black pepper crab

Spicy crustacean dish

Black pepper crab is a Southeast Asian dish, particularly associated with Singapore, featuring whole crab stir-fried in a sauce of coarsely crushed black peppercorns, butter, and aromatics.

The dish showcases the crab's sweetness against the heat and fragrance of fresh pepper: We ordered black pepper crab and chili crab to share.

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shell · claws · spicy · sauce · stir-fry · messy · cracking · succulent · ginger · sweet · savory · fingers · paper towels · bib · mallet · steam · finger food · restaurant

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Opposites
signature seasoning style

black pepper crabchili crab

Crustacean in tangy sauce

garlic crab

flavor profile intensity

black pepper crabsteamed crab

Shellfish prepared with vapor

Family

black, blacken, blackened, blackening, blackish, blackness, blacker, blackest, pepper

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G