Ingredients

How to make it

  • Heat 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil in small saucepan over medium high heat.
  • Add lemon grass, ginger, chili, garlic and shallot then cook until soft about 2 minutes.
  • Add broth, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, chili paste and black beans then simmer 5 minutes.
  • Mix water and cornstarch in small cup then stir into broth mixture and simmer 2 minutes.
  • Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in wok over high heat until almost smoking.
  • Toss in crab and sake then cover and cook 3 minutes.
  • Pour in lemon grass sauce then simmer until crab and sauce are heated through about 1 minute.
  • Place crab on serving platter then pour sauce over and around crab.
  • Serve with lime wedges and steamed rice.

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    " It was excellent "
    sosousme ate it and said...
    Always looking for a new and interesting way to serve that crab! Thanks for a great idea.

    Cheers - LindySez aka SoSousMe
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  • meileen 15 years ago
    This is very similar to the crab served in restaurants out here in China! Thanks this will be great for me to do at home so I don't have to go out and get it.
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    " It was excellent "
    mystic_river1 ate it and said...
    That is just out-of-this-world good,meow! ^5
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