Black Pepper Crab

Sorry G. that this took so long to be posted. But here it is now. To tell you the truth, I have never cooked black pepper crab before (but I still have the recipe). My mom and I always cook chilli crab.

Ingredients

• 3 - 4 crabs, washed
• 4 tbs freshly ground black pepper
• 3 - 4 fresh red chilli, seeded, minced
• 4 tbs butter
• 10 cloves garlic, peeled, minced
• 10 slices ginger 
• 2 tbs oyster sauce
• 2 tsp dark soy sauce
• 2 tsp sugar (optional)
• Coriander leaves for garnish

Method

1. Chop off the 2 clippers of the crab, separate the body of crab from its top shell, chop the body part into half.
2. Dry-fry black pepper in frying pan till fragrant.
   
3. Remove and set it aside.
   
4. Heat the wok/ whatever that can hold the crabs & the sauce, add butter.
5. When it melts, add garlic, ginger and chilli, stir-fry until its fragrant, about 3 - 4 minutes.
6. Add oyster sauce, soy sauce and sugar (if using), stir well.
7. Add the crabs and stir to cover the crabs with the sauce, stir-fry for about 5 minutes.
8. Add the dry-fried black pepper and stir-fry on high heat for a few more minutes.
9. Serve with the garnish.

P.S. Each slice of ginger is about 3 mm thick.

P.S. Dry-frying is frying without any oil.

P.S. It depends on how big your crab is, if its big, you need to cook it longer.