Five Ways to Cook Fresh Crab Recipe

Crab is my favorite seafood and when it is in season I won't mind eat it everyday. Of course that is impossible.

There are different ways to cook crab you can steam or cook it with butter and garlic whatever your heart desire.

Recipe for Steam Crab:

Ingredient:

Fresh Crab
Pot of boiling water
Season with salt

Step 1:

Clean the crab before placing in boiling water.
Cook for 20 minutes depending on the size. You can tell when cooked. The shell will turn color red.

If, you have left over steam crab you can remove the meat and make it into crab torta (omelette)

Filipino Crab Torta (omelette) Recipe:

Ingredient:

Left over crab
2 - well beaten egg
1/2 - White onion (chopped)
Black pepper (depend on your taste)
Salt (depend on your taste)
Cooking oil

Step 1:

You will add the crab meat to the beaten egg, add the onion, season with black pepper and salt.

Step 2:

You will pour a small amount of cooking oil on a frying pan
Pour the ingredient
Get an extra plate and remove the pan away from the stove
Place the plate on top of the pan and slowly flip the pan
Place back the uncooked torta on the pan by placing the uncooked on the pan
It is just easier to flip it back to the pan by using a plate

Step 3:

Once cook transfer the torta on a new plate.

It is ready to eat can combine with eating with ketchup or sweet chili sauce.

Crab and Corn Egg Drop Soup Recipe:

Ingredient:

Left over cooked crab
Chicken stock
1 - cup of canned corn (drain water)
1 - Egg beaten
Black pepper (depend on your taste)

Step 1:

You will boil the chicken broth, add the crab meat and corn.
Once the soup is boiling you will add the egg that is beaten stir with a fork and season with black pepper.

Butter and Garlic Crab Recipe:

Ingredient:

1 - Stick of butter (any brand)
1 - Whole garlic (peel and chopped)
Fresh crab (steamed, legs are removed from the body, and cut the crab in the middle)
Black pepper (depend on your taste)

Step 1:

Melt the butter on a pot add the garlic, the crab and season with black pepper mix well.

The best partner is to make garlic noodles just like in the Vietnamese Restaurants.

Garlic Noodles:

Ingredient:

1- Whole garlic (peel and minced)
1- Package of Spaghetti noodles
1- 4 oz unsalted butter
2 - Tbsp Parmesan cheese
2 -Tbsp Fish Sauce (Patis)
1- Tbsp Low Sodium Soy Sauce
1 - Tbsp Oyster Sauce

Step 1:

You will cook the spaghetti noodles on the instruction of the package.

Step 2:

You will melt the butter, garlic and add all the remaining ingredients and the cooked spaghetti noodles cooked in low heat.

Ready to eat with your butter garlic crab!

Crab with Coconut Milk

Ingredient:

•  3 fat crab (Alimago)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup thick coconut milk (gata)
• 1 clove garlic (pounded)
• 2 tbsp minced onion
• 2 fresh hot pepper
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Small slice ginger

Instruction:

Step 1:

Clean crab:

• Dip in boiling water 
• Open and remove all the fat lining from the shell
• Mix fat with 4 tsp salt
• Fill shell into the mixture

Step 2:

•  Arrange crab in saucepan

Step 3

• Boil in 1 cup of the coconut milk (gata) with salt and pepper
• Whole Pepper'
• Add vegetable - Optional

Step 4:

• As soon as crab is cooked
• Add thick coconut milk (gata)
• Simmer for 5 minutes until it boil

Ready to eat!

Note:

You can add kalabasa and string beans to this dish.