Rellenong Alimasag

Rellenong Alimasag

Rellenong Alimasag is the Filipino version of Stuffed Crabs. Crab meat is sauteed along with some vegetables, spices, and seasonings. The cooked mixture is later stuffed inside individual top shells of the crab, and fried in medium heat for a few minutes to complete the cooking process.

Ingredients:

Meat and top shell of 8 pieces steamed blue crabs

1 medium potato diced

1 medium carrot diced

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1 medium onion, minced

1 piece long green chili (siling pansigang), chopped

1 medium tomato, diced

3 teaspoons dried parsley

2 teaspoons garlic powder

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

2 tablespoons cooking oil for sauteeing

2 pieces raw eggs

1 cup cooking oil for frying

Cooking Procedure:

Heat pan and pour-in 2 tablespoons of coooking oil.
Saute onion and tomatoes.
Add potato and carrot. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes
Put-in the long green chili and crabmeat (you may include the juice of the crab for additional flavor). Cook for 2 minutes.
Add parsely, garlic powder, salt, and ground black pepper. Stir. Turn off the heat and place in a large bowl.
Once the temparature cools down, combine the cooked mixture with breadcrumbs and eggs. Mix well.
Stuff each crab shell with the mixture.
Heat a pan and pour-in 1 cup of oil.
When the oil becomes hot, fry the stuffed crab shells. The part with the stuffing should be facing up. Gently scoop the hot oil using a spoon and pour the oil on the stuffings. This will slowly cook the stuffing.
Flip the crab shell and fry the side with stuffing in medium heat for about 3 to 5 minutes.
Turn off the heat and transfer to a serving plate.
Serve. Share and enjoy!