Stir-Fried Crab with Bean Sauce

Name: Stir-Fried Crab with Bean Sauce (Chiang pao ch’ing shieh)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons oil; 6 cups oil; 2 tablespoons flour; 3 crabs (about 1-¼ pound); 2 tablespoons green beans; 1 tablespoon catsup; 2 tablespoons ginger (chopped); 2 tablespoons green onion (chopped); 1 tablespoon sugar; 6 tablespoons water; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 1 tablespoon sweet soybean paste; 1-½ teaspoons cornstarch

Chiang pao ch’ing shieh

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

3 crabs (about 1-¼ pound)
2 tablespoons flour

Asia
Taiwan
Chekiang
Shanghai
Kiangsu
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Clean crabs, then open shell and remove the two big claws. Cut each crab into two pieces, then cut again into 8 small pieces. Crush big claws with back of cleaver and cut each into two pieces.
Dust crab with flour, then drop into hot oil and deep-fry for about 1 minute. Remove.
Heat 3 tablespoons oil in frying pan. Stir-fry green onion, ginger, and ca