DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Chilli Crab
Also known as: Singapore Chili Crab, Singapore Chilli Crab
Singapore chilli crab with egg-ribbon sauce and golden mantou.
About Chilli Crab
Nagi Maehashi’s Singapore chilli crab uses mud crab and its reserved juices and tomalley in a rich sauce. This version retains the traditional crab choice and the golden mantou accompaniment identified by the author.
Red chillies, shallots, ginger and garlic flavour the sauce, with taucu and belachan adding savoury depth. Tomato, ketchup and sweet chilli sauce balance the vinegar’s acidity; the result is mildly spicy and sweet.
Shell-on crab pieces sit beneath sauce threaded with egg ribbons. Coriander and green onion finish the shared platter, with mantou for the abundant sauce.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans, Soy, Egg, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Chilli Crab
Nagi Maehashi’s Singapore mud-crab chilli recipe with golden mantou.
- Mud crab with reserved tomalley and juicesProtein
- Red cayenne chilliesAromatic
- Taucu pasteSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- GarlicAromatic
- EschalotsAromatic
- GingerAromatic
- Canola oilCooking medium
- Belachan dried shrimp pasteSeasoning
- Tomato passataLiquid
- Sweet chilli sauceSeasoning
- KetchupSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- EggBinder
- White vinegarSeasoning
- Fresh corianderGarnish
- Green onionGarnish
- Golden mantou bunsAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
- Hot sauceSeasoning · Optional heat adjustment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Mud crab with reserved tomalley and juices: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Broader crab candidate; traditional mud-crab branch, endogenous tomalley/juices included. Crab mustard is an organ name, not mustard seed.
- Red cayenne chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh large red cayenne chilli form; candidate broader.
- Taucu paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Soy source-confirmed. Fermented yellow soybean paste; exact product other ingredients unresolved.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Eschalots: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source French shallots, not green onion.
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Canola oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Belachan dried shrimp paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Broader shrimp-paste candidate; source dried belachan form.
- Tomato passata: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sweet chilli sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact compound formula unknown.
- Ketchup: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact compound formula unknown.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Sauce water and optional ice-water garnish treatment consolidated.
- Egg: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed
- White vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Golden mantou buns: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Source describes steamed/fried ordinary flour buns with sugar/salt/yeast/water; exact product and frying medium unknown.
- Hot sauce (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional final heat adjustment in source note2; exact formula unspecified.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Singapore
- SingaporeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Singaporean Cuisine
- Singaporean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.