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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Southeast Asian >> Vietnamese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To make the seasoning, combine all ingredients in a bowl. | 2. To prepare your crabs humanely, place them in the freezer for 1 hour or submerge them in an ice bath for 5 minutes. | 3. Remove the upper shell of the crab, pick off the gills, which look like little fingers and discard. | 4. Clean the crab under running water and drain. | 5. Place the crab on its stomach and chop the crab in half with a heavy cleaver. | 6. Next, divide each half into 4 pieces, chopping each piece after each leg (if your crabs are small cut each half into 2 pieces). | 7. With the back of the cleaver, gently crack each claw - this makes it easier to extract the meat. | 8. Heat the oil in a wok to 200C (400F) or until a cube of bread dropped into the oil browns in 5 seconds). | 9. Dust the crab pieces with potato starch, shaking of any excess. | 10. Deep fry the crab in batches for 3 minutes, turning over once until golden brown. | 11. Remove from the wok and drain on kitchen paper. | 12. Remove the oil, reserving 2 tablespoons and clean the wok. | 13. Heat the reserved oil in the work, then add the shallots and garlic and fry until fragrant. | 14. Return the crab to the wok with the spring onion and chilli and add the salt and pepper seasoning to taste. | 15. Serve with jasmine rice and finger bowls. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
crab	800	g		672.0	0.0	146.32	4.8
vegetable oil				-	-	-	-
potato starch				-	-	-	-
red shallot	3		diced	-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2		diced	-	-	-	-
spring onion	3		cut	-	-	-	-
chilies	2	chilies	sliced	-	-	-	-
jasmine rice				-	-	-	-
salt	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
white pepper	1	tablespoon		21.016	4.8713	0.7384	0.1505
sugar	1	teaspoon		18.354	4.5908	0.0	0.0
five spice powder	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.