Stir-fried black pepper mud crab

Name: Stir-fried black pepper mud crab
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: vegetable oil, for deep-frying; extra 100 ml/3 fl oz vegetable oil; 2 X 1 kg/2 lb mud crabs, cleaned and quartered (see Note); 2 tablespoons sliced green onion/scallion; 2 tablespoons sliced green onion/scallion; 8 teaspoons Black Pepper and Lemongrass Stir-Fry Paste; 40 ml/1¼ fl oz Chinese oyster sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Stir

By Christine Manfield

Published 2001

About

Ingredients

vegetable oil, for deep-frying
2 X 1 kg/2 lb mud crabs, cleaned and quartered (see Note)
extra

Oceania
Australia
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Heat vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or large wok to 180°C/350°F and fry crab quarters for about 1 minute, or until shells change colour. Remove from oil and set aside.
In a separate wok, heat extra oil, add spice paste and stir-fry for 1 minute over high heat to release flavours.
Add oyster sauce and crab pieces and toss over heat until crab is well co