Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa with Crabs Recipe

Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa is a vegetable dish composed of Calabaza squash and string beans.The vegetables are cooked in coconut milk or coconut cream. Different kinds of seafood — sometimes meat is used to cook  this dish to add more flavor.

There are many different variations of Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa, but this one is my favorite — because of the crabs. I like this dish better with alimasag (blue crabs); the flavor of the crabs blends well with the vegetables and coconut milk.

Everytime I cook this vegetable and crab recipe, I make sure to cook an extra cup of rice because the wonderful flavor of this dish always increases my appetite. I must control my rice intake though, so I limit myself to 2 cups of rice.

Try this Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa recipe and let me know what you think

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Ginataang Sitaw at Kalabasa with Crabs Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings 8

Author Vanjo Merano

Ingredients

• 4 lbs fresh blue crabs alimasag
• 1 lb squash calabaza, sliced into cubes
• 1 bunch string beans about 3 to 4 cups, cut into 2.5 inch length
• 3 1/2 cups coconut milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 medium onion sliced
• 2 teaspoons garlic minced
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil

Instructions

• Heat a cooking pot and pour cooking oil.
• Saute garlic and onion.
• Add fish sauce and coconut cream, and then let boil.
• Put-in the ground black pepper, and then cook for 10 minutes in medium heat until the liquid reduces.
• Put-in the crabs and stir. Cook for 10 minutes.
• Add the squash (kalabasa) and cook until the squash becomes a little soft.
• Add the string beans, stir, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Turn the heat off and transfer to a serving plate.
• Serve with hot steamed rice.
• Share and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 8g

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