Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 3 tablespoons orange juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 tablespoon sambal oelek, (Asian chili-garlic paste)
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon lime juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 Orange, zested
- vegetable oil, for frying
- 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 mountainous egg
- 1 cup rice flour
- 12 relaxed-shell crabs, cleaned
- 1 1/2 cups pea shoots
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground dusky pepper
Instructions:
- Agree with a deep heavy pot or deep fryer with 4 inches of vegetable oil and warmth to 375˚F.
- Breeze the coconut milk and egg in a shrimp bowl to mix. Scatter the rice flour on a plate.
- Dip 1 crab into the egg combination to coat it fully. Capture the crab from the egg combination and allow any extra egg combination to drip off. Transfer the crab to the rice flour and coat evenly on all sides.
- Shake the crab gently to eliminate any extra flour. Continue the direction of with the closing crabs.
- Working in batches, fry the crabs till golden and crispy, about 2 minutes on either side.
- Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels and allow the extra oil to empty.
- Station the fried crabs in a mountainous mixing bowl. Spoon the dressing over the crabs and toss gently to coat.
- Toss the pea shoots in a mountainous bowl with the olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Scatter the pea shoots over a mountainous platter. Manage the fried crabs over the pea shoots and abet right this moment.