Pepper Crabs with Garlic

Name: Pepper Crabs with Garlic
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 to 3 fresh medium crabs (3 lbs/1½ kgs); 3 tablespoons oil; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon sugar; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup (125 ml) chicken stock; 1 green onion (scallions), thinly sliced; 1 green onion (scallions), thinly sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Wok Cooking Made Easy

By Nongkran Daks

Published 2007

About

Ingredients

2 to 3 fresh medium crabs (3 lbs/1½ kgs)
3 tablespoons

Asia
Fish course
Gluten-free

Method

Scrub and rinse the crabs thoroughly. Detach the claws from each crab. Lift off the carapace and discard. Scrape out any roe and discard the gills. Rinse well, halve the crabs with a cleaver and crack the claws with a mallet.
Heat the oil in a wok over high heat and stir-fry the garlic and black pepper until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the crabs and stir-fr