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Ginataang Alimasag are Crabs cooked in Coconut Milk. This recipe features the use of spinach and Thai chili as a replacement for Malunggay. Squash and string beans (kalabasa and sitaw) can also be placed instead of Spinach (or Malunggay).
Before cooking this dish, please make sure that enough rice is available. You don’t want to wait for the additional rice to cook while you are in the middle of enjoying your meal :).
Try this delicious Filipino recipe : Ginataang Alimasag.
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By: Vanjo Merano 11 Comments Updated: 9/16/18
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Ginataang Alimasag (or alimango) are Crabs cooked in Coconut Milk. This ginataang alimasag recipe features the use of spinach and Thai chilias a replacement forMalunggay. Squash and string beans (kalabasa and sitaw) can also be placed instead of Spinach .
Cooking seafood in coconut milk is common in Philippine Cuisine. Dishes such as ginataang hipon, seafood in coconut milk, and sinanglay na tilapia are just few of them. Dishes like ginataang alimasag exist because the combination of seafood and coconut milk is really awesome. The flavor of the crab (or any seafood in particular) is absorbed by the coconut milk, which makes is perfect when eaten with rice. Preparing ginataang alimasag is easy. For a much better taste, you can cut the crab vertically in half before cooking so that all the flavor will come out. Eating dishes such as this will require you to serve more rice. Be careful though if you are diabetic or watching your sugar level.
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Ginataang Alimasag Recipe
This is a recipe for ginataang alimasag. These are blue crabs with spinach cooked in coconut milk.
Prep: 10 minutes minutes
Cook: 40 minutes minutes
Total: 50 minutes minutes
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4 people
Ingredients
- 3 lbs blue crabs Alimasag
- 2 tbsp shrimp paste
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 1 piece onion minced
- 1 thumb ginger cut into thin strips
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 4 cups coconut milk
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 bunch fresh spinach
- 6 pieces Thai chili
Instructions
In a large pot, sauté the garlic, onion, and ginger
Add the ground black pepper and coconut milk then bring to a boil
Put-in the shrimp paste and fish sauce and cook until the coconut milk’s texture is thick and natural oil comes out of it (approximately 20 ++ minutes)
Add the Thai chili and simmer for 5 minutes
Put the crabs in the pot and mix until evenly covered with coconut milk. Simmer for 5 to 20 minutes. (Note: If crabs were steamed prior to cooking, 5 to 8 minutes is enough)
Add the spinach and simmer for 5 minutes
Serve hot. Share and Enjoy!
Nutrition Information
Serving: 4g Calories: 565kcal (28%) Carbohydrates: 7g (2%) Protein: 10g (20%) Fat: 59g (91%) Saturated Fat: 43g (215%) Cholesterol: 85mg (28%) Sodium: 646mg (27%) Potassium: 510mg (15%) Vitamin A: 20IU Vitamin C: 6.1mg (7%) Calcium: 71mg (7%) Iron: 8mg (44%)
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Vanjo Merano is the creator of PanlasangPinoy.com. His goal is to introduce Filipino Food and Filipino Cuisine to the rest of the world. This blog was the first step that he took.
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El G says
so good! and easy.Reply
Kj says
I always check you site…my fiance loves ginataan…so I will try cooking these later for dinner… Thanks for all the recipes here…it helps a lot…especially for those Filipino like us overseas.
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frances says
essential ba ung shrimp paste sa ingredient? d kasi type ng hubby ko shrimp paste :p
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Panlasang Pinoy says
Hi Tobeymarx, good to know that. See you around.
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Marie says
Wow, yummy and mouthwatering
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Rina says
Hello kuya! I just did this yesterday. charap!! yumyum! love na love ng mom ko and my brothers. mura kasi crabs dito sa VA and tabi lang kami ng seafood store so I’m gonna cook this again next week. thank you for the recipe again 🙂
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Vinia says
this one is sooooo good, I will make this one for potluck , sigurado patok to sa kanila ,kakaiba kasi .Thanks bro!!!
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