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Creamy Butter Crab recipe - The basic ingredients consist of butter, evaporated milk, bird’s eye chilies, and curry leaves. | rasamalaysia.com

Creamy Butter Crab recipe - The basic ingredients consist of butter, evaporated milk, bird’s eye chilies, and curry leaves. | rasamalaysia.com

The holiday season is just around the corner and I wanted to share a special recipe with you: creamy butter crab. Last Christmas, I served creamy butter crab to my friends and family and they couldn’t get enough of it.

Everyone was asking for the secret recipe. Creamy butter crab is a fairly new Malaysian creation and has gotten popular these past few years.

Made popular by King Crab restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, the basic ingredients consist of butter, evaporated milk, bird’s eye chilies, and curry leaves. The curry leaves lend a distinct and exotic flavor and complement the richness of butter and evaporated milk. The bird’s eye chilies add an extra kick to the dish.

Creamy Butter Crab recipe - The basic ingredients consist of butter, evaporated milk, bird’s eye chilies, and curry leaves. | rasamalaysia.com

I used mud crab for my recipe as they are widely available in Asia and Australia. However, dungeness crab or stone crab would work very well, too.

This holiday season, do try preparing something foreign, exotic and new. Creamy butter crab is served with fried Chinese buns or mantou, so everyone will have a great time sopping up the creamy butter sauce with the fried buns while devouring the crab. I am sure your family, friends and guests will be in for a delicious treat!

Creamy Butter Crab recipe - The basic ingredients consist of butter, evaporated milk, bird’s eye chilies, and curry leaves. | rasamalaysia.com

How Many Calories Per Serving?

This recipe is only 562 calories per serving.

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    Creamy Butter Crab Recipe

    Servings 4 people

    Creamy Butter Crab recipe - The basic ingredients consist of butter, evaporated milk, bird’s eye chilies, and curry leaves.

    Calories 562 kcal
    Author Bee | Rasa Malaysia

    Ingredients

    • 2 lbs. mud crab, dungeness crab or stone crab is a great substitute
    • 1 1/2 cup evaporated milk
    • 1 stick butter
    • 1 teaspoon sugar or to taste
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
    • 3 tablespoons water
    • 1 teaspoon corn starch
    • 2 stalks curry leaves, you can get the curry leaves at Indian grocery stores
    • 5 bird's eye chilies, lightly pounded
    • 10 Chinese buns, mantou/馒头
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    Directions

    1. 1
      Clean the crab and cut into pieces. Use paper towels to pat dry the crab. Deep-frying the Chinese buns or mantou to golden brown and set aside. Lay them over paper towels to soak up excess oil. Mix the corn starch with water and set aside. Heat up a wok to medium heat. Melt the butter in the wok before adding the curry leaves and bird's eyes chilies. As soon as you smell the aroma from the curry leaves and bird's eye chilies, add in the crab and stir continuously until the crab starts to turn color. Add the evaporated milk and cover the wok and turn the heat to low. Simmer for about 5 minutes, and then add in corn starch to thicken the creamy butter sauce. Dish out and serve hot and the fried mantou.

    Recipe Notes

    This recipe is an adaptation of Amy Beh's recipe, courtesy of by my flogger friend Babe in the City KL .

    Nutrition Facts
    Creamy Butter Crab Recipe
    Amount Per Serving (4 people)
    Calories 562 Calories from Fat 126
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 14g22%
    Saturated Fat 4g25%
    Cholesterol 123mg41%
    Sodium 3022mg131%
    Potassium 766mg22%
    Carbohydrates 92g31%
    Fiber 2g8%
    Sugar 21g23%
    Protein 61g122%
    Vitamin A 345IU7%
    Vitamin C 36.8mg45%
    Calcium 371mg37%
    Iron 28.2mg157%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: Malaysian
    Keyword: Creamy Butter Crab
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    1. Rachel

      September 27, 2014 at 5:55 AM

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      Hello Bee,

      Thanks for this lovely recipe – tried it for dinner earlier & it was a hit ! Definitely making this a regular dish for our family meals. Super easy to make too ;-)

      Looking forward to trying out your other recipes, especially the coconut shrimp….

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