Shredded Sea Cucumber Crab Meat Omelette In Crispy Golden Cup

I try to recreate a dish that I used to eat  at chinese wedding dinners. They named this dish ' Kwai Fa Chi '  using ingredients like crabmeat and sharkfins but I tried to get as close at that but without the sharkfins of course.  The crispy golden cup was an inspiration from the Flavour Magazine , the May-June 2010  issue .

Love this dish  !  when the teeth sinks into the flavorful stir fried shredded sea cucumber and crabmeat with eggs and followed by the crunch sound of the wanton crispy cup....one word - Heavenly !  Read on for the recipe :)

The original one has sharkfins but it is so pricey that I have to omit it and recreate my own version of the famous ' Kwai Fa Chi ' / Stir Fried Sharkfins With Eggs . I substituted the sharkfins with sea cucumber . And the rest if more or less the same as those served at the chinese wedding dinner. I added transparent vermicelli / 'tung hoon' to it too since I have some left over from the making the Vietnamese Spring Rolls . Waste not as the saying goes.

these are the ingredients I used for the dish, the transparent vermicelli is

a last minute add on :p

colorful and flavorful ....mmmm this is

my first time making this and it was yummy :)

crispy golden cup..I didn't do a good job on this

as compared to the one shown in the magazine :p

 lucky it was not burnt and it holds well like a cup :)

practice makes perfect  I believe I will be able

to master this after a few tries...right?

awwwww....this is so yummy, love every bite of it

truly heaven on a plate

this serves as a great starter and I can have many helpings....

do try this out.....you will love it for sure and

the kids will love this too !

Shredded Sea Cucumber Crab Meat Omelette In Crispy Golden Cup

Ingredients:

Crispy Golden Cup

20 pieces square wanton skins

oil for deep frying

4 eggs

100 gms sea cucumber - cut into fine strips

200 gms cooked crab meat - flaked

1/2 cup shredded carrots 

2 red onions - sliced thinly

5 pips of garlic - chopped fine

6 red chilli - chopped fine

2 stalks spring onion - cut into fine strips

soak some transparent vermicelli *optional  

Seasonings:

1 tsp sea salt or to taste

2 tsp maggi seasoning sauce

1/4 tsp white pepper poweder

1 tsp sesame oil

2 tbsp of grapeseed oil

To prepare crispy golden cup :-

Heat the oil for deep frying. Overlap two wonton skins to form star shape and sandwich between two mini tartlet tins. Lower into hot oil and deep fry until golden brown. Remove and drain excess oil.

Method :-

Crack eggs into a mixing bowl.  Add a pinch of salt and white pepper powder to the eggs and mix well.  Leave aside till needed.

Heat 2 tbsp of grapeseed oil in a wok over medium heat. Add in the garlic and chilli and stir fry till fragrant, add in the rest of the ingredients and continues stir frying till the ingredients are cooked and well combined.  Push aside the cooked ingredients, add in the eggs mixture , and leave it to set for a minute, push back the cooked ingredients on to the eggs and continue to stir fry till the eggs and the rest of the ingredients are properly mixed together and the ingredients and eggs are dry and golden brown, add in the spring onions last and the rest of the seasoning for taste, dish out.

To serve :

Arrange crispy golden cups on a plate. Scoop stir fried shredded sea cucumber and crab meat eggs into cups.  Serve immediately.

Have a wonderful day, hope this post will cheer you up :)

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