Mimi Cooks PH | Recipe # 1: Sautéed Crabs

Friends and family and some close relatives know me as someone who really loves to cook. My love for cooking prompted me to enroll in a culinary course for 6-8 months in 2014 but was not able to finish it due to the demands and schedule of my work. If you'll check the 'About Me' page in this blog, I work as a software engineer for an IT company here in Cebu, Philippines. I am into software development, so I am usually in the office from morning til dawn (10:00 AM - 1:00 AM). It was hard for me to give up the course but I had to choose.

Anyway, despite this, I somehow try to continue learning on how to cook different dishes using the available resources I have on the Internet. There are a lot of food videos / e-books that we can find online. The challenges I have are:

1. Where to find the right ingredients or what we can use as alternative and;

2. If the kitchen tools / equipment are available in our household.

Considering the above bullet points, I created a page called 'Mimi Cooks PH' so I can share simple recipes (mostly of Filipino food) that are easier to prepare and ingredients are readily available in our local markets.

For this blog, I am sharing my Sautéed Crabs recipe which is my husband's favorite. I will also include the costing here and share a video with instructions on how you can cook the same at home.

Here are the ingredients:

• 1 kilo crabs - PHP 320 / kilo

• Buttercup - PHP 20

• Tomato Sauce - PHP 20 / sachet

• Red Bell Pepper - PHP 12

• White Onions - PHP 27

• Garlic, chopped - PHP 12

• Lime, sliced - PHP 20

• Oyster Sauce - PHP 80

• Black Pepper - PHP 10

• Cayenne (for added spice) - PHP 22 / sachet

• Iodized Salt - PHP 10

You will need:

• Frying Pan

• Ladle

• Bowl

Steps:

• Heat the pan

• Put the butter

• Add the chopped garlic then the onion

• Add the crabs

• Simmer until crab's shell turns red

• Add a little bit of water

• Cover and let it simmer for 10 minutes

• Add the iodized salt then the black pepper

• Add the oyster sauce then the tomato sauce

• Pour the lime juice

• Add a little bit of cayenne and sugar

• Mix well

• Simmer for another 10-15 minutes

• Add the green and red bell peppers

• Serve while it's hot

You can find the video in this link:

https://youtu.be/OmrI4Y5BljE