Crab Fried Rice
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Crab fried rice is a quick and easy Thai dish made of sweet lump crab and toasted rice and enhanced with aromatics and a umami flavored dipping sauce.
Ingredients
- Crab
- 6 ounces dungeness crab meat
- ¼ teaspoon fish sauce, I use Three Crabs
- pinch white pepper
- Egg
- 2 large eggs
- pinch white pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon light soy sauce, I use Pearl River Bridge
- Sauce
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon fish sauce, I use Three Crabs
- 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- Fried Rice
- 2½ tablespoons ghee or avocado oil
- ⅓ cup shallot, diced
- 6 cloves garlic
- 2½ cups jasmine rice, cold, day-old
- ¼ cup cilantro, chopped
- ¼ cup scallions chopped
- Thai Dipping Sauce (Prik Nam Plaa)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 3 thai chilis, thinly sliced
- 2½ teaspoons fish sauce
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Garnish
- Cucumber
- Lime wedges
Instructions
- If needed, strain crab meat to remove excess moisture. In a bowl add crab, white pepper, and soy sauce. Mix to combine, then set aside.
- In another bowl, add eggs, white pepper, and soy sauce. Whisk until well mixed, then set aside.
- Add light soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar to a bowl and whisk until sugar dissolves. Set aside.
- Add oil to a wok then add shallot and garlic. Cook on medium heat until shallot is translucent, about 3 minutes.
- Turn heat to high then add eggs and let it set for 30 seconds before breaking the egg with wok spatula.
- Add rice, and break up with wok spatula. Mix with the egg and cook for 2 minutes Add sauce mixture, then mix well. Cook for 4 minutes, ensuring rice is evenly mixed with the sauce mixture, eggs, and oil. Cook through until most of the moisture from the sauce mixture is absorbed into the rice
- Lower heat to medium high then move rice to the side then add crab meat. Stir until crab is warmed through. Remove a little of the crab and set aside in a bowl. Gently mix remaining crab with the rice so as not to break up any lump pieces.
- Turn off heat and stir in scallions and cilantro. Divide leftover crab between two bowls then top with rice and pack gently. Place a plate over the rice then flip and remove the bowl. Serve immediately with prik nam plaa and enjoy!
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