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Sweet and Sour Crab Omelet Recipe

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Sweet and Sour Crab Omelet Picture - Kanitama Picture

Sweet and Sour Crab Omelet Picture - Kanitama Picture

Photo (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
Crab omelet is topped with sweet and sour sauce. This dish is called kanitama in Japan.
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Ingredients:

  • 1/4 lb. crabmeat
  • 6 eggs
  • 1/4 lb. boiled bamboo shoot
  • 1 chunk ginger root
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • mixture of 1 tbsp water and 1 tbsp katakuriko/corn starch

Preparation:

Shred crabmeat in a bowl. Cut bamboo shoot and ginger into thin stripps. Beat eggs in a bowl and add crabmeat, bamboo shoot, and ginger in it. Mix water, soy sauce, sugar, and rice wine vinegar in a pan and bring to a boil. Put katakuriko mixture in the pan and stir quickly and stop the heat. Heat sesame oil in a large frying pan/wok. Pour egg mixture in the pan and make an omelette, stirring. Turn the omelette over. Serve the omelette in a plate and pour sweet and sour sauce over.
Makes 4 servings
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