Tempura soft-shell crabs with oriental salad and citrus gast
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | larges | Soft-shell crabs |
| Essence | ||
| 1 | Beaten egg | |
| ⅔ | cup | Flour |
| ½ | cup | Cornstarch |
| 1 | cup | Cold soda water |
| Salt and pepper | ||
| 2 | cups | Angel hair pasta; cooked and tossed with olive oil |
| ½ | cup | Julienned red peppers |
| ½ | cup | Julienned yellow peppers |
| ¼ | cup | Julienned red onions |
| ½ | cup | Julienned napa cabbage |
| 2 | tablespoons | Chopped cilantro |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sesame oil |
| 1 | tablespoon | Soy sauce |
| ¼ | cup | Chopped peanuts |
| Salt and pepper | ||
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Rice wine vinegar |
| ¼ | cup | Fresh orange juice |
| ¼ | cup | Fresh lemon juice |
| 2 | tablespoons | Chopped peanuts* |
| 2 | tablespoons | Chopped chives* |
| 3 | Long chives* | |
Directions
ORIENTAL SALAD
GASTRIQUE
ESSENCE OF EMERIL SHOW#EE2288
Preheat the deep-fat fryer. For the salad: In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients together.
For the soft-shells: To clean, remove the tail, gills, and eyes. Season with salt and pepper. For the tempura batter: Whisk all the ingredients resulting in a smooth batter. Season with salt and pepper. Dip the soft-shell into the tempura batter, shaking off any excess. Remove the basket from the fryer. First, carefully holding the top of the soft-shell, drag the legs through the oil first, for 1 minute. This will allow the individual legs to fry separately instead together. Then lay the soft-shell, top side down, into the oil. Fry for 2-3 minutes or until golden, flip the soft-shell over and continue frying for additional 2-3 minutes. Remove from the fryer and allow to drain on a paper-lined plate.
To assemble, mound the salad in the center of the platter. Arrange the soft-shell around the salad. Drizzle the gastrique over the entire platter.
Garnish with the chopped peanuts, chopped chives, Essence and long chives.
Yield: 2 servings
Posted to recipelu-digest by molony <molony@...> on Feb 27, 1998