Side Dishes

Crispy Blue Crab Gangjeong with Sweet Chili Glaze

Name: Crispy Blue Crab Gangjeong with Sweet Chili Glaze
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 120 g Blue crab; 0.3 g Ground black pepper; 4 g Ginger juice; 8 g Glutinous rice flour; 10 g Cooking oil; 1 g Green chili pepper; 1 g Red chili pepper; 4 g Tomato ketchup; 1.3 g Garlic; 0.5 g Ginger; 1.3 g Hot gochugaru; 8 g Mirin (matsul); 2 g Soy sauce; 10 g Rice syrup (mulyeot)

꽃게강정

Pieces of blue crab seasoned with ginger and pepper, coated in glutinous rice flour and fried, then tossed in a sticky sweet-spicy glaze of chili, mirin, soy sauce, rice syrup, ketchup and diced peppers.

📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Clean the crab thoroughly and cut into pieces.

Crispy Blue Crab Gangjeong with Sweet Chili Glaze — step 1

Season the crab with ginger juice and pepper.

Crispy Blue Crab Gangjeong with Sweet Chili Glaze — step 2

Dice the chilies into 0.7 cm squares and mince the ginger and garlic.

Crispy Blue Crab Gangjeong with Sweet Chili Glaze — step 3

Combine the glaze ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil, add the diced vegetables and boil briefly.

Crispy Blue Crab Gangjeong with Sweet Chili Glaze — step 4

Coat the crab in glutinous rice flour and fry.

Crispy Blue Crab Gangjeong with Sweet Chili Glaze — step 5

Toss the fried crab in the glaze.

Crispy Blue Crab Gangjeong with Sweet Chili Glaze — step 6

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

261Calories (kcal)

21.9 gCarbs

17.6 gProtein

11.1 gFat

470 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.