Mama Lan's Vietnamese Stir-Fried Crabs
12 lg Male blue crabs, cleaned -and halved, with top -shells reserved 2 c All-purpose flour, seasoned -with salt and pepper. Vegetable oil for frying 6 tb Butter 6 tb Olive oil 3 S...
Ingredients
- 12lg male blue crabs, cleaned
- 6tb olive oil
- 3stalks lemongrass, tops
- 3tb hot pepper flakes
- 3tb kosher salt
- 3tb sugar
- 3piece fresh ginger peeled
- 4or 5 fresh serrano chiles,
Directions
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12 lg Male blue crabs, cleaned -and halved, with top -shells reserved 2 c All-purpose flour, seasoned -with salt and pepper
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Vegetable oil for frying 6 tb Butter 6 tb Olive oil 3 Stalks lemongrass, tops -discarded, bulbs finely -chopped 4 tb Minced garlic 3 tb Hot
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So far mainly in Asian markets++I have yet to run across any at Safeway
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While the Asians are busy furnishing good, fresh things to eat at very reasonable prices, Safeway and it's ilk are so busy trying to satisfy
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This can be prepared using either the blue guys or the big ol' Dungeness crabs
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This reminds me of the first Vietnamese dish I ever tried, "Roast Crab" at Thanh Long on Judah street in San Francisco years ago
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That dish alone won my ever-lasting respect for Vietnamese cuisine
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It too used butter, though I'm relatively sure it also used Chinese fermented black beans for their savory kick and the crab wasn't flour co