Wenchang Steamed Crab

Name: Wenchang Steamed Crab
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp light soy sauce; 5 ml/1 tsp ground black pepper; chilli and garlic sauce, for dipping; chilli and garlic sauce, for dipping; 4 whole crabs, about 250 g/9 oz each; 30 ml/2 tbsp Chinese wine; 15 ml/1 tbsp chopped root ginger

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

A small county town on the east coast of Hainan Island, Wenchang has two major claims to fame. The first is its excellent seafood, and the second is as the ancestral home of two sisters, Song Qingling and Song Meiling, the wives of Generals Sun Yat Sen and Chiang Kai Shek respectively.

Ingredients

4 whole crabs, about 250 g/9 oz each
15 ml/<

Asia
China
Hainan
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Clean the crabs and remove the belly flap from each, together with any fibrous tissue attached to it. Prise the shell away from the body and cut each crab into four pieces. Crack the large claws for easy removal of the meat after the crabs are cooked.
Mix the chopped ginger, wine, soy sauce and pepper in a shallow heatproof bowl that will both accommodate all t