. Add crab pieces and fry until they turn red, about 4 minutes.
- Stir sauce mixture into the skillet until the crabs are well coated. Cover the skillet and let simmer on high heat, for 7 minutes or until the shells turn bright red.
- Remove cover and stir in the lime juice. Stir in beaten egg until it is fully cooked. Turn the heat off and stir in green onions.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 516.9 calories, Carbohydrate 29.7 g, Cholesterol 173.3 mg, Fat 32.9 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 29 g, SaturatedFat 4.9 g, Sodium 771.4 mg, Sugar 14.6 g
SINGAPORE CHILI CRABS
Living in San Francisco, I've had more than my fair share of crab, prepared in more ways than I can remember. I've never enjoyed it more than in this Singapore-style chili crabs recipe. Just be sure to have lots of napkins around. My friends in Singapore tell me they serve this with at least twice the amount of sauce, and a type of fried roll to soak up the goodness with. So, if you want to rock the chili crab like a Singaporean, then you should probably double the sauce ingredients!
Provided by Chef John
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian
Time 30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Whisk ketchup, chicken broth, egg, soy sauce, chile-garlic sauce, oyster sauce, tamarind paste, fish sauce, and palm sugar together in a bowl.
- Stir shallots, garlic, oil, ginger, and serrano pepper together in a pot over medium-high heat. Saute until sizzling, about 2 minutes. Add crab to pot, cover the pot with a lid, and shake until crab is completely coated in shallot mixture. Remove lid and cook and stir until heated through, about 3 minutes.
- Pour ketchup mixture into pot, reduce heat to medium, and cook and stir until sauce thickens and crab is hot about 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro and green onions.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 221.9 calories, Carbohydrate 18.4 g, Cholesterol 94.8 mg, Fat 9 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 17.7 g, SaturatedFat 1.6 g, Sodium 1575.1 mg, Sugar 9.9 g
FATTY CRAB'S CHILI CRAB
Matt Lee and Ted Lee snatched this recipe for chili crab from chef Zakary Pelaccio before the first Fatty Crab opened in New York. There are now locations in St. John and Hong Kong. With the restaurant, Pelaccio pays homage to a crab joint he frequented during a seven-month cooking stint in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This recipe calls for blue crabs and spices them up with chili sauce, garlic and ginger among much else. Serve with crab picks, cold beer and many napkins.
Provided by Matt Lee And Ted Lee
Categories dinner, project, main course
Time 20m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a large bowl, whisk the chili sauce, soy sauce, sugar, rice-wine vinegar, tomato paste and sesame oil with 1 1/4 cups water and reserve.
- Place the shallots, garlic, ginger and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the mixture becomes a smooth paste. In a small bowl, whisk together the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water.
- Heat the peanut oil in a wok over high heat, and when it shimmers, add the shallot paste and fry for 30 seconds until very fragrant. Add the crabs and 1/3 of the chili sauce, and when the liquid simmers, continue to cook for 2 minutes, shaking the pan to cover the crabs with the sauce.
- Add the remaining chili sauce to the pan, and when it reaches a simmer, turn the heat to medium-low, cover the pan and continue to simmer vigorously about 8 minutes. Stir in the cornstarch paste, and when the liquid in the pan thickens, turn off the heat. Add the egg yolk and stir again to combine. Divide the crabs and sauce among 4 plates, sprinkle with the chopped scallions and serve immediately, with crab picks and many napkins.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 188, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 22 grams, Fat 6 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 11 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 1001 milligrams, Sugar 10 grams
SINGAPORE CHILLI CRAB RECIPE BY TASTY
The hype around Singapore Chilli Crab is well-deserved. Discover it for yourself, with this tasty recipe.
Provided by VisitSingapore
Categories Lunch
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Prepare the crab by removing the base flap, then pull off the head and clear out the cavity. Keep the head in a bowl. Moving to the body of the crab, remove the gills, which are an opaque brown colour on both sides of the crab. Using a sharp knife, cut the crab in half down the middle, then divide into six parts. Using the knife, crack the crab legs open to allow the flavours to enhance while cooking. Add to the bowl with the head then set aside.
- In a food processor, add shallots, ginger, red chillies, garlic, ketchup, and shrimp paste, then pulse until it comes together and forms a paste.
- Heat oil in a wok over medium heat, then once it comes up to temperature fry add the chilli paste and cook for five minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the crab pieces into the wok and stir until they are fully coated. Give the crab time to start turning orange, approximately 5 minutes.
- Add the tomato puree, chicken stock, rice wine vinegar, sweet chilli sauce, soy sauce and palm sugar, then stir until completely mixed. The crab should be fully orange by now. Add a lid on top and allow the mixture to simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove the crab legs and head, and plate up on a shallow dish.
