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Crabs in Guava Sauce

December 21, 2016 by Manny 2 Comments

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A zesty and appetizing crab dish with guava sauce. If you are fond of seafood dishes with a fruity flavor, I’m sure you are going to love this dish. Mudcrabs is the preferred ingredient in this recipe but in case it is not available, blue crabs is the best alternative. Choose the biggest blue crabs you can find to enjoy this dish.

To cook crabs with guava sauce;  Wash live crabs. Cut each crab into two, crosswise. Save the crab fat. Pare guavas and slice each guava in half. Scoop out the seeds and set aside the guava meat. Transfer seeds to saucepan. Add 1/4 cup water and boil. Strain guava broth to separate from seeds. Heat saucepan with oil and saute garlic until light brown. Add guava meat, guava broth, crab meat, crab fat and the rest of the water. Put salt and sugar and allow to boil until crabs are cooked around 20 minutes. To see the complete recipe with list of ingredients in exact measurements, continue reading.

 

Crabs in Guava Sauce
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5 from 2 votes

How to Cook Crabs in Guava Sauce

Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Total Time30 mins
Course: Seafood Recipe
Cuisine: Filipino
Servings: 8 servings
Author: Manny

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo fresh alimango mudcrabs or alimasag, blue swimmer crabs
  • 1/2 to 3/4 kilo ripe guavas
  • 1 1/2 cup water divided
  • 1 Tbsp. cooking oil
  • 1 Tbsp. garlic minced
  • 1 Tbsp. rock salt
  • 1 Tbsp. sugar

Instructions

    How to cook Crabs With Guava Sauce

    • Wash live crabs. Cut each crab into two, crosswise. Save the crab fat.
    • Pare guavas and slice each guava in half.
    • Scoop out the seeds and set aside the guava meat.
    • Transfer seeds to saucepan. Add 1/4 cup water and boil.
    • Strain guava broth to separate from seeds.
    • Heat saucepan with oil and saute garlic until light brown.
    • Add guava meat, guava broth, crab meat, crab fat and the rest of the water.
    • Put salt and sugar and allow to boil until crabs are cooked around 20 minutes.
    • Serve hot. Serves 8.

     

    Crabs in Guava Sauce

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    Filed Under: Shellfish Recipes Tagged With: blue crabs, crabs, guava sauce, mud crabs

    Author Bio

    Manny Montala is a webmaster and admin of this blog and one of his interest is on the area of Filipino dishes and recipes. Please visit this blog often and bookmark. Please read my about page for details. Thanks for visiting.

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    1. Rolando Ramos

      July 13, 2017 at 11:42 am

      5 stars
      Your recipes are simple and easy to follow specially for a brand new cook like me. Thanks.

      Reply
      • Manny

        July 15, 2017 at 12:21 am

        5 stars
        Hi Rolando, thank you very much for your comment!

        Reply

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