Stuffed Crab (Poo Cha)

5 from 1 vote

Stuffed crab or poo cha is a delicious crab dish where the crab shell is stuffed with the filling of crab and ground pork. Stuffed crab poo cha is great!

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Total Time25

Course: Crab

Cuisine: Thai Recipes

Keyword: Stuffed Crab

Servings: people

Author: Bee Yinn Low

Ingredients

6-8 blue crab shells

Fillings:

8 oz (250g) ground pork
4 oz (125g) crab meat
2 oz (60g) peeled shrimp minced
1 egg
3 shallots minced
6 coriander leaves finely chopped
1 tablespoon fish sauce
3 heavy dashes ground black pepper

Coating:

2 eggs slightly beaten

Instructions

In a bowl, mix all the ingredients for the filling and blend well. The texture should be sticky.
Stuff the filling into the empty crab shells using a spoon, smoothing out the surface with the back of the spoon. Steam the stuffed crab for 5 minutes, then discard any water that seeps out.
Cool the stuffed crab to room temperature after steaming. Heat a wok with some oil. When the oil is hot, dip each crab shell into the beaten eggs, ensuring the filling is well coated.
Transfer the stuffed crabs to the wok and fry them. As soon as the surface turns light to golden brown, remove them from the wok and serve immediately.

Notes

For the best result, please use freshly picked crab meat. You can use any crab of your choice. However, frozen crab meat will work just fine.
If you don't have empty crab shells, you can still make the dish. Just divide the Filling into 6-8 portions. Flatten the Filling into a patty instead of stuffing inside the crab shell. (Next time when you eat blue crab, you can save the shell for this recipe.
love serving this stuffed crab with my favorite chili sauce, Lingham Hot Sauce.

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