Stir-fry Flower Crabs with Ginger, Garlic, Oyster Sauce and Black Pepper

Stir-fry Flower Crabs with Ginger, Garlic, Oyster Sauce and Black Pepper

Flower Crabs are on sales when I am shopping for grocery in the supermarket. The flower crabs looks fresh and they are of a good size; pretty big. Hence, I decided to buy and cook them. 

Dining out for crabs is not cheap, it can easily cost you more than SGD$70 for 2 crabs. Hence, knowing and learning how to prepare and cook at home will definately be a better choice if cost matters! =) 

Ingredients

1. 4 Flower Crabs (Approx 1.2kg)
2. 1 1/2 tablespoon of Chopped Garlic
3. 6 slices of Ginger (Peeled)
4. 2 1/2 tablespoon of Oyster Sauce
5. 1 1/2 tablespoon of Sesame Oil
6. 1/2 teaspoon of Sugar
7. 1 1/2 teaspoon of Coarse Black Pepper
8. 250 ml of Water
9. 1/2 tablespoon of Cornflour (mix with 1 tablespoon of water)
10. 2 tablespoon of Cooking Oil

Preparations

1. Cut away the underside of the crab (the piece of shell where you differentiate the gender of the crab)
2. Pull open the top shell
3. Remove the "gill-like" from the top shell
4. Cut the body into 2

Steps

1. Add Cooking Oil into hot pan/ chinese wok
2. Add Ginger into hot pan and stir-fry until fragrant
3. Add Garlic and stir-fry until fragrant
4. Add Crab and stir-fry to mix well for approx 2 minutes
5. Add ingredients no. 4 to 7 and stir-fry to mix well
6. Add Water slowly, when the taste is right, stop adding. Stir to mix well
7. Cover the pan for 5 minutes.
8. Stir to ensure that all parts of the crab is mix well with sauce
9. Cover the pan for 5 minutes or when crab is cooked
10. Add cornflour mixture and boil for another 1 to 2 minutes

Tips & Comments

• Use a kitchen scissors to prepare the crabs

Serve while Hot!

Good to go with Rice.