Mj's Chili King Crab - Recipe

My cousin overseas emailed me a recipe that I have been longing to try... It's Singapore's famous Chili King Crab!..... a very well known dish all over the Lion City's landscape.... and an all time favorite among locals and foreigners alike, bringing an extra flavor to the sights and sounds of this densely populated Island nation!...

This is her modified version of the recipe, putting some extra twist and making it grand to suit the very discriminating Filipino flavor!.... I'm going to call this, Mj's Chili King Crab, named after her cutey and ubiquitous daughter Mj.

Mj's Chili King Crab

Ingredients:

2-3 medium - large mud crabs
1/4 half a cup of chopped Garlic
1/4 half a cup of chopped Onion
Chopped Green and Red Bell peppers of Jalapeño
Chopped or sliced Chili pepper
1/4 or 1/2 cup of coconut juice
1/4 of 1/2 cup of water
1/4 cup of tomato sauce
1/2 cup of evaporated Milk
Oil
salt and pepper to taste

How to prepare:

Put oil in the pan then saute garlic, onion, sweet pepper, Chili pepper.

Add the mud crabs then wait until it turns red.

Add Coconut milk then after add water in small amounts.

Season with salt and pepper. Simmer in low heat and bring it to a boil til the crab is cooked...

Add in tomato sauce and evaporated milk...

Simmer in low heat and bring it to a boil until the sauce thickens.

You may reduce the sauce by turning the flame to high.

Served hot

This is best paired with white wine (Pinot Grigio?...Maybe) to blend in all the extra flavors of the crab.

In Singapore you can find the best Chili King Crabs on the very long restaurant strip along Boat Quay....this area is truly a food haven, and it is the place where you can hear or attempt to try the unique "Singlish" accent and expression.... like "Eat lah?, can?..caaaan?!"........just simply answer "yes lah!"..

(Photo and Recipe courtesy of Erby Jane Guerrero - Pinili, an advocate of Filipino Cuisine )