Black Pepper Butter Crab: Date Added: 20 Nov 2009
Listed in: Sea food

Sauce

1/2 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup Chinese rice wine or 1/4 cup dry sherry
2 tsp fish sauce
1/4 tsp black pepper

Crab

1 x whole raw Dungeness crab, cleaned and cracked
Cornstarch, for dusting
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp butter
4 x quarter-size slices ginger, lightly crushed

Sauce

In a small bowl, combine sauce ingredients and mix well. With a wooden mallet or rolling pin, lightly crush crab claws and legs. If using raw crab, dust with cornstarch.

Crab

To cook raw crab, place a stir-fry pan over high heat until hot. Add 4 tablespoons oil and butter. When butter melts, add ginger and crab; cook, stirring, until crab turns red. Add sauce. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 4 minutes.

To prepare cooked crab, place a stir-fry pan over high heat until hot. Add 2 tablespoons oil and butter. When butter melts, add ginger; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

Add crab and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add sauce and cook for 1 minute to heat through. Place crab and pan juices in a large bowl and serve. Use pan juices for dipping.

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