6 Japanese Crab Dishes You Must Try at Home

Kapanlagi.com - Japanese crab, or known as Kani, has long been one of the favorite ingredients in Japanese cuisine. With its soft texture and natural sweetness, Japanese crab can be transformed into various delicious dishes.

From traditional dishes to modern fusion, Japanese crab dishes offer a culinary experience that delights the palate. Although it seems luxurious, cooking crab-based dishes is actually not as complicated as one might think.

With the right ingredients and proper cooking techniques, here are some Japanese crab recipes that you must try. Come on, let’s check it out KLovers!

1. Kani Miso

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This is a classic Japanese dish that utilizes crab meat mixed with miso and sake, then baked in the original crab shell until golden brown and fragrant. Here are some ways to prepare this Japanese crab dish:

Ingredients:

- 200g crab meat

- 3 tablespoons miso paste

- 2 tablespoons sake

- 1 tablespoon mirin (can substitute with honey for halal)

- 1 tablespoon sugar

- Chopped green onion for garnish

Instructions:

1. Shred the crab meat into flakes

2. Mix with miso paste, sake, mirin, and sugar

3. Stir all the ingredients well

4. Place the mixture into the crab shell

5. Bake over medium heat for 7-10 minutes

6. Sprinkle with chopped green onion

7. And you can serve it immediately.

2. Crab Cream Croquette

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A cream croquette filled with soft and creamy crab meat inside, coated with breadcrumbs and fried until golden, perfect as an appetizer. Here are some ways to prepare this Japanese crab dish:

Ingredients:

- 150g crab meat

- 50g butter

- 50g all-purpose flour

- 250ml milk

- Salt and pepper

- Breadcrumbs

- Eggs for coating

- Cooking oil

Instructions:

1. Make a béchamel sauce from butter, flour, and milk

2. Add crab meat, salt, and pepper

3. Chill the mixture in the refrigerator

4. Shape into long ovals

5. Dip in egg and then coat with breadcrumbs

6. Fry until golden, then remove and serve.

3. Crab Chawanmushi

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Soft Japanese egg custard with pieces of crab meat inside, perfectly steamed to achieve a silky texture. Here are some ways to prepare this Japanese crab dish:

Ingredients:

- 2 eggs

- 200ml dashi

- 100g crab meat

- Mitsuba leaves

- Salt

- Shoyu

How to make:

1. Beat the eggs with dashi

2. Strain the egg mixture

3. Place the crab meat in a bowl

4. Pour the egg mixture

5. Steam for 10-12 minutes

6. Garnish with mitsuba leaves

7. Then you can serve it.

4. Kani Tempura

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Tempura fried crab with a crispy and light batter, served with warm tentsuyu sauce and grated daikon. Here are some ways to prepare this Japanese crab dish:

Ingredients:

- 200g crab meat

- 100g tempura flour

- Ice water

- Cooking oil

- Grated daikon

- Tentsuyu sauce

How to make:

1. Prepare the tempura batter with ice water

2. Dip the crab into the batter

3. Fry in hot oil

4. Drain on paper towels

5. Serve with grated daikon

6. Drizzle with tentsuyu sauce

7. Then serve.

5. Kani Don

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This dish consists of a bowl of warm rice topped with crab meat cooked in a special sauce based on Japanese soy sauce and a soft-boiled egg. Here are some ways to prepare this Japanese crab dish:

Ingredients:

- 200g crab meat

- Warm white rice

- 2 eggs

- Shoyu

- Mirin can be replaced with honey (halal)

- Dashi

- Nori

Instructions:

1. Cook the crab meat with shoyu, mirin, and dashi

2. Prepare the rice in a bowl

3. Place the crab on top of the rice

4. Add the soft-boiled egg

5. Sprinkle with nori

6. Serve immediately.

6. Kani Gratin

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Japanese-style gratin with a blend of crab meat, creamy bechamel sauce, and cheese baked until golden brown. Here are some ways to prepare this Japanese crab dish:

Ingredients:

- 200g crab meat

- Bechamel sauce

- Grated cheese

- Butter

- Breadcrumbs

- Parsley

Instructions:

1. Mix the crab with the bechamel sauce

2. Place it in a heatproof dish

3. Sprinkle with grated cheese

4. Add breadcrumbs

5. Bake until golden brown

6. Garnish with chopped parsley

7. And it can be served immediately.

Those are some recipes for Japanese crab dishes that you can make at home. After reading this article, KLovers must make it right away, because if not now, when else?

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