| Steamed Dungeness Crab Stuffed
with Fresh Coconut |
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1
Dungeness crab (or 6 blue crabs)
1 cup freshly grated coconut
2 shallots, minced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 basil leaves (or Thai basil)
3 thin slices of lime
1 kaffir lime leaf (optional)
1 jalapeño pepper, sliced
1 pandan leaf
1 tbsp peanut oil |
- Steam the crab for 5 minutes. Lift the top shell and clean out
the gills. Set the top shell aside.
- Sauté the shallots and garlic in oil until lightly browned.
Add the grated coconut, basil, kaffir lime leaf and jalapeño
pepper and cook for 3 minutes. Season with salt or fish sauce.
- Stuff the crab with the coconut mixture. Put the lime slices
on top and cover the crab and coconut mixture with the crab's
top shell. Tie with the pandan leaf.
- Steam the dungeness crab for 10 - 15 minutes. Steam blue crabs
for 7-10 minutes.
- Serve with achara (pickled green papaya) and garlic vinegar.
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