Pouch Crab

Ingredients

• 8 not too large pouch crabs
• 1 piece ginger (8 cm)
• 4 Garlic cloves
• light soy sauce
• sesame oil
• 2 chili peppers
• 3 stalks lemongrass
• 2 large onions
• fish sauce

Instructions

1. 1.

   Pour about 4 L of water into a large pot. Peel and dice the ginger. Peel and cube the garlic. Mince the chilies. Peel and cube the onions. Wash the lemongrass and cut into 2 cm pieces.

2. 2.

   Add the ginger, garlic, chili, onions, lemongrass, 100 ml soy sauce and 50 ml fish sauce to the water and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 5 minutes, then reduce heat and add the pouch crabs to the simmering liquid and cook for about 15-20 minutes. Remove from the pot and gently crack open with a small hammer or crab tongs to release the meat. Serve the crab meat drizzled with the broth.