Vietnamese Chili Crab with Lemon Grass Recipe

Chili Crab with Lemon Grass Recipe

There're many ways to cook Crab, the best formula that I like best is Chili Crab with Lemon Grass. Today, I will introduce this delicous dish to you in these steps below.

Ingredients : Serves 2 - 4
1.5 kg 15 ml 2 cloves 1 1 stalk 4 2 tablespoons 2 tablespoons 125 ml 4 125 g	Crabs Oil Garlic (minced) Onion (sliced) Lemon grass, finely sliced Chili peppers, sliced Nuoc Cham sauce Lime juice Water Green onions (scallions), cut into 1 in pieces Bean sprouts Deep fried shallots for garnishing
Method : Clean the crab well. Heat oil in a large saucepan. Stir-fry garlic, onion, lemon grass and chili pepper over high heat for a few minutes. Pour Nuoc Cham sauce, lime juice and water into the pan, bring to boil. Carefully place crabs in saucepan. Cover with a tight-fitting lid. Cook over a medium high heat for  10-15 minutes, or until the crabs are cooked. Place crabs on a serving platter. Add green onions (scallions) to the pan, reduce cooking liquid to about 50 ml, and pour this over the crab. Arrange bean sprouts over the hot crab, sprinkle liberally with deep fried shallots. Serve with extra lime juice and Nuoc Cham sauce.