Thursday, April 10, 2008

Pepper Crab

This one is a Work In Progress. It was delicious, but I feel that it wasn't perhaps the ulti,ate Pepper Crab.

Crab Claws or Quartered Crabs
Handful Peppercorns, ground in a spice grinder
2 Cloves Garlic, thinly slice
6 Red Chillies, thinly sliced
Dark Soy Sauce
150 gms butter

Melt the butter. Add the garlic and chillies. Stir for 30 seconds. Add the crab and a good splash of soy sauce. Stir to coat the crab then add the pepper and stir again. Cover and leave to simmer for 5 minutes.

Sichuan Chicken / Beef

1 Chicken Breast per Person
Handful Sichuan Peppercorns
3 Dried Sichuan Chillies
Dark Soy Sauce
Sesame Oil
Groundnut Oil

Roast the peppercorns and chillies gently until smoking (but nor burnt). Grind them in a spice grinder and tip out onto a plate. Coat the chicken breasts well in the pepper mixture. Meanwhile heat up a dry frying pan very hot. Add the chicken and cook for about 3 minutes each side. Finally splash with soy sauce and sesame oil. Turn over and repeat the process. Turn over once again and serve.