How to Prepare Perfect Vietnamese Roasted Crab in Salt Crust
by Travis Waters
Vietnamese Roasted Crab in Salt Crust
Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, vietnamese roasted crab in salt crust. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have vietnamese roasted crab in salt crust using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Vietnamese Roasted Crab in Salt Crust:
Get 4 whole fresh crabs
Take 5-6 cloves garlic, minced
Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
Prepare 3 teaspoons sugar
Make ready 1 teaspoon seasoning powder
Get 3 teaspoons sesame oil
Get 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
Make ready 3 teaspoons vinegar
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Take Some cooking oil or fat
Prepare How to make salt mixture: rice, glutinous rice, peeled mung beans, 1 pinch of roasted coarse sea salt, pound and sieve in advance and set aside in a jar to use later in other roasted salt recipes
Make ready 5 roots lemongrass
Prepare 3 cayenne peppers
Take 1 knob knob ginger
Instructions to make Vietnamese Roasted Crab in Salt Crust:
Slice cayenne pepper and lemon grass, julienne ginger, fry all in boiling cooking oil until golden brown, drain oil and set aside.
Rinse crabs, lift and detach the carapace (outer shell) and set aside. Discard the abdomen and gills. Pound the big claws. Crack crabs into halves.
Mix all the spices together: vinegar, sugar, salt, oyster sauce, sesame oil, seasoning powder, black pepper, minced garlic.
Put a skillet over the heat (a small and deep pot can help save oil/fat), wait until the oil/fat really boils, add pieces of crabs in and fry until fully cooked then transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
Use a big skillet, add some cooking oil or fat, heat until it really boils, add the spice mixture in step 3 in and toss evenly then pour the fried crabs into the skillet and stir thoroughly until spices are fully absorbed, stir-fry over high heat in about 10 minutes then turn off the heat.
Add fried lemon grass, ginger, cayenne pepper and previously processed salt to shake well together. Finally, transfer to a serving plate and garnish with lettuce and cucumber. Served with salt, sugar, black pepper and lime dipping sauce. Or mix chili sauce to dip as desired.
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