CHILI CRAWFISH

Crawfish or also known as Crayfish or Crawdads are fresh water crustacean which looks like mini lobster to me.
Crawfish is not too common in Southeast Asia cuisine. I know it is quite widely spread in Mainland China however. The first time I had Crawfish was when I went to New Orleans back in 2000, wow…that was like 11 years ago..and oh..we also ordered a deep-fried alligator meat (tasted good actually). I honestly like to eat Crawfish better than Crabs (because I’m lazy to pick the meat out of Crabs and I get a bit impatience sometimes, well, except for King Crabs lol). It’s easier to work with Crawfish.

So, we got some fresh crawfish from the Asian store and I used the same recipe I used to cook chili crab last year.

CHILI CRAWFISH

Servings 4 servings

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Ingredients

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• ▢ 2.5 lbs about 1 kg live crawfish
• ▢ 1 cup of water with 1 tsp of tamarind
• ▢ ½ tsp of turmeric powder
• ▢ Sugar and salt to taste
• ▢ Canola/Vegetable Oil for frying
• ▢ CHILI PASTE:
• ▢ 10 dry chilis soaked until softened
• ▢ 1 big onions
• ▢ 2 tsp shrimp paste belacan
• ▢ Blend all ingredients in the food processor until smooth

Instructions

 

• Submerge the live crawfish in a clean cold water and drain off. Repeat several times to wash the crawfish
• Heat some oil in the big wok and fry the crawfish until they are cooked and of course no longer moving. Set aside
• In the same oil, fry blended ingredients until fragrant and add tamarind juice. Season with salt and sugar to taste
• Add the crawfish back in and cook until the chili sauce is thickened

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