Crab Peri Peri Food

CRAB CAKE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Remove stems from mushrooms (discard stems or save for another use); set caps aside., In a small bowl, combine the crab, mayonnaise, bread crumbs, cheese and garlic. Stuff into mushroom caps. Place on a greased baking sheet., Bake at 400° until mushrooms are tender, 20-25 minutes. If desired, sprinkle with parsley.

PRAWNS PERI-PERI

Steps:

• PERI-PERI SAUCE
• Mix the ingredients together in a bottle and shake well. You can make the sauce ahead and store it in the fridge; the flavour improves with age, reaching its peak at two weeks.
• Slit prawns down their backs and devein. Leave heads on, or remove them if you prefer. Depending on the size of your frying pan, cook them in one or two batches.
• Heat the butter gently and add the garlic and lemon juice. Don't let the garlic burn. Add prawns and peri-peri sauce. (Shake first to make sure you get some of the chilli and garlic as well.)
• Sizzle for 4-5 minutes, turning frequently, until cooked. Season with salt and pepper and tip into a warm serving bowl. Garnish, if you wish, with chopped fresh parsley. Serve with rice or bread and butter.

CRAB PERI PERI

Steps:

• Grind chilies, garlic, garam masala, cumin seeds, ginger, tomatoes and vinegar to a paste using a pestle and mortar or small food processor with the. Season with salt.
• Heat the oil in a large wok. Add the onion and cook until soft. Add the pieces of crab and stir them into the onions. Continue frying until they start to change colour slightly.
• Stir the spice paste into the pan, to coat the pieces of crab. Add 3 tablespoons of water, bring to the boil and cover with a lid. Steam for 5-7 minutes until the crab shells turn red and the flesh is tender.
• Serve straight from the pan. Ditch the cutlery for this dish - roll up your sleeves and dig inches.

GRILLED CHICKEN SKEWERS PERI-PERI

Steps:

• Cut each chicken breats into 1-inch strips; thread strips alternately onto skewers with peppers and onions.
• Stir together hot sauce, butter, lemon juice and garlic in small saucepan; cook over low heat until butter is melted. Set aside half the mixture in small bowl.
• Brush skewers with remaining hot sauce mixture and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Grill 4 to 5 minutes on each side or until chicken is cooked through and lightly charred.
• Remove from grill and brush liberally with reserved sauce.

PIRI-PIRI PORK RIBS

Steps:

• Tip all the marinade ingredients into a mini chopper or blender along with a large pinch of salt and blitz until smooth. If there's a thin membrane on the back of the ribs, peel this off as best you can. Smear half the marinade over the ribs, then transfer to a large plate, cover and chill for at least 2 hrs or up to 24 hrs.
• If you have a lidded or kettle barbecue, set it up for indirect cooking (with coals on one side and a drip tray under where you'll be cooking the ribs). If you can read the temperature on your barbecue, it should be at about 150C. Or, heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. If slow-cooking on the barbecue over the drip tray, first pour 500ml water into the tray, lay the ribs on the grill rack above, cover the barbecue with its lid and cook the ribs for 2-3 hrs, turning occasionally and topping up the tray with water if needed. If you're starting the ribs off in the oven, put them in a roasting tray, cover tightly with foil and bake for 2 hrs-2 hrs 30 mins until the bones are exposed and the meat is tender. While the ribs are cooking, tip the rest of the marinade into a small saucepan and simmer for 10 mins until thick and gloopy -this is the sauce to serve with the ribs. When the ribs are cooked, leave to cool a little and tip any cooking juices into the barbecue sauce. The sauce and ribs can be prepared up to two days ahead, left to cool then kept chilled.
• Remove the ribs to a board and remove the drip tray from the barbecue, if using. Set the barbecue up for direct cooking, light some new coals or set a gas barbecue to medium. Return the ribs to the grill, then brush generously with the sauce. Working quickly, grill the ribs, basting with more sauce as soon as they start to char and turn every minute until well-coated, charred at the edges, caramelised and sticky. Serve each person a half-rack of ribs with any extra sauce on the side.

PIRI-PIRI PRAWNS

Steps:

• Mix the oil with the garlic, chilli, salt and paprika, then toss in the prawns. Marinate the prawns in the fridge for up to 1 day.
• TO BARBECUE: Cook the prawns singly or thread 3 onto skewers to make portions. Barbecue for just a few mins each side until they turn from grey to pink. Serve with the mint relish (just tiny pots per portion), warm finger bowls with lime slices, napkins, and a bowl for the shells.

ONE-PAN PIRI PIRI CHICKEN DINNER

Steps:

• Pound all the marinade ingredients together with 1 tsp salt using a large pestle and mortar, or blitz in a mini chopper to create a loose paste. Slash each chicken piece a few times, then tip into a bowl and coat in the marinade. Cover and chill for at least 1 hr or up to 24 hrs.
• Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the chicken along with the marinade and potatoes into a roasting tin. Toss together, then arrange the chicken on top of the potatoes, thighs skin-side up. Roast for 35-40 mins until the chicken has browned.
• Remove the tin from the oven and mix the peppers in with the potatoes, baste the chicken in some of the juices in the tin and turn the drumsticks. Nestle the cherry tomatoes in among the chicken and roast for another 20-25 mins until the chicken is cooked through, the skin is crisp and the vegetables are nicely roasted. Scatter with the coriander and some flaky sea salt, if you like, and serve straight from the tin with the buttered corn on the side.

SALT AND PEPPER RED CRAB (CUA RANG MUOI)

Steps:

• To make the seasoning, combine all ingredients in a bowl.
• To prepare your crabs humanely, place them in the freezer for 1 hour or submerge them in an ice bath for 5 minutes.
• Remove the upper shell of the crab, pick off the gills, which look like little fingers and discard.
• Clean the crab under running water and drain.
• Place the crab on its stomach and chop the crab in half with a heavy cleaver.
• Next, divide each half into 4 pieces, chopping each piece after each leg (if your crabs are small cut each half into 2 pieces).
• With the back of the cleaver, gently crack each claw - this makes it easier to extract the meat.
• Heat the oil in a wok to 200C (400F) or until a cube of bread dropped into the oil browns in 5 seconds).
• Dust the crab pieces with potato starch, shaking of any excess.
• Deep fry the crab in batches for 3 minutes, turning over once until golden brown.
• Remove from the wok and drain on kitchen paper.
• Remove the oil, reserving 2 tablespoons and clean the wok.
• Heat the reserved oil in the work, then add the shallots and garlic and fry until fragrant.
• Return the crab to the wok with the spring onion and chilli and add the salt and pepper seasoning to taste.
• Serve with jasmine rice and finger bowls.

PRAWNS PERI-PERI

Steps:

• PERI-PERI SAUCE.
• **Mix the ingredients together in a bottle and shake well. You can make the sauce ahead and store it in the fridge; the flavour improves with age, reaching its peak at two weeks.**.
• Slit prawns down their backs and devein.
• Leave heads on, or remove them if you prefer.
• Depending on the size of your frying pan, cook them in one or two batches.
• Heat the butter gently and add the garlic and lemon juice.
• Don't let the garlic burn.
• Add prawns and peri-peri sauce. (Shake first to make sure you get some of the chilli and garlic as well.).
• Sizzle for 4-5 minutes, turning frequently, until cooked.
• Season with salt and pepper and tip into a warm serving bowl.
• Garnish, if you wish, with chopped fresh parsley. Serve with rice or bread and butter.