Crab in Coconut Squash Sauce - Filipino Ginataan na Alimasag
Crab in Coconut Squash Sauce - Filipino Ginataan na Alimasag

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Crab in Coconut Squash Sauce - Filipino Ginataan na Alimasag is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Crab in Coconut Squash Sauce - Filipino Ginataan na Alimasag is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

BENG'S TIPS - Using shrimp paste will make your sauce. Chop off the bottom stems (thick and hard parts) of the kangkong/water spinach. Get the leaves and young stems only, chop coarsely.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook crab in coconut squash sauce - filipino ginataan na alimasag using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Crab in Coconut Squash Sauce - Filipino Ginataan na Alimasag:
  1. Get 2-3 large blue crabs (pick heavy ones, means it's fatty)
  2. Make ready 1 large Onion, chopped
  3. Make ready 3-4 garlic cloves, chopped
  4. Prepare 1 thumb ginger, chopped
  5. Prepare Milk from 1 coconut
  6. Get 1/4 slice kalabasa or squash, cubed
  7. Get 1 bunch Kangkong or water spinach
  8. Prepare to taste Patis or Fish sauce,
  9. Get 0.25 pc chicken broth cube to taste (optional)
  10. Make ready to taste Salt and pepper
  11. Make ready Cooking oil
  12. Make ready 1-2 long chilies (optional), sliced

Sauté the garlic, onion, and ginger. Add the ground black pepper and coconut milk then bring to a boil. This ginataang alimasag dish, (which is crabs in coconut milk) are combined with vegetables such as squash and stringbeans. Although there are other versions of ginataang alimasag that don't have those veggies and only uses dahon ng sili (bird's eye chili leaves), the name of the dish are often synonymous.

Steps to make Crab in Coconut Squash Sauce - Filipino Ginataan na Alimasag:
  1. Saute garlic, ginger, and onions in oil in a deep pan or wok.
  2. Add the coconut milk. Add the cubed squash. Chop off the bottom stems (thick and hard parts) of the kangkong/water spinach. Get the leaves and young stems only, chop coarsely. Add to the pan.
  3. Simmer and cover until squash is tender. Mash squash coarsely with spatula. Season with patis (fish sauce, few drops), salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Add halved crabs (make sure you have cleaned and removed the grime, separated the claws, and cut in half). Add the claws. Cutting in half lets the fat melt in the sauce, making it delicious. You can also opt to add the crabs whole (if you prefer to enjoy the crab head cover with all it's goodness) and just adjust the taste with seasoning. Don't remove the claws as well if ever, as the fat will seep out of the shell.
  5. Add a small portion of a chicken or seafood broth cube- not all, adjust to your taste. Mix in well.
  6. Cook covered until crab changes color (bright orange). Add sliced chilies if desired. Mix in. Serve while hot. :)

Growing up in the Philippines, my dad would catch a lot of crab, and this was my favorite dish he'd make with it. It's a cross between a sauce and a stew, curry-like in texture and rich with flavors of the sea; think coconut milk, fish sauce, and shrimp paste, cut with the sharpness of ginger and scallions. Enjoy with freshly steamed white rice. Dishes such as ginataang hipon, seafood in coconut milk, and sinanglay na tilapia are just few of them. Dishes like ginataang alimasag exist because the combination of seafood and coconut milk is really awesome.

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