Steamed Egg With Crab / 蟹柳蒸蛋 [Easy Steam-Oven Recipe]

 

This was one of the dishes I cooked for mother in-law's birthday family dinner. My boys loved it so much they waited at the table when I was cutting it. I had to watch their hands and put this plate in a "safe place" after they finished all odd cuts. It is a dish that can be served at room temperature or chilled. Thus, can be prepared in advance to make cooking easy when cooking for entertaining guests at home. 

I used steam-oven to steam but it can be steamed in any steamer, important point is to make sure the temperature should not be too high.

 

Ingredients(15x15x5cm):

6 no. large eggs

50 g crab meat

50 g crab sticks, break into strips

A: 

4 tbsp dashi stock

1/2 tbsp mirin

1 tsp light soy sauce

A pinch of salt

Method:

1. In a microwavable bowl, combine eggs and ingredients A and mix briefly.
2. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, cook in micro at 600w for 1 min and 30 seconds. Take out, mix with a whisk.
3. Return to micro, cook for 1 mins. Take out, mix with a whisk.
4. Return to micro, cook for 30 seconds. Take out, mix with a whisk. Repeat this step one more time.
5. Then, add in crab meat and stick. Stir to mix.
6. Grease pan with cooking oil, transfer egg mixture into pan.
7. Steam at 90C for 20-25 minutes,cool completely.
8. Invert steamed egg onto a chopping board, cut into desired shape and size.

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These were what we had for dinner - clockwise: boiled prawn with miso based sauce, simmered shiitake mushroom (recipe in my book), spinach with cheese dressing and sakura ebi (micro dish), "fried" chicken (steam-oven dish), steamed eggs with crab (steam-oven), Chiniese style stuffed tofu and pumpkin balls (steam-oven dish) in the middle.