Name: Spicy Crabs in Oyster Sauce
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp (30 mL) Cooking oil; 5 cloves (15 g) Garlic, crushed; 1 pc (50 g) Ginger, chopped; 1 stalk (10 g) Lemongrass, crushed and tied; 1 sachet (30 g) Mama Sita’s Oyster Sauce; 1 cup (250 mL) Coconut cream; 1/2 tsp Mama Sita’s Annatto Powder, mixed with:; 1 tsp (5 mL) Cooking oil; 1/4 tsp Salt; 1/4 tsp Ground black pepper; 1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) Mama Sita’s Pure Labuyo Hot Pepper Sauce; Mud crabs (Alimango), cleaned and cut into halves; 2 Tbsp (5 g) Leeks (for garnish), sliced

Instructions

Using a wok or a large pot, heat some oil and cook onions for 2 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, lemongrass, and turmeric and cook for 3 minutes.
Pour coconut cream, annatto mixture, Mama Sita’s Oyster Sauce, salt, and ground pepper. Mix them well and bring to a boil.
Turn the heat low and add the crabs and Mama Sita’s Pure Labuyo Hot Pepper Sauce. Simmer for 20 minutes with the lid on. Every so often, mix the dish gently, so that the sauce will penetrate the crabs. (You may add some water, if needed.)
Using tongs, take the crabs out and place them in a serving dish, leaving the sauce still in the wok to reduce for 5 minutes more.
Turn the heat off, pour the sauce over the crab, and garnish with sliced leeks. Serve hot.