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Wok-tossed Crab in Sate Sauce - Cua Sot Sa-Te

Recipe by Luke Nguyen

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Our time spent with family in the Mekong delta was all about eating local dishes and cooking with local produce. My father created the spicy sate sauce recipe, used here and in other recipes, while attempting to make the traditional version. Vietnamese sate sauce is not like the Malay-style peanut satay sauce — the Vietnamese version is chillibased and is used in stir-fries and added to broths.

Ingredients

2 live crabs, blue swimmer or mud crab, 400 g (14 oz) each
vegetable oil, for deep-frying potato starch, for dusting
1/2 green capsicum (pepper), thinly sliced
3 red Asian shallots, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
4 tablespoons Dad’s spicy saté sauce
3 spring onions (scallions), cut into 5 cm (2 inch) lengths
2 long red chillies, thinly sliced on the diagonal

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Method

To prepare your crabs humanely, place them in the freezer for 1 hour to put them to sleep. Remove the upper shell of the crab, pick off the gills, which look like little fingers, and discard them. Clean the crab under running water and drain. Place the crab on its stomach and chop the crab in half lengthways with a heavy cleaver, then chop each half into 4 pieces. With the back of the cleaver, gently crack each claw — this makes it easier to
extract the meat.
Pour the oil into a wok and heat to 200°C (400°F), or until a cube of bread dropped into the oil browns in 5 seconds. Dust the crab pieces with potato starch, shaking off the excess. Deep-fry the crab in batches for 3 minutes, turning once, until golden brown. Remove the crab from the wok and drain on paper towel. Remove the oil, reserving 2 tablespoons, and clean the wok.
Heat the reserved oil in the wok, then add the capsicum and stir-fry for 1 minute, then add the shallots and garlic and fry until fragrant. Add the saté sauce and stir for 1 minute. Return the crab to the wok with the spring onions and toss, making sure to coat the crab well. Transfer to a serving platter and garnish with chilli. Serve with jasmine rice and finger bowls.

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Khoi 9 months ago

Could you give a recipe for sate sauce , Luke Nguyen ?

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Nick May 2010

whats the recipe for your Dad’s spicy saté sauce?

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Pamela63 December 2009

would have to buy crabs already dead, I don't eat meat already this could cut out fish too but it sounds great.

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