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Crustacean-inspired Garlic Noodles and Roasted Crab Recipes
June 8th, 2008Recipes, Recipes, Vietnamese Recipes90 CommentsIngredients:
1 lb fresh noodles
4 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic (pounded)
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 1/2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder
2 1/2 teaspoons oyster sauce
5 teaspoons grated parmesan cheese
Method:
Rince the noodles with cold water and set aside. Heat up a pot of water and let it boil. Boil the noodles in the hot water until they are done, drain the water, and set aside to cool down the noodles.
In a pan, saute the garlic with the olive oil in medium heat. The purpose is to infuse the olive oil with garlicky flavor. Discard the garlic and then add in 4 tablespoons of butter and turn the heat to low. Add in the chicken bouillon powder, garlic powder, oyster sauce and blend well. Set aside to let it cool.
Once the garlic mixture is cool and the noodles are cool at room temperature, pour the garlic mixture over the noodles and toss them together to blend well. Add in the grated parmesan cheese, toss well, and serve immediately.
Crustacean-inspired Roasted Crab Recipe
Ingredients:
1 Dungeness Crab (about 2 lbs)
1 stick unsalted butter/8 tablespoons
3-4 cloves garlic (chopped coarsely)
2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder
2 teaspoons black pepper (cracked using a mortar and pestle)
1/4 teaspoon sugar
Method:
Clean and chop the crab into small pieces. Heat up the butter in a wok (between medium to low heat) and saute the garlic until aromatic, but not brown. Add in the black peppers, chicken bouillon powder, and then add in the crab and stir well. Add in the sugar and cook the crab until half done.
Dish out and bake it in the oven at 350 degree F for 25-30 minutes. Serve hot with garlic noodles.
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Many SF Bay Area grocers are having a $2.99/lb dungeness crab sales this weekend (12/4/2010). Prepared our haul of crabs using the recipe, along with the garlic noodles dish and the entire meal was fabulously delicious!
Thanks for dissecting and sharing the Crustacean recipe!
I used to work at Crusteceans in SF years ago and fell in love with the crab.It’s true there is a secret kitchen with little sliding wood doors. I feel we should share all good things, so thank you for the recipe. However, I did roast an entire bulb of garlic instead of fresh. It tasted better than Crustecean’s. Best meal in a long time.
Thanks, great that you like my recipe.
I came across your recipe and was so excited!! I tried once before to replicate Thanh Long’s flavors, but failed miserably!! Here I am several years later, and I can’t help imagine that you posted this just a few months after I last tried! Anyway, I made this combo last night and it blew me and my fiance away! We love Thanh Long, but can’t stand the prices! Can you try and replicate their beef medallions?
For those of you who don’t know how to cook crab, just search “Cook live crab” on YouTube, there are excellent videos!
Hi Lee – thank you for your comment. Not sure about beef medallions, had never tried it.
This noodle recipe is excellent! I made it following the instructions exactly and everyone loved it. Thank you for sharing.
I followed this reciepe to the T …it was thee best I made 6 crabs and the noodles..
Jus wanted to say thank u..
Hey Danny, thanks and great that you love my recipe. :)
we tried the crustacean noodles, but the sauce curdled and sparated into oil and spooge components.
we used all the ingredients exactly as specified- my wife thought it might have been the oystwr sauce.
we even put the results into a fodd processor to attempt to homogenize the mess, but it refused to get togwther…
any suggestions?
Hi Nick, I am not sure. Could it be that your noodles are too wet with too much water clinging to it? Mine turned out just like the way you see in the pictures.
I had the same problem (curdling and separating into oil and spooge components) making the sauce “prior” to adding it to the noodles. The ingredients did not mix well or dissolve. Could the heat be too low?
Do you know the exact name or brand of noodles that you used? I did find some fresh noodles at my local asian market, but I may have over cooked it because it was all stuck together.
Hi! The garlic noodle is an amazing recipe!! Im from the Bay area and tried different types of garlic noodles from top restaurants but this is the BEST!! Tasty & garlicy! Im not a chef but i pulled this off really good, i guess its the recipe itself makes the difference. I still have to try the crabs, i must admit im a little bit intimidated when it comes to cooking crabs but can wait to try it out with your recipe!
Thanks for sharing!!!
