Wednesday, January 7, 2015

How to Make Yangnyeom Gejang, Spicy Raw Crab

Numerous Koreans call yangnyeom gejang a 'meal thief' (???; bap do duk), a meal so scrumptious that the going along with bowl of rice is entered no time at all. Undoubtedly, it is rather untidy to consume, yet, you will not have the ability to stop grabbing another crab piece and licking off any staying sauce from your fingers.
The original variation is the easy 'gejang' or 'ganjang gejang,' actually crab (?; ge)  in soy sauce (??; gan jang). Cleaned fresh crabs are immersed in boiled then cooled soy sauce for 3-5 days, with the exact same soy sauce strained, boiled, cooled and poured back a few times to deeply taste the crabs along the method. It sounds all too salty, when it's done right, these ganjang gejang (?? ??) crabs come out with deep oceany, briny bites.

Ingredients:
12 Blue Crabs
1/4 cup Gochugaru
1/4 cup Onion, grated
2 cloves Garlic, grated
1 tsp fresh Ginger, grated
2 stems Scallions, carefully sliced
2 Tbsp Rice Wine.
1 Tbsp Sesame Seeds.
Pinch newly ground Black Pepper

Directions:
1. Flavoring Sauce: Mix well the soy sauce, gochugaru (Korean red chili powder), grated onion, garlic, grated ginger, scallions, rice wine, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and pepper.
2. Reserve to permit all the active ingredients to come together.
3. Clean the crabs. Right here is a connected to a detailed photo guide.Take the crabs from the freezer, put them back in cold water and scrub each crab extensively with an old tooth brush or a cooking area scrub. Eliminate the apron from the body. Wash once again in cold water. Take out the body from the shell. I do not clean off tomalley and roe at the end of cleaning as the guide reveals. If toxicity in tomalley is worrying enough for you, choose for yourself.
4. Optional) Cut off the legs with scissors and freeze the legs in a different plastic bag. The yield I receive from legs for spicy crab is so very little, I generally download them to make crab stock later on.
5.  Carefully blend the crab pieces in flavoring. Put them in a container and cool over night. Eat the crabs within a day or more.