Clem's Crabmeat Omelette
 

This is a very easy dish to do.

Tonight, I found that I has some pucks of frozen crabmeat purchased for corn soup, and I had a carton of eggs. So the idea to make an omelette from them came about. It only takes a few minutes to cook it up.

INGREDIENTS

For one serving:

• Three large eggs.
   
• A handful of crabmeat (quantity to your liking).
  I used a 10 cm wide by 2.5 cm tall round frozen puck of crabmeat.
  
  You can tease out the meat from freshly steamed or boiled crabs or you can avail yourself to canned or frozen crabmeat.
  Crabmeat can come as lump meat or more finely broken up. I had the latter.
   
• Fresh spring onions, and fresh coriander for garnishing.
   

METHOD

• Beat up the three eggs.
  Add your favourite seasonings.
  I used pepper and fish sauce.
  
  NOTE:
   
  • Processed crabmeat may already be salted so salt your omelette preparation accordingly.
  • Adding a splash of water when egg beating will result in a fluffier omelette (or scrambled eggs also).
    The water steams during cooking to create tiny pockets in the set egg.
    But, be aware that a fluffier omelette will tear easier when it needs to be folded over as in this dish.
     
• Drain away any water if found with the crabmeat.
  Season it with your favourite seasonings.
  I used pepper, fish sauce and sliced spring onions.
   
• Into an oiled saucepan, add all the beaten egg.
   
• Let the egg cook at least halfway (til quite firm but still wet on the surface), and then
   
• Add the crabmeat in a piled row in the middle of cooking egg.
   
• Fold the egg in from the sides to encase the crabmeat.
  I folded from two sides only, to form a rectangular shaped omelette.
   
• Let the underside of the egg cook until browned, and then
   
• Carefully turn the folded egg over, taking care not to break up the arrangement.
   
• Let the other side brown.
   
• Garnish with fresh coriander and you are done after some 5 minutes of cooking time.

Alternatively:

You might think it would be easier to just mix in the crabmeat with the egg during scrambling, and them cook them both together.

 

Enjoy!

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12 April 2024
 

Created by Clem Kuek