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The Easiest Homemade Sea Crab Hot Pot
Rate this recipeA crab hot pot with its red broth, golden crab roe and rich, enticing aroma. When the weather turns chilly, gathering round with the family to enjoy crab hot pot is simply wonderful.
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Ingredients
9
Time
75 minutes
Servings
4
Level
Medium
Ingredients
Sea crabs
1 kg
Dried shrimp
100 g
Dried squid
100 g
Tofu
4 piece
Straw mushrooms
100 g
Enoki mushrooms
100 g
Pork bones
1 kg
Tomatoes
4 piece
Sweetcorn
1 cob
Implementation Steps
01
- Soak the crabs in water to clean them before cooking.
- Chop each crab into 4 pieces.
- Scoop the crab roe into a bowl.
- Rinse the crab meat once more.
- Chop each crab into 4 pieces.
- Scoop the crab roe into a bowl.
- Rinse the crab meat once more.
02
- Wash the pork bones in salt water.
- Put them in a pot of water and bring to the boil, then turn off the heat and discard the water. Boil them again for about 2 hours to make the stock.
- Then lift the bones out into a bowl and keep cooking the stock with seasoning powder, salt, fish sauce and sugar.
- Put them in a pot of water and bring to the boil, then turn off the heat and discard the water. Boil them again for about 2 hours to make the stock.
- Then lift the bones out into a bowl and keep cooking the stock with seasoning powder, salt, fish sauce and sugar.
03
- Soak the dried shrimp and squid in warm water for about 15 minutes.
- Lift them out and tear the squid into small pieces.
- Scrape the straw mushrooms clean.
- Trim the roots off the enoki mushrooms and soak them in water for about 10 minutes.
- Peel the onions.
- Cut the tomatoes into pieces.
- Cut the corn into 4-5 pieces.
- Lift them out and tear the squid into small pieces.
- Scrape the straw mushrooms clean.
- Trim the roots off the enoki mushrooms and soak them in water for about 10 minutes.
- Peel the onions.
- Cut the tomatoes into pieces.
- Cut the corn into 4-5 pieces.
04
- Marinate the crabs with 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, salt, sugar and pepper for about 30 minutes.
- Heat a pan with oil. When it's hot, fry minced garlic, then briefly stir-fry the crab roe, followed by the dried squid and shrimp. Once cooked, tip everything into the stock pot.
- Heat a pan with oil. When it's hot, fry minced garlic, then briefly stir-fry the crab roe, followed by the dried squid and shrimp. Once cooked, tip everything into the stock pot.
05
- Add the mushrooms; after about 5 minutes, add the tomatoes, corn and onions and adjust the seasoning. If you like it spicy, add some sa te to the hot pot.
- Done – this is perfect for chilly days.
- Done – this is perfect for chilly days.
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The Easiest Homemade Sea Crab Hot Pot