Air Fryer Filipino Ginataang Crab & Coconut Rice Pots

AF-200 Crew Seafood Recipe

Air Fryer Filipino Ginataang Crab & Coconut Rice Pots

Ginataan is the Filipino habit of cooking good things in coconut milk. Crab, squash, green beans and chilli make a rich coastal stew that belongs over plain rice. The vegetables soften in covered pots before cooked crab joins for a short finish. Trapped steam does the gentle work while the air fryer keeps the coconut sauce simmering.

Air Fryer Filipino Ginataang Crab & Coconut Rice Pots
Air Fryer Filipino Ginataang Crab & Coconut Rice Pots preparation stage

You’ll Need

For the Coconut Crab
450g cooked crab meat and cracked cooked claws
400ml coconut milk
250g butternut squash, cut into 2cm cubes
150g green beans, cut into short lengths
1 small onion, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, finely grated
20g fresh ginger, finely grated
1 red chilli, sliced
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp soft brown sugar
Juice of 1/2 lime

For the Pots
400g cooked jasmine rice
2 spring onions, finely sliced

Optional but dangerous
Crispy garlic
Extra red chilli
Cold Filipino beer

Method

Divide the coconut milk, squash, beans, onion, garlic, ginger and chilli between four deep heatproof pots.

Stir in the fish sauce and sugar and cover each pot tightly with foil.

Air fry at 180°C for 18-20 minutes, stirring after 12 minutes.

Check the squash is nearly tender.

Fold in the crab meat and nestle any cracked claws into the sauce.

Cover again and air fry at 180°C for 5-6 minutes until piping hot.

Stir in the lime juice and check the seasoning.

Warm the rice in a covered heatproof tray during the final 4 minutes if there is room.

Spoon the rice into bowls, add the coconut crab and finish with spring onions.

Lad Tip: Cut the squash small and evenly. Coconut milk is patient, but a 4cm lump of butternut will still be crunchy when the crab has given up the will to live.

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