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Cua Rang Me – Crab in Tamarind Sauce
Cua Rang Me is a popular Vietnamese dish in which fresh crabs are cooked in a savory, sweet and sour tamarind sauce.
Cua Rang Me – Crab in Tamarind Sauce
Laura Chen
4
20 minutes
30 minutes
450
Vietnamese
Main dish
Cua Rang Me is crab that you stir-fry in a wok and simmer in a sauce of tamarind, fish sauce and sugar. The sauce tastes sweet, sour and salty, and garlic and chili add heat. You eat the crab with your hands, with rice on the side.
Ingredients
- 4 whole medium crabs, cleaned and halved
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 red chili, seeded and finely chopped
- 3 tbsp tamarind paste
- 2 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 3 scallions, cut into pieces
- Fresh cilantro for garnish
- Juice of 1 lime
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large pan or wok over medium heat.
- Add the garlic and chili and stir-fry briefly until fragrant.
- Add the crabs and fry them for about 5 minutes, or until almost cooked through.
- In a small bowl, mix the tamarind paste with the fish sauce, sugar and lime juice to make the sauce.
- Pour the sauce over the crabs and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the scallions and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Take the pan off the heat and garnish the dish with fresh cilantro.
- Serve the crabs right away, ideally with steaming rice.
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