Best Quick Easy Tasty Curried Crab Recipes

Curried Crab with Coconut and Chili image

Provided by Curtis Stone

Time 3h5m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 17

2 1/4 pounds live crab
1/4 cup coriander seeds
1 1/2 tablespoons cumin seeds
1 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
Sea salt
5 1/2 ounces white wine vinegar
2 ounces desiccated coconut
1 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger
5 garlic cloves
1 large green chile, chopped
1 white onion, chopped
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 medium ripe tomato, diced
10 fresh curry leaves
1/2 ounce fresh turmeric, peeled and finely grated
1 tablespoon chile powder
9 ounces unsweetened coconut milk

Steps:

Place the crab in the freezer for 2 hours or until it stops moving. Remove the legs and crack them with a rolling pin. Remove the top of the shell and clean out the insides with your fingers. Chop the crab and top shells in half.
Heat a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add the coriander seeds, cumin seeds and peppercorns and stir constantly until the seeds become toasted and fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Cool completely.
To make the paste, grind the coriander seeds, cumin seeds and peppercorns with a pinch of salt using a mortar and pestle or a spice grinder. Transfer the spice mixture to a food processor and add the vinegar, coconut, ginger, garlic, chile and onions and blend to form a paste.
Heat the oil in a heavy, large, wide pot over low heat. Add the paste and saute until fragrant and some of the juices evaporate, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the tomato, curry leaves, turmeric, chili powder and a pinch of salt and cook until the tomato pieces are tender and melting into the sauce, 5 minutes. Add the crab and 4 1/2 ounces water, increase the heat to medium and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer or until the crab pieces are cooked through, 10 minutes. Mix in the coconut milk and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes to allow the flavors to blend.
Divide the crab pieces and sauce among shallow wide soup plates and serve immediately.

Curried Crab image

Provided by Food Network

Categories appetizer

Time 12h17m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 pound jumbo lump crab meat, cleaned
1/4 cup red onion, finely diced
1/4 cup scallion, finely chop
1/4 cup red pepper, finely dice
1/2 cup jicama, brunoised
2 tablespoons curry oil, recipe follows
2 tablespoon mayonnaise
1/2 cup creme fraiche
Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
1 cup canola oil
1/4 cup curry powder

Steps:

In bowl put crabmeat, onions, scallions, pepper and jicama. Toss to combine. In another bowl, whisk together curry oil, mayonnaise, and creme fraiche. Add curry mixture to crab mixture, season with salt and black pepper.;
In skillet heat oil and curry powder slowly, stirring constantly until curry is fragrant with burning. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Let curry settle overnight then pour off oil. Store in refrigerator.
Yield: about 1 cup

Caribbean Curry Crab image

Provided by Queen Dana

Categories Crab

Time 35m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

Steps:

Cut the crabs in small pieces and use the lime juice for washing them. Use the ginger, minced chive, garlic, thyme to season the crabs. Pour the oil into a preheated pot.
Make a paste by mixing the curry, salt and the pepper and add it to the hot oil. Next add the crab meat along with the coconut milk when the mixture thickens.
Next allow the curry crabs to simmer for about 25 minute covered. When the curry crabs are done serve them with cassava dumplings.