**”CANT wait to try it our with your recipe!!
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Yum!!! Can’t wait to try the roasted crab. I’ve been making garlic noodles at home for years and it is pretty close to your recipe except I use Golden Mountain seasoning sauce (which is a Thai soy sauce) instead of the oyster sauce and boullion. If Nick is reading this, save some of the pasta water when you drain the noodles. After you saute everything, carefully add about 1/4 to 1/3 cup pasta water, bring to a boil for 30 seconds, then toss with the noodles. The starch in the water thickens the sauce so it holds together and coats the noodles.
Thanks for your recipe for the Garlic Crab and Noodles. We had the biggest crab fest on New Years Eve and my family loved it. We have all eaten at the San Francisco location and we all agree that you have cracked the secret recipe. I also used fresh noodles but I would prefer to find a better one, they didn’t taste the same. What brand did you use?
Trying this recipe tonight. Cant wait! Im making 3 crabs so should I triple the crab ingredients?
No necessarily, you will to make everything to taste as this recipe is for one crab.
CAn i use regular crab? Seems like we dont have dungeness crab in indonesia
Of course you can.
I’ve tried numerous restaurants with garlic noodles and I’ve come up with my own. I hope you like it.
1-lb. package of Chinese egg noodles (in refrigerated section in Asian markets)
3 Tbsp. of smashed garlic (to infused with olive oil)
¼ cup olive oil
¼ cup of Parmesan cheese
Butter
Sauce:
1 Tbsp. fish sauce
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. oyster sauce
Preparation:
1. Mix sauce in small bowl; set aside. Re-stir each time as sugar will settle.
2. Bring pot of water to “rolling” boil; open package of noodles and separate by hand (sometimes I cut noodles in half; I’ve also heard some recipes call for rinsing under cold water before boiling).
3. Add noodles to boiling water; return to boil and cook for 3-5 mins.
4. Drain noodles but don’t rinse — quickly lay noodles in “single layer” on cookie sheet to dry for 30-mins. (use tongs as it will be hot).
5. While noodles are cooking, add smashed garlic and olive oil in small pot to cook gently for 8-10 mins. over low heat (do not burn or it will be bitter – watch carefully). As soon as garlic turns pale (but not brown), remove from heat. Set aside. Discard garlic pieces when ready to use in frying noodles.
6. When noodles are cooled (sticky), lightly fry in small batches over medium-high heat with 1-2 Tbsp. of olive oil for 3-5 mins. each side (or extra crispy if that’s what you like). Add more butter as necessary to brown to your liking.
7. When second side is being fried and almost done, add 1 tsp. of sauce into noodles. Blend well into noodles.
8. Transfer noodles to clean pot; sprinkle 1 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese to mix.
9. Continue frying in small batches, and repeat nos. 5-7 above.
10. When done, incorporate remaining sauce into noodles (if any left).
11. Transfer onto serving platter and garnish with fried shallots.
Tip: If you prefer extra garlicky flavor, sprinkle garlic powder over noodles when frying.
Marion-South San Francisco
Thanks for your recipe, sounds super delicious, will have to try again.
I think you need to add fish sauce to get Crustatean taste. There are 3 main ingredients I tasted in their garlic noodles: butter, garlic, and fish sauce.
Great recipe! Thanks for posting it to share to all who desire to eat great. I have tried your recipe with tiger praws, lobster tails, and Canadian crab. All turned out great! I actually like the homemade version of your recipe better than Crustacean’s. I like a lot of seafood meat and garlic, so I am better able to control it with your wonderful recipe.
God bless,
John
Thank you for sharing lots of great recipes. I would like to know what kind of noodles and the brand that you use for the garlic noodles, it sounds delicious. I would like to make the roasted crab and the garlic for my family. By the way I go into your website everyday before go to bed it relax me looking at recipes and read what you wrote for each recipes.
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is it possible to use spaghetti instead of fresh noodles?
I tried the garlic noodle recipe, instead of oyster sauce used fish sauce.. it went fine, but not so garlicy… maybe i should have sauted garlic and olive oil longer… when is a good indication to remove the garlic from olive oil? i bought the fresh egg noodles from asian store, does anyone know where to buy thinner fresh noodles within bay area? thanks for sharing this recipe….
Thank You so much Rasa.
I’ve been fortunate enough to eat the roast crab and garlic noodles at Crustaceans in San Francisco 3 times. I tried your recipe last night. The garlic noodles are spot on. I would’nt change a thing. In my opinion, they were identical. I still need to work on the roast crab part. Dont get me wrong, the crab was great. It’s hard to screw up dungeoness crab. Do you use live crab for the recipe? I was close, but no cigar.
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