GARLIC BUTTER CRAB AND SHRIMPS

Seafoods!

*CRABS AND SHRIMPS:
When we look at the seafood kingdom, crabs and shrimps are always on the top list. Most of them are more famous than some fishes!

Crabs are shelled crustaceans with an oval shaped body and has clippers. In Tagalog, they are known as alimango or alimasag. But did you know that there’s a difference between the two? Some say that one is a female and the other is a male. Sorry, but you got it wrong. If you’re quite good at distinguishing things, you’ll notice that the alimasag has thin legs while the alimango has large legs. The alimasag is smaller in size than the alimango.

The shrimp is one among the most expensive seafoods in town. A kilo of it has an average price of 800 and it can go up to 1000 pesos per kilo! You might have heard of prawns, didn’t you? Shrimps and prawns are actually different from one another. It is truly difficult to identify shrimps from praws but the most important thing is that, you can still use them interchangeably in the kitchen.

*Making this garlic butter crab and shrimp is easier than you imagine. If you have made any recipes using crab and shrimps in the past, then this will be simple for you.

*Directions:
•Wash and prepare the crabs and shrimp. Devein the shrimps.
•Heat some oil in a pan and then melt the butter. Add the onions and saute until translucent. Add the garlic and saute until aromatic. Add the crabs then pour the lemon soda. Let this boil for 10 minutes using medium heat. Flip occasionally to cook evenly.
•Add the oyster sauce and stir a bit. Then, add the shrimps. Let the shrimps cook until it changes color on both sides. Season with ground pepper and garlic powder.
•Dissolve the cornstarch in water to make a slurry. Add the slurry to the dish to thicken the sauce. Stir a bit.
•Once the sauce has thickened, add the chili peppers (depending on how spicy you like). Allow the dish to simmer and baste the shrimps and crabs using the sauce for 5 minutes. Turn the heat off.
•Transfer the spicy garlic butter crab and shrimp to a serving plate.
•Enjoy this on your boodle fight and have it with a lot of hot steaming rice. Yum!

*Aside from gatherings, I also prepare some garlic butter crabs and shrimp during simple lunches and dinners like this, but I use the smaller version of crabs, the crablets. Same kind of fun but in mini version. The sauce is best paired with the rice, while you slurp on the juices from the crablets and shrimps.

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