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Steamed Blue Crabs over Mixed Rice wrapped in Lotus Leaf

Steam Blue Crabs with a combination of rice and sticky rice in Lotus Leaf
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: chinese, crab, lotus leave, rice, steam, sticky rice
Yield: 5
Cost: Market Price

Equipment

  • Bamboo steamer if you don't have a bamboo steamer, a stainless one will do too.

Materials

  • 4-5 Blue Crabs
  • 1 ⅔ C Rice
  • ⅓ C Sticky Rice
  • ½ t Salt
  • 1 T Oil
  • Some Green Onion
  • 2 Lotus Leaves
  • Some Oil

Instructions

  • Soak sticky rice for 4 hours
  • Soak rice for couple hours
  • Mix both rice with oil and salt
  • Soak lotus leaves for 30 minutes or until it is soften, then wash the surface
  • Place a lotus leaf, shiny side up, on a bamboo steamer. Mist the leaf with oil to prevent rice from sticking to it
  • Spread all of the rice across the leaf equally, folding the leaf toward the center, and covering with the bamboo cover, steam for 30 minutes
  • After 30 minutes of steaming, open the leaf and place all of the crabs over the rice, cover the crabs with the leaf, and steam for ten to fifteen minutes, or until the crabs are done
  • Place some green onions on top of the crab and drizzle some hot oil over them. I also love some cilantro on top as well
  • Remove the crab and add some all-purpose soy sauce to the rice and toss thoroughly. Finally, serve