Black pepper crab spaghetti by Cassandra Chee



Ingredients
Crabs x 2 (1.5kg), set aside raw roe, steamed & removed crab meat from shells.

Large tiger prawns, trim away legs & split shells from head to tail.

1 pkt Spaghetti, cooked in 2 tbsp salt & generous amount of water until al dente. Leave inside pot of water. Quickly proceed to fry the spaghetti.

6 cloves garlic, minced

2 stalks Chinese parsley, chopped.

Freshly grounded black pepper


Method
(To fry one portion at a time)

1. Melt butter, add generous amount of freshly grounded black pepper & pan fry prawns until shells turned orange color (half cooked). Pressed on prawn heads to squeeze out its liquid.

2. Add garlic & 1 tbsp crab roe. Fry until fragrant.

3. Add spaghetti, crab meat & a few tbsp of its water from the pot & leftover liquid from steamed crabs.

4. Stir well until liquid has been absorbed. Switch off fire then stir in a handful of Chinese parsley. Serve immediately.

Note: spaghetti & its water has salt so there's no need to add salt during cooking.