Chinese-style Soft-shell Crabs Recipe
Yield: 2 servingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
4 large: Soft-shell crabs OR_,
6 small: Soft-shell crabs,
1 large: Handful scallions, slivered
1 small: Handful fresh ginger, slivered
Soy sauce,
Sherry,
Sesame oil,
Directions:
Prepare crabs for cooking: thaw, rinse, pat dry, remove apron and
gills. Sprinkle with cornstarch.
Make sure that you are wearing long sleeves and the kitchen fan is on
full blast.
In a large skillet heat a couple tablespoons of peanut oil to the
smoking point. Toss in the crabs. Immediately clap the lid on the
skillet; when the initial clatter dies down, remove the lid or put it
ajar. Cook until crisp, maybe 2 minutes. Flip and cook the other
side. When theyre done (? 4 minutes, I havent any idea ?), toss in
ginger and scallions; stir fry for a minute. Add soy and sherry to
taste (I use about 1 tablespoon of each) and shake skillet around
over high heat until sauce is mostly absorbed.
Arrange on a serving platter and drizzle a little sesame oil over.
The restaurants make the sauce separately: Boil the sauce ingedients
and thicken with a little cornstarch water; when the crabs are fried,
put them on a platter and pour the sauce over.
The advantage to the restaurant method is that the crabs are a little
crisper; the advantages to my method is that the crabs absorb more
flavor from the sauce and the meat comes out fluffier.
Recipe from Michael Loo. Converted to Meal-Master format by Arthur
Cloninger.
Source from luhu.jp
gills. Sprinkle with cornstarch.
Make sure that you are wearing long sleeves and the kitchen fan is on
full blast.
In a large skillet heat a couple tablespoons of peanut oil to the
smoking point. Toss in the crabs. Immediately clap the lid on the
skillet; when the initial clatter dies down, remove the lid or put it
ajar. Cook until crisp, maybe 2 minutes. Flip and cook the other
side. When theyre done (? 4 minutes, I havent any idea ?), toss in
ginger and scallions; stir fry for a minute. Add soy and sherry to
taste (I use about 1 tablespoon of each) and shake skillet around
over high heat until sauce is mostly absorbed.
Arrange on a serving platter and drizzle a little sesame oil over.
The restaurants make the sauce separately: Boil the sauce ingedients
and thicken with a little cornstarch water; when the crabs are fried,
put them on a platter and pour the sauce over.
The advantage to the restaurant method is that the crabs are a little
crisper; the advantages to my method is that the crabs absorb more
flavor from the sauce and the meat comes out fluffier.
Recipe from Michael Loo. Converted to Meal-Master format by Arthur
Cloninger.
Source from luhu.jp