Easiest Way to Make Yummy Where Is My Chili Crab?

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Where Is My Chili Crab?. Chilli crab is a Singaporean seafood dish. Mud crabs are commonly used and are stir-fried in a semi-thick, sweet and savoury tomato-and-chilli-based sauce. Despite its name, chilli crab is not a very spicy dish.

Wondering where to eat chilli crab in Singapore?

Patronise these seafood and zi char restaurants for the best renditions of the ever-popular dish.

Be prepared to get your hands dirty!

You can have Where Is My Chili Crab? using 29 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Where Is My Chili Crab?

Prepare of Spice Mix:.
It’s of Dried Red Chilies, 10g Adjust to Preference.
You need 3 TBSP of Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil,.
It’s 10 g of Yellow Split Peas,.
It’s of Fresh Red Chilies Deseeded, 3 Adjust to Preference.
Prepare of Bird's Eye Chili / Chili Padi Deseeded, 1 Adjust to Preference.
Prepare 3 of Shallots Roughly Minced,.
Prepare 4 Cloves of Garlic Roughly Minced,.
It’s 1 Stalk of Lemongrass White Parts Only Finely Sliced,.
It’s 3 of Candle Nuts / Macadamia Nuts,.
You need 1/2 Inch of Galangal Finely Minced,.
It’s of Chili Crab:.
You need 1 TBSP of Belacan Fermented Shrimp Paste,.
Prepare 2 1/2 TBSP of Tomato Ketchup,.
Prepare 1/2 TBSP of Oyster Sauce,.
It’s 1/2 TBSP of Hoisin Sauce,.
You need 1/2 Cup of Miso Stock,.
Prepare 125 g of Good Quality Crab Meat Fresh or Frozen,.
You need of Palm Sugar / Gula Melaka, 1 1/2 TBSP Adjust to Preference.
Prepare Pinch of Sea Salt,.
You need 1 of Egg,.
You need Pinch of Nori Flakes,.
It’s Pinch of Dried Mushroom Powder,.
Prepare of Fresh Lime Juice, 1 Lime.
It’s of Fresh Lime Zest, 1 Lime.
It’s 8 of Fried Mantou,.
Prepare 1 Handful of Fresh Coriander Finely Chopped,.
Prepare 1 Handful of Scallions Finely Chopped,.
Prepare of Cured Egg Yolk, For Serving.

Try one of Singapore's most iconic local dishes, chilli crab, at these famous seafood institutions including Long Beach, Jumbo Here's where you can try one of Singapore's most iconic local dishes, chilli crab.

By Time Out Singapore editors Posted: Friday April.

Required chilli crab ingredients are generally flexible, especially where proportions are concerned.

Cooks are usually free to create their own variations.

Where Is My Chili Crab? step by step

Pls visit: https://www.fatdough.sg/single-post/2017/07/31/Mantou for the mantou recipe..
Pls visit: https://www.fatdough.sg/single-post/2019/05/17/How-To-Cure-Egg-Yolks for the cured egg yolk recipe..
Prepare the spice mix.

Soak dried chilies in a bowl of hot water until soften.

Deseed if desired. Pad the chilies dry.

In a skillet over medium heat, drizzle oil..

Once the oil is heated up, add in the soaked dried chilies, peas and the rest of the chilies.

Saute until aromatic.

Transfer into a blender, reserving the oil in the skillet..

Add the rest of the ingredients.

Blitz until fine paste and set aside.

You can add a bit of water to keep the blitzing going..

Prepare the chili crab.

In the same skillet over medium heat, add in belacan.

Break the belacan into fine pieces with the back of a spatula.

Toast the belacan until aromatic..

Add in the spice mix.

You can add some water into the blender and clean up all the nooks + crannies, then add into the skillet.

Saute until most of the liquid is evaporated.

Add ketchup, hoisin and oyster sauce.

Stir well to combine. The color should turn a darker shade of red..

Add in miso stock and crab.

To make miso stock, simply add 1/2 TSP of miso into 1/2 cup of hot water. Stir until the miso is dissolved.

Stir to combine well.

Bring it up to a simmer..

Continue to simmer for about 3 mins.

Taste and adjust for seasoning with palm sugar and salt.

Add in egg and stir to combine well.

Remove from heat..

Add in nori flakes, dried mushroom powder, lime juice and zest.

To make dried mushroom powder, simply blitz some Chinese dried mushroom in a spice grinder until powder forms.

Give it a final stir.

Transfer into serving plates or bowls..

Garnish with coriander and scallions.

Grate some cured egg yolk over the top.

Serve with fried mantou in the side..

If you want the same plating as shown in the photo:

Blitz the chili crab until smooth.

Ladle onto serving plates.

Place a fried mantou into the middle.

Garnish with coriander and scallions.

Grate some cured egg yolk over the top.

Serve immediately..

Chilli crab is commonly served in restaurants, in homes, and in casual market food stalls in many of the big cities.

I love chili crab but alas you don't really get Crab in South Africa.

So I just had to visit a restaurant where the signature dish is Chilli So tonight with wife and daughter went to Singapore Chili Crab restaraunt in Da Nang.

Had chili crab, scallops, steamed lapu lapu.

Very simple Malaysian Chilli Crab Recipe - This is a fabulous dish to cook for a group of friends or family.