Singapore

Black Pepper Crab

Name: Black Pepper Crab
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Singapore
Ingredients: 1 kg Whole crab (e.g. mud crab); 2 tbsp Black pepper (coarse); 3 tbsp Butter; 1 tbsp each Oyster & soy sauce; some of each Garlic & shallots; 1 sprig Curry leaves

Singapore's peppery crab classic

Black pepper crab is, alongside chili crab, one of Singapore's national dishes and arose in the 1950s in its seafood restaurants.

Whole crabs are fried in a dark, robust sauce of plenty of black pepper, butter and soy sauce.

Servings2

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Whole crab (e.g. mud crab)1 kg
Black pepper (coarse)2 tbsp
Butter3 tbsp
Oyster & soy sauce1 tbsp each
Garlic & shallotssome of each
Curry leaves1 sprig

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Clean the crab and cut into pieces.
Toast the pepper in butter with garlic.
Add curry leaves and shallots.
Stir in the crab and sauces.
Cook, tossing, until the sauce clings, serve.

Make it original

Coarse black pepper and oyster sauce are in the Asia Boutique.

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