Chinese-Style Blue Crabs with Scallion and Ginger Sauce

Blue crabs have made an appearance at our fish market. One of my favorite ways of eating blue crab is the preparation they do at Hop Kee in Chinatown. Bionic Bites did a great blog post about the Cantonese restaurant and she is right their saucy crabs are fantastic. While I wanted to make Cantonese-style crabs, I thought I might try to recreate the ginger scallion crabs we had in San Francisco. There, we had dungeness crab, but I thought it would be good with blue crab as well, and thankfully I was right. This dish is finger-licking good!

INGREDIENTS

• 6 live blue crabs, cleaned to your liking and halved (I discarded the tops)
• ½(or more) cup corn or potato starch, enough to coat the crabs generously
• Sea salt to season the crabs after they have been dredged

Chinese-Style Blue Crabs with Scallion and Ginger Sauce

• 1 cup oil
• 5 scallions, tops and bottoms removed and sliced in half then cut up in fours
• 2 -1 inch pieces of ginger, julienned
• 5 small cloves of garlic, minced
• About two tablespoons of sherry, rice wine or dry vermouth( a few glugs)
• About two tablespoons of soy sauce (I used braggs as I am gluten free{a few generous splashes})

INTRUCTIONS

1. I did not clean the crabs that much, but you can if you are squeamish, I halved them and gently crushed the claws so that they would be easier to eat.
2. I dredged them heavily in potato flour and salted them with sea salt
3. In a very very hot wok I fried them. Making sure I did not crowd them. Flipping them over twice. I am reticent to give times on this because everyone’s stove is different. You want to make sure they are cooked through.
4. After they were done, I let them rest while I cut up the ginger, and garlic and scallions.
5. I emptied the wok of the oil and added a few tablespoons back. Then I added the scallions, ginger and garlic. When they became fragrant I added the rice wine and soy sauce.
6. Then I added the crabs back into the wok and tossed them until they were completely incorporated into the sauce. The potato starch will thicken the sauce. Enjoy!
7. I plated them and served them with soft jasmine rice and garnished them with cilantro. This serves two to four people depending on how many dishes you make to accompany this dish. Enjoy!
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