stir fried crab curry
This is a Thai dish that uses fresh ingredients as well as a packet of stir fry curry. The curry paste is a Thai brand, Lobo, and is available in the US in Asian markets. Lots of photos for this but this comes together very quickly. This is based on using a large wok but is not needed if you do not have one, and most ingredients are just estimated, there is no set rules for this. The curry sauce packet has instructions on the back in English, but they are NOT used for this dish, this recipe (guide really) is based on me watching a Thai family member prepare this.
yield
8 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
10 Min
method
Stir-Fry
Ingredients For stir fried crab curry
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1-2 kgfresh crabs, blues or any swimmers work well, 2-4 lbs
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5-10 clovegarlic, smashed and minced
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1-2palmfuls coarse ground black pepper
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1onion
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3-6eggs, lightly beaten
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5-10spring onions
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1-2 bunchthai celery or chinese celery
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cooking oil
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large wok, not required but helpful
How To Make stir fried crab curry
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1Preparation, get everything ready first. 1. Crabs: Remove the tail flaps and cut each crab in half, from head to tail area. 2. Onion: halve then chopped. 3. Spring Onion and Thai Celery including the tops: chopped into 1 to 2 inch pieces. 4. As an alternate to coarsely ground black pepper, use whole peppercorns and crush them in a mortar. 5. Eggs, lightly beaten. Once everything is prepped, we are ready to begin.
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2Here is the curry sauce packet used.
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3With Thai families, there is usually more than one person helping in the kitchen, often times the prep work is done by the whole family and the best cook prepares the dish or directs others to prepare it, basically teaching in action.
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4Heat a splash of oil in your large wok or large pan on medium high heat. When hot, add the garlic, and since this is called a stir fry, so start stirring.
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5When the when garlic is browned up a bit, add the crab, keep stirring.
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6Sprinkle in about half of the black pepper, and you guessed it, keep stirring.
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7And stirring.
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8After a few minutes you will start seeing the shell turn red.
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9Add the onion.
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10And stir until the onion is softened up a bit, just a few minutes.
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11Add the remaining black pepper and stir that in.
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12Pour in the beaten eggs.
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13Stir for 30 seconds or so to distribute some of the egg.
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14Add the packet of curry sauce.
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15Stir some more.
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16Coming together beautifully. Liquid is water from the crabs as well as the sauce thinned out with that water.
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17Add the spring onion and Thai celery. A note about the celery, if you cannot find Thai or Chinese celery, use regular celery but cut 1 stalk into 3-4 ling pieces then dice plus chop up about 2-3 tops.
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18Stir again, almost done.
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19And there you go, Stir Fried Crab Curry. From heating the wok to this, maybe 10 minutes. This is the reason to have everything prepped and ready to go.
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20Pour everything onto a platter, ready to be served.
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