Mud Crab Chefs :)

As we were having dinner @ Chaddy the other day, Jon asked if I knew how to cook lobsters! and I obviously had no idea!! He then asked "What about crabs?"

So the both of us just decided to take a plunge to cook chilli crabs, and invited Helen and Sam over for dinner and catch-up. They made oysters and we made mud crabs.

First of all, you need the chef.... and all the ingredients of course...


Jon with an apron!! Tee hee hee...

Then, you need the victim :D The huge male mud crabs!!



Aren't they just cute? **when they're not agro**

To kill the crabs humanely, you put them into a plastic bag,


That's us... stuffing those boys into the plastic bag.


and then put them into the freezer... This puts them to sleep :) *ZzZzZzz*


After about an hour or so, they can be taken out, and boiled for awhile in boiling water... to make sure they're dead. You can then remove their shell, and chop them up into 4-6 pieces.


After cutting them into smaller pieces, clean their guts and gills and other eeky stuff out! This is the yuckiest part of the whole cooking process.... trust me!


After that, the crabs should be coated with corn flour, and lightly fried... to cook them a little bit... but not too long. :D Then, fry shallots with garlic and ginger till soft, and add in the pounded shrimp paste, lemongrass, galangal, and chillies... Add in the lightly fried crabs earlier... and simmer for about 7-8 minutes.


Mei tossing and mixing the crabs...


Then... WAHLAAAAA!!! Garnish with coriander and spring onions, and we're done!!! Yummo crabs!! :D


We had noodles with the crabs too... The gravy from the mud crabs blended really well with the noodles.... :)


Helen and Sam with the crabs, and oysters they made...


Cleaning time, baybeh!!!


Well, at the end of it, there were 4 happified people... with 3 huge crabs in their tummy.... kekekekekke.... I'd say, it was pretty damn good for a first timer! Restaurant level... definitely! *if not better!* Hehehe.