How to cook Vietnamese Style Garlic Roasted Crab
Garlic roasted crab is a rich, buttery, and aromatic seafood dish where tender crab meat is infused with the bold flavors of garlic, butter, and a hint of spice, then perfectly roasted to lock in its delicious essence.
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 344kcal
Ingredients
- 4 pcs Mud crabs alimango about 3/4 to 1 kilo each, cleaned and top shell opened
- 1 whole head garlic minced
- 2 Tbsp. whole cracked pepper divided
- 2 Tbsp. salt
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 to 2 cups olive oil or you can combine salad oil and olive oil
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 whole head garlic crushed
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
How to cook Vietnamese Style Garlic Roasted Crab:
- Preheat oven to 350 °F. Clean crabs well. Put crabs, minced garlic, crushed pepper, 2 Tbsp. salt, and the water in a pot.
- Bring to a boil (5 minutes per 3/4 kilo of crabs). When the crabs turn orange, divide each crab into 4 if crabs are 1 kilo and into two parts if the crabs are half a kilo size. You can also crack the claws.
- In a separate deep pan, heat olive oil, butter, crushed garlic, a little salt and pepper.
- Add the crabs and saute until well coated but don't fry. Arrange in an oven-proof dish and cook in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle with a mixture of salt and pepper and serve with the shells on top.