Chilli Crab

You can substitute the mud crabs with; blue swimmer crabs, marrons, Moreton bay or Balmain bugs, prawns, lobster.

Ingredients
• 2 mud crab
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 4 chopped garlic cloves
• 2 chopped banana Chillies
• 2 tablespoons julienne ginger
• 0.5 cup tomato sauce
• 0.25 cup chilli sauce or sweet chilli sauce
• 0.5 cup water
• 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 0.5 cup chopped green onion
• 0.5 cup mixed Vietnamese mint leaves and coriander leaf
• 1 tablespoon chopped coriander root
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 3 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 30 cherry tomatoes cut in half

Method
1. Freeze the crabs until they are killed
2. Cut into segments
3. Crack the claws
4. Heat oil in a wok
5. Add garlic, chilli, ginger & coriander root and cook until fragrant
6. Add the crabs and toss
7. Add tomato sauce, chilli sauce, water, hoi sin sauce, fish sauce, sugar and salt.
8. Stir to combine the ingredients, bring to the boil.
9. Cover and allow to simmer/steam for about 10 minutes
10.Add in the green onions, cherry tomatoes and herbs and serve with Jasmine rice, and crab pickers and bibs.