chili crab

Spicy crustacean dish

Chili crab is a Southeast Asian dish of crab cooked in a sweet, savory, and mildly spicy tomato-based sauce.

Originating in Singapore, it typically features whole mud crabs in a thick sauce made with chili, tomato, egg, and garlic.

The dish is eaten with hands, often with bread to soak up the sauce: We ordered chili crab and a basket of mantou buns.

preparation

wok

Concave cooking pan

bib · mallet · messy · hands-on · finger food · steamed buns · dipping · mopping · claypot · high heat

sauce

tomato

Red culinary fruit

  • sambalSoutheast Asian chili condiment
  • garlicPungent culinary bulb
  • gingerPungent culinary rhizome

egg · cornstarch · sweet · tangy · umami · oyster sauce · soy sauce · scallions · cilantro · lime juice

Singaporean

hawker

Roving vocal merchant

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  • sambalSoutheast Asian chili condiment
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national dish

seafood

crustacean

Aquatic arthropod with exoskeleton

shellfish · claw meat · roe · ocean · fresh catch

spicy

heat

Transferred thermal energy

piquant · red · aromatic · warming · kick · tingle

Opposites
flavor intensity

chili crabsteamed crab

Shellfish prepared with vapor

crab salad

Family

chili, crab, chilis, chilies, chilli, chillis, crabs, crabbed, crabbing

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