black pepper crab

{{Short description|Singaporean dish consisting of crab fried with black pepper}}

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| caption = Black pepper crab

| country = Singapore

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| course = Main course

| served = Hot temperature

| main_ingredient = Crab, black pepper seasoning

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Black pepper crab is one of the popular ways that crab is served in Singaporean cuisine.{{Cite web |title=4 Most Popular SINGAPOREAN CRAB DISHES |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-crab-dishes-in-singapore |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131103146/https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-crab-dishes-in-singapore |archive-date=31 January 2023 |access-date=14 June 2023 |website=Taste Atlas}} It is made by frying hard-shell crabs with black pepper. Unlike the other popular chilli crab dish, it is not cooked in a sauce and therefore has a dry consistency. It is becoming very popular to mix the pepper crab with a fresh jackfruit sauce.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}