Thai Stir Fried Crab with Yellow Curry Poo Pad Pong Kari 🦀🌕

Description

Poo Pad Pong Kari is a rich Thai seafood classic where sweet crab meat is tossed in a silky yellow curry sauce with egg, celery, onion, and chili. The result is savory, fragrant, lightly creamy, and deeply aromatic with a luxurious texture that feels both comforting and celebratory. 🌿
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Sweet crab, silky curry egg sauce, and fragrant aromatics make this one of Thailand’s most luxurious and unforgettable seafood dishes. 🌕

Ingredients

• Seafood
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• 🦀 700 g cooked crab pieces or cleaned soft shell crab (1.5 lb)
• 🌽 20 g cornstarch for light coating (2 tbsp / 0.7 oz)
• 🫒 30 ml neutral oil (2 tbsp / 1 fl oz)
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• Aromatics
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• 🧄 15 g garlic, minced (5 cloves / 0.5 oz)
• 🧅 120 g onion, sliced (1 cup / 4.2 oz)
• 🌶️ 8 g red chili, sliced (2 chilies / 0.28 oz)
• 🥬 80 g Chinese celery or regular celery leaves and stems, cut (1 cup / 2.8 oz)
• 🧅 40 g scallions, cut into lengths (⅓ cup / 1.4 oz)
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• Curry sauce
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• 🥚 3 eggs
• 🥛 120 ml evaporated milk (½ cup / 4 fl oz)
• 🌕 18 g curry powder (1½ tbsp / 0.63 oz)
• 🥣 20 ml fish sauce (1 tbsp + 1 tsp / 0.7 fl oz)
• 🍬 8 g palm sugar (2 tsp / 0.28 oz)
• ⚪ 1 g white pepper (¼ tsp / 0.04 oz)

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Mix the curry sauce
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3. Whisk eggs, evaporated milk, curry powder, fish sauce, palm sugar, and white pepper until smooth and evenly golden. 🥚
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5. 2️⃣ Prepare the crab
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7. If using crab pieces, pat them dry and dust lightly with cornstarch so they hold the sauce better during stir frying. 🦀
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9. 3️⃣ Start the aromatics
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11. Heat oil in a wok or large pan and cook garlic and onion for 1–2 min until fragrant and slightly softened. 🧄
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13. 4️⃣ Add the crab
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15. Add the crab and toss gently for 2–3 min so it warms through and absorbs the aromatics. 🦀
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17. 5️⃣ Add chili and celery
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19. Stir in chili, celery, and scallions and cook briefly so the vegetables stay bright and fresh. 🌶️
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21. 6️⃣ Pour in the curry sauce
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23. Lower the heat and pour in the egg curry mixture, stirring gently until the sauce becomes silky, glossy, and softly set around the crab. 🌕
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25. 7️⃣ Finish carefully
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27. Cook just until the sauce thickens and clings to the crab without becoming dry or scrambled. 🥄
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29. 8️⃣ Serve hot
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31. Transfer to a plate and serve immediately with jasmine rice to catch every bit of the rich curry sauce. 🍽️

Total Time

🕒 Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 10 min
🛋 Rest: 1 min
⏰ Total: 26 min

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