This Chilli Crab Recipe is quick and easy. It’s especially delicious with freshly caught crabs. Can also be used as a pasta sauce if you remove the meat from the crab shell. Serve with crunchy bread and if you like a little heat, chilli can be added to taste.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- 4 Blue swimmer crabs ( cleaned and bodies broken in halves)
- 1 med red capsicum
- 1 Table spoons Ginger grated
- 1 med onion chopped
- 1 lime zest and juice
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1/2 bunch parsley chopped
- 1 bottle tomato passata
- splash white wine
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 1 med chilli
- 1/3 cup olive oil
Method
- saute onion in oil until soft
- add capsicum,garlic,ginger. cook 1-2 minutes Add crabs, cook ,stirring until they change color then add wine, salt and pepper and chilli.. stir for 1-2 minutes
- add passata , cook for 10 minutes Add lime juice,zest and parsley
Notes
We had the pleasure of cooking this Chilli Crab Recipe while away on holidays. We cooked outside on a BBQ hotplate and ate it watching the sun setting over the ocean. Be sure to have crab crackers, serviettes and finger bowls handy! Goes well with a crisp white wine.
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