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Secrets from the wok

To clean crabs, crack the shell and remove the ‘apron’ shell on the bottom of the crab, and the shell from the top. Remove the gills and mandibles before rinsing, cutting crab in half and removing claws.

Chilli crabs

SERVES 6 PREPARATION TIME 30 MINUTES COOKING TIME 30 MINUTES

There is an ongoing debate about the origins of chilli crabs. Is it a Malaysian or Singaporean dish? Safe to say, Singapore has owned this dish and made it popular on an international level. It doesn’t bother me where it originated from. The key to making a good chilli crab is of course the crab

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