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Chilli Crab Singapore Style

Name: Chilli Crab Singapore Style
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Singaporean
Ingredients: 1.5kg mud crabs, cleaned and halved; 4 tbsp chilli paste; 2 tbsp black bean sauce; 3 tomatoes, blended; 2 tbsp ketchup; 1 tbsp sugar; 2 eggs, beaten; 3 cloves garlic, minced; ginger 2cm, grated; spring onions to serve; mantou buns to serve

Mud crab cooked in a rich, slightly sweet tomato and egg sauce with chilli and black beans — a Singaporean icon.

Total time

40 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Singaporean

Ingredients

1.5kgmud crabs, cleaned and halved

4 tbspchilli paste

2 tbspblack bean sauce

3tomatoes, blended

2 tbspketchup

1 tbspsugar

2eggs, beaten

3 clovesgarlic, minced

ginger2cm, grated

spring onionsto serve

mantou bunsto serve

Instructions

Stir-fry garlic, ginger and chilli paste in oil over high heat 2 minutes.

Add crab. Toss well. Cover and cook 5 minutes.

Add tomato, ketchup, black bean sauce and sugar. Toss and cook 5 more minutes.

Drizzle beaten eggs over, stirring to create wispy strands.

Scatter spring onions. Serve with mantou buns to mop the sauce.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

4.2g

Fat

2.6g

Carbs

9.5g

Fiber

1.1g

Sodium

122mg