Korea

Ganjang Gejang

Name: Ganjang Gejang
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Korea
Ingredients: 1 kg Fresh swimming crabs; 400 ml Soy sauce; some of each Garlic & ginger; 1 each Onion & apple; some of each Chili & spring onion; 2 tbsp Sugar

Raw crab marinated in soy sauce

Ganjang gejang are raw crabs marinated in a seasoned soy sauce until the flesh is silky and deeply umami.

For their seductive taste they are fondly called a rice thief in Korea, because they make you eat so much rice.

Servings4

Time60 min + marinating

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Fresh swimming crabs1 kg
Soy sauce400 ml
Garlic & gingersome of each
Onion & apple1 each
Chili & spring onionsome of each
Sugar2 tbsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Boil the soy sauce with garlic, ginger, onion and apple.
Let the sauce cool and strain it.
Place the cleaned crabs in a container.
Pour over the sauce and marinate cold.
After a day, reboil the sauce, cool and pour over again.

Make it original

Soy sauce for ganjang gejang is in the Asia Boutique.

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