King Crab Fried Rice

By Dale Talde   –   The Splendid Table

This recipe was included The Key 3 segment that host Francis Lam recorded with Dale Talde at his restaurant Talde Brooklyn.

Ingredients

• 3oz king crab, picked
• 2 Tbsp shallots, minced
• 2 Tbsp celery, diced
• 1/2 cup egg, scrambled
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 cups cooked rice
• pinch white pepper
• cilantro
• red tobiko (optional)
• black tobiko (optional)
• Jalapeño Aioli (recipe below)
• 6 slices Pickled Jalapeño (recipe below)

Directions

In a very hot pan, add 2 Tbsp of vegetable or corn oil, add celery, shallot, and pickled jalapenos, sweat until shallot is translucent.

Add scrambled egg, cook to a soft scramble, then add rice, crab meat, salt, and pepper.

Stir Fry for 3 mins on high head.

On a plate, place some Jalapeno Aioli on the bottom, transfer fried rice, and a bit more aioli on top.  Garnish with red and black tobiko (optional), and cilantro.

Jalapeño Aioli

• 1 cup oil
• 1/4 cup egg yolks
• 1 Tbsp white vinegar
• 1 oz fish sauce
• 4 raw jalapeño (2 seeded, 2 not seeded)

In a robot coupe add egg yolks and vinegar and slowly drizzle in oil. Season with fish sauce.

Pickled Jalapeño

• 10 jalapeños, sliced
• 1 qt vinegar
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt

Mix all and pickle overnight.