Asian Recipe ⇉ Creole Crab Noodles

Crab, and its old friends, the Holy Trinity, are a classic combo, and so it was no surprise they worked so well in an Asian-style rice noodle dish – an experiment gone right. Garnish with sliced green onion.

Ingredients

• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• ¼ cup seasoned rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon hot sauce, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 8 ounces rice noodles
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• ⅓ cup diced celery
• ⅓ cup minced red and green jalapenos
• ⅓ cup diced green onions
• ½ pound crabmeat

Cooking Directions

1. Whisk garlic, ketchup, rice vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce, hot sauce, paprika, cayenne pepper, and cumin together in a bowl.
2. Place rice noodles in a large bowl; cover with boiling water and stir with tongs. Let soak for 10 minutes.
3. While noodles soak, heat vegetable oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir celery, jalapenos, and green onions until tender and fragrant, about 10 minutes.
4. Drain noodles and place in the pan; add the sauce and crabmeat. Cook and stir until noodles are coated evenly and everything is heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories669.1
• carbohydrateContent105.4 g
• cholesterolContent62.5 mg
• fatContent16 g
• fiberContent3.8 g
• proteinContent25.2 g
• saturatedFatContent2.4 g
• sodiumContent1982 mg
• sugarContent7 g