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“Hot and spicy Padang sauce coats crab meat with richer spices than its chili crab cousin.”

Crab in Padang sauce

What the real thing tastes like

Crab in Padang sauce or Padang crab (Indonesian: Kepiting saus Padang) is an Indonesian seafood dish of crab served in hot and spicy Padang sauce. It is one of the two most popular ways that crab is served in Indonesia, commonly found in coastal cities with abundant seafood, such as Padang, Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya, Makassar and Cirebon. Its closest analogue probably is chili crab; however, Padang crab uses richer spices.

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Crab in Padang sauce arrives on the plate glistening with heat—a seafood dish built on the layered spice architecture of Indonesia's west coast. The sauce clings to each piece of crab meat with a richness that sets it apart from its cousin, chili crab, using more complexity than pure fire alone. You'll find this dish wherever Indonesia's coasts meet its cities: Padang, Jakarta, Medan, Surabaya, Makassar, Cirebon—places where the catch is abundant and the spice knowledge runs deep.

Order it here when it has

  • spice complexity
  • widespread coastal popularity
  • seafood-driven

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