Chilli crab

Chilli crab (Dragon Phoenix’s recipe)

Serves four

Ingredients

30g ginger

70g fresh red chilli

50g chilli padi

800g to 1kg Sri Lankan crab, live

1l chicken stock

12ml white vinegar

1/2 tsp lemon juice

30g sambal chilli

30g bottled chilli sauce

30g tomato ketchup

1 egg

4tsp sugar

1Tbs cooking oil

Method

1. Blend ginger, fresh red chilli and chilli padi until a smooth paste forms. Set aside.

2. Kill the crab, remove the top shell and chop the body into quarters.

3. Bring the chicken stock to a boil and add the crab.

4. When the crustacean starts turning red, add the chilli paste, white vinegar, lemon juice, sambal chilli, chilli sauce and tomato ketchup.

5. Stir-fry the mixture over medium heat until the sauce mix reduces to a thick gravy.

6. Add egg white, sugar and oil and mix well.

The Straits Times 26/09/2009