Recipes - Singapore Chilli Crab

Ingredients

• 4 tbsps vegetable oil, for frying
• 4 fresh crabs, about 250g each, halved and cleaned
• 2 tbsps sesame oil
• 2 tbsps chilli sauce
• 3 tbsps tomato ketchup
• 1 tbsp soy sauce (light)
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 cup chicken stock or water (I use vegetable stock)
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• Salt and ground black pepper
• 2 spring onions (scallions), finely sliced and fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves, finely chopped, to garnish
• For the spice paste:
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 25g fresh root ginger, chopped
• 4 red chillies, seeded and chopped (if you like it hot, use bird eye chillies)