Singaporean Chilli Crab

Name: Singaporean Chilli Crab
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Singaporean
Ingredients: 1.5kg fresh mud crab or Dungeness crab, cleaned and halved; 4 tbsp sambal oelek; 4 tbsp ketchup; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp sugar; 200ml chicken stock; 4 cloves garlic; 3 cm ginger; 4 spring onions; 2 eggs, beaten; 3 tbsp oil; fried mantou buns to serve

Singapore's iconic chilli and tomato sauce crab — scooped up with fried mantou buns. Stirring the beaten egg in at the very end, so it sets in loose ribbons, is what gives the sauce its silky finish.

Total time

45 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Singaporean

Ingredients

1.5kgfresh mud crab or Dungeness crab, cleaned and halved

4 tbspsambal oelek

4 tbspketchup

2 tbspsoy sauce

1 tbspsugar

200mlchicken stock

4 clovesgarlic

3 cmginger

4spring onions

2eggs, beaten

3 tbspoil

fried mantou bunsto serve

Instructions

Blend garlic, ginger and spring onion.

Fry paste in oil 2 minutes.

Add sambal, ketchup, soy, sugar and stock.

Add crab pieces. Toss to coat.

Cover and cook 12–15 minutes until crab is cooked.

Stir in beaten eggs — they should set in ribbons.

Serve with fried mantou.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

172

Protein

4.8g

Fat

12.8g

Carbs

10.6g

Fiber

0.6g

Sodium

799mg

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