- Add butter, spring onions, and egg. Let the egg sit for a minute before stirring, then give the sauce a quick stir. The sauce should thicken up quickly.
- Pour the sauce on top of the crab and garnish with a few sprigs of coriander.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 715 calories, Carbohydrate 41 grams, Fat 47 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 32 grams, Sugar 23 grams
CHILI CRAB
Seafood mixes with spice in this mouthwatering chili crab, the unofficial national dish of Singapore. Adapted for the home cook fromRoland Restaurant.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Seafood Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large bowl, mix together tomato sauce, chili sauce, 1 cup sugar, and tapioca starch until well combined. Set aside.
- Heat oil in large saucepan over high heat. Add garlic, chili paste, and crab, stirring to combine. Add 2 cups water; cover and cook until crab is cooked through and liquid is reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
- Add 2 cups of the tomato sauce mixture (reserving remaining for another use), bean paste, and remaining teaspoon sugar; stir to combine. Garnish with cilantro and serve immediately.
SINGAPORE CHILLI CRAB
Recipe video above. Here's arguably the most famous crab recipe in the world: Singapore Chilli Crab! For the pinnacle of the experience, make this using fresh, live mud crab that you clean and cut yourself, or ask the fish shop to cut the crab for you (make sure they save the tomalley "crab mustard", Note 8). Be prepared to get messy eating it (half the fun!) - and to be surprised at how quick it is to make! Flavour: The sauce is a bit spicy but not excessively (Note 2 for adjustment). It is supposed to be a bit sweet, vinegary and intensely savoury. It gets massive flavour from the combination of crab juices, tomalley ("crab mustard", Note 8), belachan shrimp paste, and the soy bean paste! The traditional sauce has bits of egg ribbson in it, and includes ketchup - yes, really!Serves 3 - 4 as a meal with rice and some vegetables.
Provided by Nagi
Categories Main
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Prepare crab: See separate tutorial for how to clean and cut a whole crab. You will end up with: 1) Crab pieces; and 2) Reserved tomalley ("crab mustard", Note 8) and crab juices in a separate bowl. This is a key "secret ingredient" used to flavour the sauce.
- Chilli paste: Place ingredients in a small food processor or Nutribullet. Blitz until it's a fairly smooth paste.
- Sauté belachan: Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add belachan and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. It will smell pungent (to put it mildly), but have faith! It will mellow and transform!
- Cook off chilli paste: Add chilli paste and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes.
- Add tomato passata: Add tomato passata and cook, stirring regularly, for 4 minutes.
- Add remaining sauce ingredients: Add sweet chilli sauce, ketchup, water and stir to combine.
- Add claws: Add the crab claws first (they take longer to cook), stir to coat in sauce. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to simmer. Cover with a lid and cook 3 minutes.
- Add "crab mustard" and juices: Add the reserved tomalley ("crab mustard") along with all the crab juices.
- Add remaining crab pieces: Remove lid, add remaining crab pieces and any juices that have collected in this bowl. Stir pieces to coat, put the lid back on and cook for 7 minutes.
- Remove crab: Use tongs to remove crab pieces into a bowl.
- Egg ribbons: With the sauce still on the stove, and while stirring in a circular motion, pour the egg in a thin stream into the middle of the pot. This will create little ribbons of egg in the sauce that is traditional and look lovely.
- Vinegar: Stir in vinegar.
- Return crab: Return the crab pieces into the pot, gently stir to coat in the sauce.
Tips:
- Choose the right crabs: Select live crabs that are heavy for their size and have a hard shell. Avoid any crabs with cracked or damaged shells.
- Prepare the crabs properly: Clean the crabs thoroughly by removing their gills, intestines, and mouthparts. Cut the crabs in half or quarters, depending on their size.
- Use a flavorful marinade: Marinate the crabs in a mixture of soy sauce, rice wine, ginger, garlic, and green onions for at least 30 minutes. This will help to infuse the crabs with flavor.
- Stir-fry the crabs over high heat: Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat and add the crabs. Stir-fry the crabs until they are browned on all sides.
- Add the sauce ingredients: Once the crabs are browned, add the tomato sauce, chili sauce, and cornstarch mixture to the wok. Stir-fry for a few minutes until the sauce has thickened.
- Garnish and serve: Transfer the chili crabs to a serving dish and garnish with chopped green onions and cilantro. Serve immediately with steamed rice.
Conclusion:
Fatty crabs chili crab is a delicious and flavorful dish that is perfect for a special occasion. By following these tips, you can make sure that your chili crabs turn out perfect every time. This dish is sure to impress your guests and leave them wanting more. So next time you're looking for a unique and delicious seafood dish, give fatty crabs chili crab a try!
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