Vietnamese Roasted Crab in Salt Crust
Vietnamese Roasted Crab in Salt Crust

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have vietnamese roasted crab in salt crust using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Vietnamese Roasted Crab in Salt Crust:
  1. Take 4 whole fresh crabs
  2. Get 5-6 cloves garlic, minced
  3. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
  4. Get 3 teaspoons sugar
  5. Take 1 teaspoon seasoning powder
  6. Get 3 teaspoons sesame oil
  7. Make ready 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
  8. Prepare 3 teaspoons vinegar
  9. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  10. Prepare Some cooking oil or fat
  11. Prepare How to make salt mixture: rice, glutinous rice, peeled mung beans, 1 pinch of roasted coarse sea salt, pound and sieve in advance and set aside in a jar to use later in other roasted salt recipes
  12. Take 5 roots lemongrass
  13. Make ready 3 cayenne peppers
  14. Take 1 knob knob ginger

Switch from roast or bake to broil and cook for a couple more minutes until crabs have a nice golden brown crust. Make sure to keep a close eye on the crabs roasting or broiling in the oven to prevent it from burning. Dip crab into batter and allow the excess to drip off. Holding the crab by the shell flaps, carefully lower the crab legs and body into the hot oil.

Steps to make Vietnamese Roasted Crab in Salt Crust:
  1. Slice cayenne pepper and lemon grass, julienne ginger, fry all in boiling cooking oil until golden brown, drain oil and set aside.
  2. Rinse crabs, lift and detach the carapace (outer shell) and set aside. Discard the abdomen and gills. Pound the big claws. Crack crabs into halves.
  3. Mix all the spices together: vinegar, sugar, salt, oyster sauce, sesame oil, seasoning powder, black pepper, minced garlic.
  4. Put a skillet over the heat (a small and deep pot can help save oil/fat), wait until the oil/fat really boils, add pieces of crabs in and fry until fully cooked then transfer to a paper towel-lined plate.
  5. Use a big skillet, add some cooking oil or fat, heat until it really boils, add the spice mixture in step 3 in and toss evenly then pour the fried crabs into the skillet and stir thoroughly until spices are fully absorbed, stir-fry over high heat in about 10 minutes then turn off the heat.
  6. Add fried lemon grass, ginger, cayenne pepper and previously processed salt to shake well together. Finally, transfer to a serving plate and garnish with lettuce and cucumber. Served with salt, sugar, black pepper and lime dipping sauce. Or mix chili sauce to dip as desired.

Wait for a few seconds and then drop the entire crab into the oil. Place clean Dungeness crab on top of lemon slices, pour garlic butter sauce over the crab, season with salt & pepper. Pour the melted butter from the baking sheet into the bowl and drizzle over the top. Stir crab into hot butter and olive oil mixture; sprinkle in minced garlic and salt and pepper to taste. Remove from oven and top with lemon juice and parsley; toss again.

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