Stuffed Crab or “釀蟹蓋” – Who can resist a crispy on the outside, scrumptious crab filling stuffed on the inside of a crab shell? We all love fried food during the festive seasons, especially during the Chinese New Year celebration. Make this dish, I promise all your family members and guests will start gathering around the dining table with chopsticks ready in their hands!
How to make Stuffed Crab
Preparation
for 2 servings
Main ingredients
- 2 flower crabs
- 3 to 4 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked and diced
- 2 tbsp yellow onion, diced
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- Some all-purpose flour for dusting
- Some bread crumbs for breading
Seasonings
- 1 tbsp ginger, minced
- ½ tsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp white pepper
Step-by-step
Preparing crab meat
- Steam flower crabs for 10 minutes on high-heat. Let cool until easy to handle.
- Carefully, extract meat from shells.
Preparing shells
- For the top shells, trim off the edges until smooth.
- Dust shells with flour.
Preparing crab filling
- Mix together cooked crab meat, shiitake mushrooms, yellow onion, ginger, sugar, salt, white pepper and egg yolk. Mix well.
- Add flour. Mix well.
- Stuff crab filling into shell using fingers. Gently smooth out the surface.
- Cover filling with bread crumbs. Lightly press bread crumbs onto the filling. Make sure all areas are covered.
Deep-fry crab
- Heat oil on high-heat. Sprinkle a pinch of bread crumbs into hot oil. If bread crumbs bubbling, the oil is hot enough for frying.
- Carefully place crab shell-side down into hot oil.
- Deep fry for 3 minutes or until golden brown.
- Drain excess oil.
- Serve while still warm. Enjoy!