Devon crab fried rice in butter

Julie Olive — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:10:34 +0000

Devon crab fried rice in butter

Was supposed to be a shared lunch but hubby decided he likes crab after all in fried rice so I let him have the lion’s share.

I wanted to cook crab meat fried rice for awhile now. Luckily on my trip back to Devon a fortnight ago I managed to get some live crabs. Some were cooked chilly crabs immediately and eat with Man-tao bun and some I steamed and picked the meat and freeze.

It is extremely satisfying for me to do everything from scratch as I know I am eating real crab meat and not mixed with the fake ‘crabsticks’. Devon crabs are wonderful.

A guide to how I fry my butter crabby rice with TIPs.

Firstly gets everything ready. Use as much crab meat as you like. Don’t forget the brown meat as that’s where the taste is! I used 3 eggs, 2 chillies, a bulb of garlic, same size ginger as garlic bulb, 2 banana shallots, half bowl of green peas, 2 stalks of spring onions and a lot of love thrown in. Seasoning was only salt and pepper freshly ground. No condiments and no sauces, just crabs.

I like colours

butter, shallots and ginger

in goes garlic when you can smell the ginger

crab brown meat, white meat and carrots next

after a good mix add in half the beaten egg

after the rice add in the rest of the eggs

fry

peas inc

Done

red chillies and spring onions after heat off

6 live huge crabs

size of pan 33cm

TIP – First add in half the eggs and let them set a bit before adding rice and the rest of the beaten eggs. This ensures that your fried rice get some nice bits of set eggs and some colour to the rice.

TIP – Only add the red chillies and spring onions at the last minute before serving as cooking them will make them soft, soggy and lose the fresh taste. (in my opinion)

TIP – I boiled my rice last night and let dry in the fridge and I make sure I separate each grains before using.

TIP – The seasoning I used was only salt and pepper as I wanted to taste the crab. There is a hint of ginger at the back; is what I like with my seafood. Although I would prefer a whiter rice, my Devon eggs yolks were extremely red! Next cometh the most difficult part. Plating.

I told my husband £39.99 but as he paid for the crabs, no charge – kekekekeke

No caption needed – Enjoy

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Potted crab with a hint of lemon

Julie Olive — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:29:35 +0000

I bought a huge English crab from Devon and I used the boiling method to dispatch it to crab heaven and then painstakingly picked all the meat.

One of the dish I made from some of the meat is potted crab. This is extremely easy to make and taste good if you are a fan of crab. I made it the same way as potted shrimps just using crab.

However do not try to make this from tin crab as it won’t taste as good. The fresh crab taste very sweet and juicy! I had a hard job trying not to eat it all when I was picking it.

Potted Crab with a hint of lemon

Ingredients

Crab meat
Lemon peel and juice
Mayonnaise
Chives
Butter
Paprika
Salt & Pepper

Instructions

TIP – Instead of Mayonnaise and chives I used the Philadelphia cheese cream and chives.

Eating with cheese bloomer

Gently on low heat, melt the butter
My beautiful crab meat
The crab meat
Season and mix with mayonnaise, paprika, salt, pepper
I seasoned my butter with lemon thyme
Sieve the butter, we only want the top bit – that’s clarified butter.
grate some lemon zest in
add half the clarified butter
Place the crab meat in the bottom then pour the rest of the butter on top
Cover and place in the fridge. Store up to a week or two. I decorate the top with a thin slice of lemon.

Eating with crackers

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Devon crab fried rice in butter

Potted crab with a hint of lemon

Potted Crab with a hint of lemon

Ingredients

Instructions