Garlic and Chilli Mud Crab

Name: Garlic and Chilli Mud Crab
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 1 large mud crab, about 1.2kg, cleaned and cut into pieces; 8 cloves garlic, minced; 3 cm fresh ginger, julienned; 2 long red chillies, sliced; 4 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 tbsp oyster sauce; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 1/2 cup chicken stock; spring onion and coriander to garnish

A whole mud crab stir-fried hard and fast in garlic, ginger and chilli — an Aussie Chinese-restaurant classic. Keeping the wok screaming hot throughout sears the shell and locks the sauce onto the meat instead of steaming it soft.

Total time

35 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Australian

Ingredients

1large mud crab, about 1.2kg, cleaned and cut into pieces

8 clovesgarlic, minced

3 cmfresh ginger, julienned

2long red chillies, sliced

4 tbspvegetable oil

2 tbspoyster sauce

2 tbspsoy sauce

1 tbspfish sauce

1 tspsugar

1/2 cupchicken stock

spring onion and corianderto garnish

Instructions

Heat oil in a large wok over high heat. Add garlic, ginger and chilli. Fry 30 seconds.

Add crab pieces. Stir-fry on high heat for 5 minutes.

Add oyster sauce, soy, fish sauce, sugar and stock.

Cover and cook 8-10 minutes until crab is cooked through.

Garnish with spring onion and coriander.

Nutrition (estimated)

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

Calories

150

Protein

1.7g

Fat

13.8g

Carbs

5.9g

Fiber

0.4g

Sodium

1011mg

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