^Black pepper Crab^

Ingredients:

• Crab
• sunflower or peanut oil approx. x 1.5 cups (enough to cover crabs)
• long red chilli x 1 sliced
• garlic x 5 cloves sliced
• whole black pepper corns x 2tblsp
• light soy sauce x 4tblsp
• oyster sauce x 1tblsp
• sugar x 1tblsp
• water x 1.5-2 cups
• spring onions x 4 - 5

 

Method:

1. Dismember crabs, remove shell, get rid of guts and gills, chop body in half.
2. Heat oil in wok til just smoking hot.
3. Cook the crab for 2 - 3 mins until half cooked, then remove them from the wok and traansfer the crab onto a paper towel.
4. Add the black pepper and then simmer for a minute or so.
5. Add the chilli and garlic fry for another minute, then add the soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar (be quick!).
6. Put the crab back in, give it toss through.
7. Add water.
8. Simmer for 3 mins.
9. Add spring onions, toss through for another minute. Then your're ready to plate and serve.

Enjoy! (: