Oriental Crab Appetizers

12 ingredients
11 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 lb crabmeat, picked over
  • 1 cup canned bamboo shoot, julienned
  • 18 -24 large lettuce leaves
  • 12 cup toasted walnuts, finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons dry white wine or 2 tablespoons white grape juice
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
  • 12 lb stringless snow peas, very finely julienned
  • Chinese hot mustard (optional)
  • sweet plum sauce (optional)

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine soy sauce, wine or juice, garlic, and ginger in a large bowl.
  2. 2
    Add crabmeat, snow peas, and bamboo shoots to soy mixture.
  3. 3
    Mix well.
  4. 4
    Top each lettuce leaf with portion of crab mixture.
  5. 5
    Fold leaves around crab by first turning in the sides, then rolling up.
  6. 6
    Serve on plate scattered with finely chopped toasted walnuts.
  7. 7
    ---Serving Suggestion---.
  8. 8
    Make a quick sauce of half Chinese hot mustard and half sweet plum sauce.
  9. 9
    Spoon in a zig-zag pattern on each plate.
  10. 10
    Place 3 rolls on top of the sauce, propped like fallen logs.
  11. 11
    Top with toasted nuts and sprigs of fresh coriander.

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