Recipe: Bicol eXpress Crab

Once there was a poet that quote“Good painting is like good cooking: it can be tasted, but not explained” . I would like to share my own "art work" from an abstract experiment -the Crab bicol express style. Crab bicol express because it is a mixture of chili spice and coconut milk or gata for Pinoy language.

Ingredients consist of 1 Kg-crab ,250 grams squash , 125 grams -string beans , 200-ml coconut milk , 100-ml water , fish sauce or patis to taste , 5 pcs-siling labuyo or chili , minced onions & garlic and cooking oil -enough to saute the garlic and onion.

Directions:

1. Simmer the crab until it is fully cook . Crabs are well done cook when it turn to an orange-like shell.
   
2. In a separate pan, saute minced onions and garlic with cooking oil.
3. Add on the well done crab with the squash and string beans.
4. Add on fish sauce to taste.
5. Add on the coconut milk with water.
6. Let it simmer until squash and string beans are cook.
7. Add on siling labuyo or chili for a spicy taste.

Ready to serve. Happy eating!