Chilli Crab - Real Recipes from Mums

This Chilli Crab Recipe is quick and easy. It’s especially delicious with freshly caught crabs. Can also be used as a pasta sauce if you remove the meat from the crab shell. Serve with crunchy bread and if you like a little heat, chilli can be added to taste.

Ingredients (serves 2)

4 Blue swimmer crabs ( cleaned and bodies broken in halves)
1 med red capsicum
1 Table spoons Ginger grated
1 med onion chopped
1 lime zest and juice
2 cloves garlic chopped
1/2 bunch parsley chopped
1 bottle tomato passata
splash white wine
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
1 med chilli
1/3 cup olive oil

Method

saute onion in oil until soft
add capsicum,garlic,ginger. cook 1-2 minutes Add crabs, cook ,stirring until they change color then add wine, salt and pepper and chilli.. stir for 1-2 minutes
add passata , cook for 10 minutes Add lime juice,zest and parsley

Notes

We had the pleasure of cooking this Chilli Crab Recipe while away on holidays. We cooked outside on a BBQ hotplate and ate it watching the sun setting over the ocean. Be sure to have crab crackers, serviettes and finger bowls handy! Goes well with a crisp white wine.

20 Comments

- - mom160270 said
  - 15 Aug 2024
    1:41 pm
I love the look of this recipe.

- - mom465683 said
  - 31 May 2024
    9:47 pm
The photo looks a bit scary lol

- - mom103778 said
  - 10 Oct 2022
    10:40 am
Love crab but no a fan of chilli, happy to add add capsicum and garlic but might leave out the ginger and chilli.

- - cassy26 said
  - 23 Aug 2022
    8:47 am
Yum sounds great for summer. Might have to use mild chilli but sounds delicious with a big salad.

- - mom462038 said
  - 14 May 2021
    1:50 pm
Love chilli, not a big seafood fan tho, so I’ve never had crab before

- - mom111059 said
  - 20 Jan 2021
    5:09 pm
Never cooked crab but bbq option sounds good. Thanks

- - mom112217 said
  - 22 Jan 2020
    7:56 pm
The b.b.q sounds like a fantastic idea,my partner can cook it!!!

- - kjgarner said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    10:12 pm
I like the idea of removing the meat

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 29 Sep 2019
    7:58 pm
I love cooking crab and your idea of cooking it whilst on holidays sounds amazing.

- - mom90758 said
  - 02 Sep 2019
    3:20 pm
I don’t eat crabs, but look at the colours of your dish. It’s beautiful!!

- - mom62624 said
  - 19 Aug 2019
    10:04 am
This looks nice and great to share.

- - taynik46 said
  - 17 Aug 2019
    8:57 am
love crab, but not a fan of the effort it takes to eat them lol! – your recipe sounds great though and I love the idea of using it as a pasta sauce – thank you for sharing

- - mom376182 said
  - 13 Aug 2019
    1:47 pm
What a great looking recipe. Breaking open the crabs to eat them sees a little too much work for me, but I will have to try this recipe out for a special occasion.

- - mom129591 said
  - 10 Aug 2019
    9:40 pm
Just looking at this makes me very hungry. A great recipe is given here. Yum

- - happymum2018 said
  - 04 Aug 2019
    8:39 am
If I had some crab right now this would be the recipe id use thanks for sharing

- - youngoldlady said
  - 03 Aug 2019
    2:30 am
Have pinned this one for when we have access to fresh crabs. Looking forward to trying it out.

- - mom207052 said
  - 02 Aug 2019
    11:44 pm
I gave this a try because my chili crab recipe requires a little more effort and preparation and I liked it. It was easy and tasty with enough heat. I served this with garlic and herb rolls

- - nadine_hill said
  - 02 Aug 2019
    11:39 am
This looks delicious! Chilli and crab sound like a scrumptious combination!
- mom93821 replied
  
  03 Aug 2019 , 5:54 am
  Chilli and crab is a tasty and terrific combo – such a treat.
- - mom93821 said
  - 02 Aug 2019
    6:18 am
Crab is such a delicious and delightful treat.
Thanks for your mouth watering recipe – super keen to try it out.