Black Bean And Chilli Mud Crab

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 crab (mud crab that is or 4 blue swimmers)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons garlic (sliced)
• 1 tablespoon ginger (grated)
• 1 chili (red chopped or to your taste)
• 2 tablespoons fermented black beans (lightly crushed)
• 2 tablespoons chinese rice wine
• 1 cup chicken stock (or fish stock)
• 1/4 cup soy sauce (light)
• 1 cup spring onion (cut on the long diagonal)
• 1/4 cup ginger (cut into long strips)
• 1/2 cup coriander (leaves)
• 1 lime (halved)

Recipe

• 1 clean the mud crab (remove the carapace, lungs and guts) and then remove the claws and crack then with the back of a cleaver but don't smash them or you will be picking shell out all night and then cut the body sections into 3 or 4 depending on their size.
• 2 heat the oil in a wok and add the crab pieces and toss around until they turn red and then add the garlic and ginger and continue to toss for another minutes.
• 3 then add the chilli, black beans, rice wine, stock and light soy sauce and cover and simmer for about 3 minutes for the crab to cook through.
• 4 uncover and if lots of liquid remains, turn up the heat for a few minutes.
• 5 remove the crab pieces to a serving plate and add the spring onions and extra ginger to the liquid and pour this over the crab and finish with a scatter of the coriander leaves and serve with the lime.