Singapore Black Pepper Crab

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 kg fresh crab
• 5 tablespoons oil
• 4 shallots, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 red fresh chili pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 200 ml water
• 2 -3 sprigs fresh coriander (garnish)

Recipe

• 1 clean the crab and cut into pieces. lightly crack shells to allow sauce to be absorbed.
• 2 heat oil in a large pan over high heat. add in crab pieces and fry for 3 minutes remove crab, set aside and drain off excess oil.
• 3 heat the pan again and fry shallots, garlic and red chilli until fragrant, then add butter and ground black pepper.
• 4 stir in the crab, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and water. simmer for 10 minutes on medium heat, until the crab is fully cooked.
• 5 serve with sauce drizzled over.