Chili Crab
Updated: Aug 17, 2022
Chili Crab is easily my favorite dish of all time. This sweet and spicy crab will make you never think of having crab with just butter again!
Ingredients:
4 Crabs (note on crabs: ask for crabs to be cut and cleaned if possible from where you buy your seafood)
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 onion
1 large spoon minced garlic
1 handful basil
1-2 tablespoons chili paste (add more if you like spicy)
Handful of Cherry tomatoes
2-3 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
~1/2 chicken or fish stock/broth
1 cup of water
2 tbsp Tamarind Sauce
Instructions:
1) Heat olive oil in a wok or pot and fry onions for 2-3mins.
2) Add garlic, basil and chili paste and sauté.
3) Add in your cherry tomatoes and one crab leg and cook for 1-2mins.
4) Add in your stock of choice, water, sweet chili sauce, and tamarind. (Optional to add larger slices of onion)
5) Lastly add in your crabs and cook for 10-15mins. Remove from heat and let crabs sit for 3 mins to ensure they have been cooked thoroughly.
6) Serve over white rice and enjoy!