🇹🇻 Tuvaluan Cuisine

Coconut Crab Stew

Land Crab in Coconut Milk

Prep Time 20 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Medium
Calories 342 kcal

Coconut crab simmered in coconut milk with onion, garlic, and lime. A rare island delicacy.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Clean crabs and crack shells.
  2. 2 Saute onion and garlic.
  3. 3 Add coconut milk.
  4. 4 Add crab pieces.
  5. 5 Simmer 20 minutes.
  6. 6 Season with lime, salt, pepper.

Did You Know?

Coconut crabs on Tuvalu feed almost exclusively on coconuts, giving their meat a sweet flavor.