Golden Thread Sea Crab
A Beijing-style dish featuring marinated crab pieces fried until golden and topped with crispy egg threads—an attractive presentation with a crisp, fragrant bite.
Ingredients
Sea crab (cleaned, remove inedible parts, cut into pieces)
1500g
Oil (for frying)
125g
Egg (beaten into liquid)
100g
Salt
10g
Cooking wine
10g
MSG
4g
Scallion segments (for marinating crab)
25g
Ginger slices (for marinating crab)
25g
Minced ginger (for seasoning sauce)
5g
Starch (for coating crab pieces)
to taste
Vinegar (for seasoning sauce)
to taste
Sesame oil (for seasoning sauce)
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Clean the sea crab, remove inedible parts such as claws and shell, cut into 4 pieces, add cooking wine, scallion, ginger, MSG, and salt, marinate briefly, then remove scallion and ginger, coat with starch.
2
Step 2
Heat the pot, add oil, fry the beaten egg liquid in warm oil until it forms golden threads, then drain the oil.
3
Step 3
Leave some base oil in the pot, heat to 60-70% hot, add crab pieces and fry until golden brown, remove and arrange on a plate.
4
Step 4
Sprinkle the fried golden threads on the plate, serve with a bowl of sauce made from minced ginger, vinegar, and sesame oil for dipping.
