RECIPES OF PHILIPPINES

Rellenong Alimasag (Stuffed Crabs)

 

Ingredients

6 crabs

90 ml

4-5 cloves

3 small

1

2 tbsp

2 tbsp

Crabs
Oil
Garlic (peeled and diced)
Tomatoes (diced)
Egg (lightly beaten)
Cornstarch
Bread-crumbs

Salt (adjust to taste)

Pepper (adjust to taste)

1. Steam crabs until fully cooked, about 10 minutes and allow to cool
2. Open crabs and remove the meat from the crabs and set the meat aside
3. Reserve shells and claws
4. Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a frying pan and sauté onion for 1 minute
5. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant
6. Add the tomatoes and sauté until tender
7. Stir in the crabmeat and mix well
8. Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat
9. Spoon crabmeat mixture back into each of the shells
10. Brush lightly with egg, the dust lightly with cornstarch and bread-crumbs
11. Heat remaining oil in a pan and cook crab shells in the hot oil, stuffed side facing down, until a light brown crust is formed on the surface of the stuffed side
12. Remove from heat and serve with reserved claws