Crabs with lobster sauce
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | pounds | Ground pork |
| 7 | Garlic cloves, smashed | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Soy sauce |
| 1 | teaspoon | Sugar |
| 2 | Chinese mushrooms, soaked, drained and sliced | |
| 6 | Hard-shell crabs, such as blue crabs | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Oil |
| 5 | slices | Ginger |
| 2 | Scallions, chopped | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Fermented black beans, soaked |
| 2 | tablespoons | Dry sherry, about |
| 1 | teaspoon | Thin soy sauce |
| ½ | cup | Pork stock |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cornstarch |
| 2 | Eggs, beaten | |
| 1 | tablespoon | Chinese toasted sesame oil, about |
Directions
Recipe By : Taste Show # TS4740 To pork add 1 minced garlic clove, a few tablespoons of water, a few splashes of soy sauce, ½ teaspoon sugar, and Chinese mushrooms.
Clean crabs, drain and plunge into a large pot of boiling water for 30 seconds. Remove, drain and scrub. Snap off claws, crack them and reserve.
Twist off apron, separate shell from body and remove gills, small legs and stomach sac. Quarter bodies, leaving roe and tomalley intact.
Heat oil in a wok. Add ginger and garlic, half of scallion and drained black beans. Push aside and add pork mixture. Stir-fry, breaking up pork and mixing well with other ingredients. Push aside, add crabs and a few splashes of sherry. Mix together remaining ½ teaspoon sugar, thin soy sauce, stock and cornstarch. Add to wok and stir-fry until sauce thickens.
Remove from heat. Add eggs and sesame oil. Transfer to a serving platter.
Garnish with remaining scallion and serve immediately.
Yield: 4 servings as part of a Chinese-style Dinner Copyright, 1997, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved Taste Show #TS4742 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #614 by Peggy Morgan <75402.3465@...> on 97