garlic crab
Pungent seafood dish
Garlic crab is a seafood dish featuring whole crab or crab pieces cooked in a butter or oil sauce heavily seasoned with garlic.
The preparation varies by cuisine—Chinese-American versions often use a wok with ginger and scallions, while Cajun styles add cayenne and lemon.
We ordered the garlic crab and ate it with our hands.
- butterSolid fat from cream
- melted butterHeated fat, now liquid
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- clawsAnimal gripping nails
- shellHard outer covering
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