Name: Black Pepper Crab
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Singapore
Ingredients: Crab: 1.3 kg; Black Pepper: 4 TBSP; Butter: 70 g; Oil: 1 tsp; Onion: 1 piece; Garlic: 5 cloves; Curry Leaves: 1/4 cup; Water: 2 cup; Oyster Sauce: 2 TBSP; SET - B ------- ( Add - ons ); Sugar: 1 tsp; Dark Soya Sauce: 2 TBSP; Cornstarch

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Ingredients

	SET - A ------- (Main Ingredient )
	1.3 kg Crab
	4 TBSP Black Pepper coarsely grounded
	70 g Butter
	1 tsp Oil
	1 piece Onion thinly slice
	5 cloves Garlic chopped
	1/4 cup Curry Leaves
	2 cup Water
	2 TBSP Oyster Sauce
	SET - B ------- ( Add - ons )
	1 tsp Sugar
	2 TBSP Dark Soya Sauce
	Cornstarch 2 tsp cornstarch + 2 TBSP water

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Cuisine:

Singapore

Black pepper crab is one of the two most popular ways that crab is served in Singaporean cuisine. It is made with hard-shell crabs, and fried with black pepper. Unlike the other popular chili crab dish, it is not cooked in a sauce and therefore has a dry consistency

45 min
Medium

Ingredients

SET - A ------- (Main Ingredient )
1.3 kg Crab
4 TBSP Black Pepper
coarsely grounded
70 g Butter
1 tsp Oil
1 piece Onion
thinly slice
5 cloves Garlic
chopped
1/4 cup Curry Leaves
2 cup Water
2 TBSP Oyster Sauce
SET - B ------- ( Add - ons )
1 tsp Sugar
2 TBSP Dark Soya Sauce
Cornstarch
2 tsp cornstarch + 2 TBSP water

Directions

Steps

Done

Cooking the Crab

- Fry black pepper without oil 10-15 seconds
- Add butter and oil
- Add remaining of SET - A except the crab
- Mix well
- Let it boil
- Add crab
- Cover and boil 10-12 min
- Add SET - B
- Thicken sauce according to your preference