How to Make Softshell Crab Stir-fried with Glutinous Rice Cake

This dish combines originally mild rice-based products with Saige crab such types of seafood.

　　 Fried saige crab with New Year cake Ingredients and tools

Main ingredients: Stone-ground New Year cake (100 grams) Flower crab (1 piece)Ginger slices (several pieces) Scallion threads (several pieces)
Seasoning: Cooking wine (a little)Sugars(appropriate amount)Dark soy sauce(appropriate amount)
Cookware: Wok

　　 The preparation of saige crab with New Year cake:

 1. Prepare all ingredients.  2. Remove the gills from the saige crab and cut into pieces; if the crab claws are hard, you can smash them beforehand with a knife.  3. Cook the New Year cake in water until soft, then rinse it with cold water and serve on a plate.  4. Pour some oil into a wok, add scallion and ginger slices and stir-fry.  5. Add crab pieces and stir-fry until they turn red and shiny.  6. Add the cooked New Year cake and stir-fry.  7. While stirring, gradually add cooking wine, sugar, and dark soy sauce for seasoning.  8. Stir evenly for a short time before serving in a dish.

Tips:

1. When boiling the New Year cake, use a fork to check; it must be soft enough. If it is not boiled long enough, the New Year cake will still be hard and won't taste good when fried.2. All dishes with New Year cake should be eaten while hot; if cold, the New Year cake will become hard.