Chilli crab (Singapore style) - 9Kitchen

Ingredients

• 2 (1kg) large fresh mud-crabs, place in freezer 15 minutes before cleaning (this puts the crab to sleep)
• 1 cup cornflour
• 1-2 cups peanut oil for frying
• 3-4 long red chillies, roughly chopped
• 3-4 dried small red chillies (can use fresh bird's eye chillies)
• 2 teaspoons shrimp paste
• 1 stalk lemongrass, sliced thinly
• 3-4 slices fresh galangal
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 10 red shallots, sliced thinly
• 5-6 cloves garlic, sliced thinly
• 3-4 cm piece fresh ginger, finely grated
• 3/4 cup to 1 cup chicken stock
• 1/3 cup tomato sauce
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 2-3 green onions, sliced thinly
• ½ cup fresh coriander, picked and roughly chopped
• 2 limes, juiced