Ginataang Alimasag Recipe
This is a recipe for ginataang alimasag. These are blue crabs with spinach cooked in coconut milk.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 565kcal
Ingredients
- 3 lbs blue crabs Alimasag
- 2 tbsp shrimp paste
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 1 piece onion minced
- 1 thumb ginger cut into thin strips
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 4 cups coconut milk
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 bunch fresh spinach
- 6 pieces Thai chili
Instructions
- In a large pot, sauté the garlic, onion, and ginger
- Add the ground black pepper and coconut milk then bring to a boil
- Put-in the shrimp paste and fish sauce and cook until the coconut milk’s texture is thick and natural oil comes out of it (approximately 20 ++ minutes)
- Add the Thai chili and simmer for 5 minutes
- Put the crabs in the pot and mix until evenly covered with coconut milk. Simmer for 5 to 20 minutes. (Note: If crabs were steamed prior to cooking, 5 to 8 minutes is enough)
- Add the spinach and simmer for 5 minutes
- Serve hot. Share and Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 4g | Calories: 565kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 59g | Saturated Fat: 43g | Cholesterol: 85mg | Sodium: 646mg | Potassium: 510mg | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 6.1mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 8mg