Honey Black Pepper Crab

A receipe that I made for my wife while in Australia, this is a favourite dish of ours.

Ingredients 

2 mud crabs, cut into pieces
5 cm ginger, minced
5 cloves garlic, minced
2 pieces onions, diced
3 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
4 tablespoons honey
2 eggs beaten off
2 tablespoons black pepper, crushed
1 leek, sliced
Cooking oil to taste

Time Taken: 1 hour

Directions: 

1. Heat oil, fry the crab until it changes color and ripe, lift

2. Heat a skillet, saute garlic, onion, ginger until fragrant. Enter the crab, oyster sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce, honey. stir well

3. Thicken with beaten eggs and stir well. Add black pepper, sliced ??scallions. Stir well, remove

4. Serve Hot

Deep Fried Button Mushroom with stuffed crab stick

Having tasted the lingering, tender stick of fried mushrooms from a korean food stand, I decided to experiment and create my own fried mushrooms - with a small twist of having crab sticks as topping. To my surprise and delight the food turn up to be very tasty!

Ingredients

4 button mushrooms (or more if you desire)
1 crab sticks
1 cherry tomato
1/2 teaspoon of butter
1 small shallot
1 egg
1 cup of flour
1 teaspoon of salt
A pinch of pepper
A slice of cheddar cheese
Some oil for frying.
BBQ sauce (optional)


Time Taken:1 hour

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, beat the eggs.

2. Cut the mushroom stems out from the mushroom

3. Toss the mushroom caps into the bowl with the eggs.

4. In another small bowl, mix the flour, salt and pepper together

5. Scope out the mushroom caps and cover the mushroom with the flour mixture

6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 once again to ensure that the mushroom are well covered by the flour mixture. 

7. Slice the crab sticks, tomatoes, mushroom stems and shallot into small pieces and set aside.

8. In a small saucepan, add some oil for frying. Turn the heat to hot and wait for 5 mins for the oil to be hot.

9. Deep fry the mushrooms. When the mushrooms are golden brown, scope out the mushrooms and place them on the serving plate.

10. In another small saucepan, melt the butter. Then add the mixture used in step 7 to the saucepan and fry for 3 mins.

11. Scoop the food on top of the mushroom.

12. Serve the mushrooms.

Sweet Chilli Crab

Preamble

My wife does not like too spicy food. This makes it more difficult for me to treat her to chilli crabs - a local favourite. To this end, I decided to create a chilli crab that is not so spicy in hope that she will enjoy it.

Ingredients

1 Mud Crab
2 shallots (or 1/4 onions) diced.
1 clove garlic, diced
1/2 knob of ginger, diced
2 cups of water
3 tablespoons of oil
1 can tomato paste
2 tablespoons Thai Sweet chili (add more if you desire a more spicy taste)
1 egg (beaten)

Time needed: 40 mins

Preparations:

1. Remove the crab pincers by breaking them from the body.
2. Cut away the legs and back fins and toss them away.
3. Remove the top shell from the crab and wash it.
4. Cut the fresh into quarters and crack the princers.
5. In a wok, turn the fire to high and add in the oil.
6. After the wok is heated, add in the ginger, garlic and shallots and fry for 2 mins.
7. Add the tomato paste, chilli and water into the wok and mix well.
8. Add the crab into the wok and mix with the mixture.
9. Cover the wok, cooking until the crab has turned red. 
10. Remove the cover and add in the egg, stirring all the time (for 1 min)
11. Serve hot.

Baked Crab Cakes with Grated Cheese and Mushrooms

Preamble:

I have always wanted to try baking crab cakes ever since I tried one at a japanese restuarant. This recipe details my attempt to create a better tasting crab cake.

Ingredients:

1 mud crab
2 cherry tomatoes
1/2 onion
4 pieces button mushroom
1/2 slice of bread
2 tablespoons grated cheese
1 clove garlic
2 stalks asparagus
2 tablespoon butter.

Time needed: 45-55 mins

Directions:

1. Remove the crab pincers by breaking them from the body.
2. Cut away the legs and backfins.
3. Remove the top shell from the crab and wash it. 
4. Steam the crab for 10-15 mins.
5. Slice the cherry tomatoes, asparagus, garlic, mushroom and onions into tiny pieces and set aside with a bowl
6. Scope out the crab meat from the body and shell and add them to the mixture as in part 5.
7. In a frying pan, add the butter and cook on high until the butter melted
8. Add the ingredients in part 6 into the frying pan and stir fry for 5 mins.
9. Spoon the mixture back into the crab shell. 
10. Sprinkle the top with breadcrumbs and grate over a little parmesan and add a grind of black pepper. 
11. Place a few dots of butter on top. 
12. Put it in the oven for 10-15 minutes to crisp the bread and melt the cheese. 
13. Serve hot. 

Post ramble:

The crab cakes taste great with the mushroom, tomatoes and aspargus. The melted cheese add a very tasty texture to the baked crab.