Sous Vide Crab with Asian Apple Slaw

Anova Culinary

Crab is a real favorite in Thailand, and this is a unique and light way to enjoy the delectable meat. A green apple salad with Thai dressing is healthy, while still providing loads of great textures and flavor. 

Author

Christina Wylie

Christina Wylie is an award-winning writer, author, editor, food stylist, recipe creator, entrepreneur and radio host whose work has been featured in The Times & The Sunday Times, Time Out (Melbourne, Sydney, Hong Kong and Dubai), Traveler’s Digest, Fah Thai Magazine, Broadsheet, Wining & Dining and many other internationally renowned publications. In 2013, after almost a decade of working as an international journalist, Christina founded the online lifestyle magazine The GAB Magazine, for which she now leads a team of 60 writers based all across Australia. She then founded Samui Life Magazine in 2016. After working as a recipe creator for Anova Culinary for over a year, she signed a cookbook contract with the American-based, international publishing company Quarto. Her cookbook, titled The Sous Vide Kitchen: Techniques, Ideas, and More Than 100 Recipes to Cook at Home, was published worldwide in 2017. She wrote, styled, and photographed everything that you see within that book. In 2017 she opened her first restaurant, Bootlegger, in Koh Samui, Thailand. She is currently in the initial stages of launching Bootlegger 2 in Phuket in 2018, and is looking to open Bootlegger 3 in Bangkok in 2019. She is currently working towards stepping into the world of food and travel presenting. As an entrepreneur herself, Christina co-founded the charity initiative Project Gen Z in 2015 to teach orphaned Cambodian children entrepreneurial skills. A British expat born and raised in Hong Kong, Christina has worked across the globe, and has lived in Thailand, London, Hong Kong, Australia and South Africa over the years.

Prep Time: 00:20

Recipe Time: 00:45

Temperature : 154.4F / 68C

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat Anova sous vide machine to 154.4F (68C).
  2. Boil a pot of water and boil the crabs for 60 seconds. Then chop the legs and pincers off the crab and seal in bags (chopping the extremities off just helps get a seal/vacuum around the crabs for cooking sous vide).
  3. Put the bags into the water bath and set the timer on your Anova to 45 mins - when finished cooking sous vide, plunge the bags of crab into an ice bath.

Finishing Steps

  1. Combine all dressing ingredients.
  2. Take all of the meat out of the crab.
  3. Toss dressing with all of the salad ingredients, add the crab and serve.