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Chili Crab with String Beans

Chili Crab with Snake Beans is my version of the famous chili crab dish with one of my favorite vegetable: Sitaw also known as string beans and snake beans

Difficulty Medium
Time 20 min
Servings 4
Ingredients 14
Steps 8
Chili Crab with String Beans
Cuisine not specified Updated 7/27/2016

Ingredients

Measured from the catalog payload.

  • 6 pieces crab cut in half
  • 8 pieces snake bean cut in 2 inch length
  • 1 knob ginger minced
  • 6 cloves garlic crushed and minced
  • 1 piece onion minced
  • 5 pieces chili pepper
  • 1 piece egg beaten
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup tomato ketchup
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 3 tablespoons cooking oil
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

8 cooking steps

  1. Combine chicken broth, soy sauce, ketchup, and cornstarch in a bowl. Stir to mix. Set aside.
  2. Heat the oil in a wok or large pan. Once the oil gets hot, saute the garlic, onion, and ginger.
  3. Once the onion gets soft, add the chili and snake beans. Stir fry in high heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. Add the crab. Continue to stir fry for 5 minutes.
  5. Sprinkle salt and ground black pepper. Pour-in the chicken broth mixture and then toss to coat. Cook for 1 minute.
  6. Pour the beaten egg and stir fry for 3 minutes.
  7. Transfer to a serving plate. Serve with warm white rice.
  8. Share and enjoy!

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