{"id":50454,"date":"2026-05-07T08:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50454"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T00:22:43","slug":"mouthing-off-nobody-can-cook-seafood-like-the-chinese-certainly-not-celebrity-chef-rick-stein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=50454","title":{"rendered":"Mouthing Off | Nobody can cook seafood like the Chinese \u2013 certainly not celebrity chef Rick Stein"},"content":{"rendered":"


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There might be plenty of fish in the sea, but not everyone knows what to do with them.<\/p>\n

Recently, I was watching a Rick Stein travel show in which the British cook toured around Australia. In one segment highlighting fresh Aussie seafood, he suggested making a Chinese-inspired stir-fried crab.<\/p>\n

While extolling the produce, Stein attempted a stir-fry with the crustacean, infusing it with aromatics like ginger<\/span>, spring onion and chillies. It should have been a quick, simple preparation, but it ended up a plodding, overcomplicated dish no sane home cook would want to dabble in.<\/div>\n

Normally, I enjoy Stein\u2019s programmes. He is not pretentious, nor a culinary showboat. But in this unfortunate instance, he cooked the hell out of his crab.<\/p>\n

First, it was pre-boiled off-screen. Then he dredged the pieces in corn starch and dropped them into hot oil. After flash-frying, he finished it by stir-frying in a wok. Yes, he cooked the crab three times!<\/p>\n

Whatever delicate texture the meat might have had, I am sure it was rubberised by the time it was plated. I felt embarrassed by how the ingredient and the Chinese techniques were mangled.<\/p>\n

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British chef Rick Stein in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Instagram\/ricksteinatcoogeebeach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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