Recipe - Bu Ja (Steamed Crab)

2 tablespoon Chopped garlic
2 tablespoon Chopped coriander (including
the root if possible)
4 ounce Crabmeat
4 ounce Ground pork
1 Egg or large hen's egg
2 tablespoon Fish sauce
1 tablespoon Light soy sauce
1 pn Sugar
Grated ginger and cut or sliced up
Jalapeno (prik chi fa
daeng) (optional)

Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 07:56:09 0500

From: The Meades kmeade@ids2.idsonline.com (by way of
This is traditionally made from whole fresh crabs. The fresh (read that as
alive) crabs are killed by dropping them in boiling water, then the shells
are split, and the meat extracted for the recipe. However, you can simply
buy crab meat and if you don't have crab shells, you could easily use
ramekin dishes (though the shells are nice and showy for party food).

The food should be steamed in a bamboo steamer to avoid condensation
dripping onto the cooking food. Alternatively if you use a metal steamer
cover the food with a paper towel which is not in contact with the food, or
simply steam the crab in a microwave on medium or low heat. If you use a
microwave, let the dish stand for one minute after each three minutes
cooking, and check for "doneness" by probing it with a fork.

If you prefer to omit the pork, use extra crabmeat, or chopped shrimp,
instead.

Combine all the ingredients in a food processor, and then spoon a quarter
of the mixture into each of four crab shells or ramekin dishes, and steam
for about 15 minutes until cooked.

Garnish with slivered red and green chillies and coriander leaves. Colonel
Ian F. KhuntilanontPhilpott Systems Engineering, Vongchavalitkul
University, Korat 30000, Thailand

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