{"id":816,"date":"2021-07-08T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alienrecipes.com\/?p=816"},"modified":"2022-12-22T15:05:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T07:05:51","slug":"zen-chinese-crabs-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alienrecipes.com\/zen-chinese-crabs-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Zen Chinese Crabs Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Chinese cooking has always been a matter of taking simple ingredients and making them taste satisfying in a complex, layered way, usually delivering a sense of health beyond simply nourishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chinese crab is no exception. There are of course plenty of different Chinese crab recipes, but one that speaks to the fundamentals of Chinese cuisine \u2013 simplicity, taste, deep flavor, and the sensation that when you eat it you do more than take on nourishment, is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019re not going to be doing too much that\u2019s complicated with this recipe, so take a breath. The point is to let the sweet crabmeat play with the heat of the ginger, and the sharp zing of the scallions. If you keep that trio in mind, you won\u2019t go far wrong, in crab sauce<\/a> or in life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sweet, Heat, Zing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Got it? Good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before we get cooking, check your pantry for any ingredients you do not have, and add them to the list which currently should read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 cooked crab per person, or the equivalent in crab meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What kind of crab are you using for this recipe? Honestly, go imagination-wild. Personally, Dungeness crab is a favorite for sweetness and \u2013 let\u2019s not be coy here \u2013 meat-yield, but that\u2019s about as authentic as a fortune cookie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can use any kind of whole crab you like, from blue swimmer to soft shell, or by all means, go for prepared, shelled crab meat. When it comes to crab, you very much do you. You\u2019re looking for between 1.5-2 pounds of crab per person.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPicking The Crab<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n