chilli crab

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Etymology

Compound noun formed with English elements, chilli + crab.

Pronunciation

Noun

chilli crab (countable and uncountable, plural chilli crabs)

  1. (chiefly Singapore, Malaysia) A dish originated and popularized in Singapore, made up of stir-fried crab cooked in a semi-thick sweet and savoury tomato- and chilli-based sauce.
    • 2000 November 23, Ong Wan Shu, The Straits Times:
      Mr Lim’s family lays claim to being the first to invent chilli crab here in 1956.
    • 2003, Su-Lyn Tan, World Food Malaysia & Singapore, page 55:
      But for that special meal, Singapore chilli crab (spicy chilli and tomato-based crab stir-fry dish; see the recipe), black pepper crab (sweet and spicy chilli and black pepper-based stir fry dish) or simple steamed crab (all using mud crab) are much-loved treats.
    • 2015 February 7, The Business Times:
      The list that emerged was intriguing - durians, chilli crab, Electronic Road Pricing (ERP), parking coupons, memorable Singlish words like "chope" and "lah", "uncles" and "aunties", "mama shop".
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