In recent months I have been eating more tinned crab. It’s delicious and tastes great in a variety of dishes. Therefore I decided to make a spicy crab sauce that could be added to a jacket potato.
In the past I have made spicy crab pasta so I know spices and crab a a brilliant combination. I have never tried these ingredients with a jacket potato. I’m so pleased I did the spices add extra flavour to the dish and make this a melt in the mouth dinner. We loved it and we hope you will too.
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Equipment
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
- Baking tray
- Saucepan
- Stirring spoon
Ingredients
- Crab
- Onion x 1
- Tomatoes x 1 tin
- Courgette x 1
- Red pepper x 1
- Spinach x 2 handfuls
- Mild, medium or hot chilli powder x 1 tsp
- Ground ginger x 1 tsp
- Ground sweet cinnamon x 1 tsp
- Dried mixed herbs x 1 tsp
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Jacket potatoes x 4
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C or gas mark 6.
- Wash and piece holes in the potatoes with a knife.
- When the oven has preheated put the potatoes into the oven.
- Meanwhile peel, slice and dice the onion.
- Peel the courgette and grate it.
- Cut the top from the red pepper and remove the core and stalk.
- Slice and dice the flesh.
- Put a large pan onto a high heat on the hob and add oil to the base of the pan.
- Once the pan is hot add in the onion and fry until it starts to soften.
- Next add in the red pepper and fry the pepper until it starts to soften.
- Sprinkle over the mild, medium or hot chilli powder, ground ginger, ground sweet cinnamon and the dried mixed herbs.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Bring the sauce to the boil, if not already.
- Leave to simmer.
- Before the end of the potatoes cooking, open the tins of crab and add to the sauce.
- Let it heat through for a few minutes.
- Add in the spinach and let it wilt down in the pan.
- Remove the sauce from the heat.
- Next remove the potatoes from the oven and cut open.
- Leave to cool down for 5 minutes.
- Then serve with the sauce and enjoy.
Spicy Crab Jacket was a yummy meal that we all enjoyed. It was very easy to prepare and cook. The bonus is the sauce could be made in advance of the meal and frozen. Then it can be defrosted and heated up on the day. Plus it makes delicious leftover too. It’s one dish we will be eating again soon. However you decide to eat this dinner, as always, please enjoy. Thank you xxx
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