Crab Omelet Recipe

Ingredients : Serves 3-4

4 Eggs

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1/4 teaspoon Black pepper

125g Crab meat, fresh, frozen or canned

2 Spring onions, chopped

1 teaspoon Fish sauce

1 Fresh red chili, sliced, optional

Oil for frying

• Beat eggs slightly and season with salt and pepper.

• Pick over crabmeat and discard any bits of bony tissue.

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a frying pan and saute the spring onions and chili for 1 minute.

• Add crab and continue to fry for a further minute or two.

• Sprinkle fish sauce over.

• Remove mixture to a small plate and allow to cool.

• Heat a teaspoonful of oil in the frying pan, pour in beaten eggs and cook, drawing egg mixture in from sides of pan, until set on the bottom, creamy on top.

• Spoon crab mixture down center of omelet and fold in half.

• Serve on a warm plate.

• This may be accompanied by nuoc cham.