"Crab Race" is actually a kind of scrambled egg, but it is not an ordinary scrambled egg, but mixed with ginger and vinegar to create a fragrant scrambled egg that looks a bit like crab. As for which cuisine this "crab racing" comes from, it is generally said to be Shandong cuisine, but there is also a saying that it is a practice in Yixing, Jiangsu. In the late Qing Dynasty, Ren Fengbao, secretary of the cabinet, banker and bibliophile of the Republic of China, was an official in Beijing, and so was Mr. Ren. A man who loves food gave his hometown crab racing recipe to the Shandong restaurant "Guangheju". After the chef improved it, he adjusted it to the taste that northerners like, and it is very popular.
How to do crab racing?
This home-cooked way to race crabs is really diverse and very simple.
Ingredients: 4 eggs, 1 salted duck egg yolk (you can have it or not, just to increase the similarity with crab roe), grated ginger, vinegar, salt, sugar.
Method:
Separate the egg yolk and egg white, beat them separately, and add crushed duck egg yolk to the egg yolk liquid.
Pour the minced ginger, appropriate amount of sugar and salt into the balsamic vinegar and soak.
Then stir-fry the egg yolk liquid and egg white liquid separately. Don’t fry them too much, but keep them tender.
Put the scrambled egg whites and egg yolks into the same pot, then pour in the balsamic vinegar soaked with minced ginger, sugar, and salt, stir and stir-fry.
This dish is so simple. For a more sophisticated version, you can mix fish meat into egg white liquid and fry it (to increase the similarity with crab meat). For a more luxurious version, you can add cooked scallops and the like. In fact, the fried crab noodles in local dishes are very similar to this. In some places, fried crab noodles are also called "racing crabs".
Many people have given very detailed steps and procedures for cooking crabs. What I want to say here is that when cooking, you must pay attention to the mixing amounts of various seasonings, and make sure the croaker and eggs are fresh.
The cooked Sai Crab has a bright yellow color, a fresh flavor and a very refreshing and delicious taste. People who have eaten Sai Crab often want to eat it a second time. In addition to being delicious, the nutritional value of race crabs is also extremely high. Yellow croaker contains nutrients such as protein and fat required by the human body, as well as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. Eggs contain nutrients such as protein and amino acids. Therefore, it is deeply loved by people.