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Stir Fried Crabs with Ginger and Scallion
Crispy deep-fried crabs tossed in a savory ginger and scallion sauce made with oyster sauce and sesame oil. This quick stir fry is bold, aromatic, and perfect served over steamed rice.
Asian Chinese Filipino seafood Updated 10/22/2010
Ingredients
Measured from the catalog payload.
- 4 lbs crab
- 1 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup scallion chopped
- 2 to 3 tablespoons ginger minced
- 2 teaspoons garlic minced
- 3 cups cooking oil
Instructions
6 cooking steps
- Combine the oyster sauce, sesame oil, salt, ground black pepper, sugar, garlic, cornstarch, and water in a bowl. Stir until well blended, then set aside.
- Heat the cooking oil in a wok or deep pan over medium-high heat.
- Deep fry the crabs for 3 minutes. Remove them from the wok and let the excess oil drip off.
- Remove most of the oil from the wok, leaving about 2 tablespoons. Sauté the ginger and scallions for 2 minutes.
- Return the fried crabs to the wok. Pour in the sauce mixture, then toss to combine and cook for 1 minute.
- Turn off the heat and transfer to a serving plate. Serve and enjoy!
Catalog details
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Appetizer, Dinner, Main Course, Crab crispy, quick, Savory, stir-fried Public recipe Revision 1