Crab in Ginger Sauce
- 2 each crab, hard shell whole hard shell, ready-to-cook
- 8 each scallions, spring or green onions
- 1 small sweet red bell peppers
- 1 piece ginger root
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 1/2 tablespoons sherry dry
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon, powdered
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce, tamari
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- Rinse crabs with water.
- Gently pull away round -hard shell on top.
- With small sharp knife gently cut away the gray spongy tissue and discard.
- Rinse crabs with water.
- Cut off claws and legs.
- Pound claws lightly with back of cleaver to break shell.
- Chop down center of crabs to cut body in half.
- Cut each half crosswise into 3 pieces.
- Cut onions into 1-inch (2 1/2 cm) pieces.
- Remove seeds from pepper.
- Cut pepper into thin strips.
- Pare gingerroot.
- Cut ginger into thin slices, then cut the slices into very thin strips.
- Combine 1/2 cup (125 mL) of the water, the sherry, sugar, bouillon and soy sauce.
- Combine remaining 1/4 cup (60 mL) water and the cornstarch.
- Blend well.
- Heat vegetable and sesame oils in wok over medium heat.
- Stir- fry ginger in the oils for 1 minute.
- Add cut up crabs.
- Stir-fry for 1 minute.
- Add sherry mixture and pepper to crab.
- Stir-fry over high heat until liquid boils.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Simmer covered for 4 minutes.
- Uncover and stir in cornstarch mixture.
- Cook until sauce thickens.
- Add onions.
- Cook and stir for 1 minute.
crab, scallions, sweet red bell peppers, ginger root, water, sherry dry, sugar, chicken bouillon, soy sauce, cornstarch, vegetable oil, sesame oil
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/crab-ginger-sauce-42884 (may not work)