Oriental Crab Appetizers

Beautifully presented, these are suitable for entertaining big-wigs! (and little-wigs, too!)

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 6-10

Ingredients

• 1  lb  crabmeat, picked over
• 1  cup  canned bamboo shoot, julienned
• 18 -24  large lettuce leaves
• 1⁄2 cup  toasted walnuts, finely chopped
• 2  tablespoons soy sauce
• 2  tablespoons dry white wine or 2  tablespoons  white grape juice
• 1  tablespoon canola oil
• 1  teaspoon  minced fresh garlic
• 1  teaspoon  minced fresh ginger
• 1⁄2 lb  stringless snow peas, very finely julienned
•  Chinese hot mustard (optional)
•  sweet plum sauce (optional)

Directions

1. Combine soy sauce, wine or juice, garlic, and ginger in a large bowl.
2. Add crabmeat, snow peas, and bamboo shoots to soy mixture.
3. Mix well.
4. Top each lettuce leaf with portion of crab mixture.
5. Fold leaves around crab by first turning in the sides, then rolling up.
6. Serve on plate scattered with finely chopped toasted walnuts.
7. ---Serving Suggestion---.
8. Make a quick sauce of half Chinese hot mustard and half sweet plum sauce.
9. Spoon in a zig-zag pattern on each plate.
10. Place 3 rolls on top of the sauce, propped like fallen logs.
11. Top with toasted nuts and sprigs of fresh coriander.