Crab stir-fried in its own roe
You will need:
6 or so Blue crabs (make sure at least half are female)
2 Tbs black pepper sauce (substitute oyster sauce or hoisin sauce)
1/2 med. onion sliced
4-6 green onions cut into long pieces
4-6 cloves garlic (bruised to release flavor)
1 jalapeno (remove seeds for less heat) sliced
2 Tbs fried sliced shallots
2 Tbs fried garlic bits
*one egg (optional)
1/2 Cup mirin (which is sweet rice wine or dry cooking sherry)
I've only used live crabs for this recipe I don't know what you'll get with the frozen stuff.
Let crabs sit in fresh water for at least 1 hr so they can purge impurities. Rinse.
Remove large claws. Remove lower, under tail section and break crabs open from back end. Using a large knife split in half. Remove spongey "gills". For those who are not used to taking crabs apart just use a large cleaver and split crabs in half with top shell on.
Rinse, scrubing the outside and legs well. Be careful while cleaning to keep as much roe as possible. Heat large wok or pan on high and add a little oil. Add onions, green onions, garlic cloves and jalapenos. Cook until soften and set aside. Add a little more oil and all the crab parts to pan. Stir evenly and add mirin. Cover and let steam for 6-8 mins stirring occasionally. Then add pepper sauce and stir evenly, at this point if you want to add an egg for a creamy texture you should break the egg(although I'm not a fan of this and don't use it in making this myself) into the pan and stir evenly. Turn off heat but and add remaining ingredients and cover for another 5 mins or so letting it all cook down a little. Uncover and stir well. Pairs well with light beer
