Mixed Seafood with Oyster Sauce

Ingredients

1 kilo of seafood or any one or a combination of crabs, prawns, squid, clams, mussels and any seafood
1 large onion, diced
1 thumb sized ginger, sliced into strips
1/2 teaspoon of sugar or monosodium glutamate
3 table spoons of cooking oil or olive oil
1/3 cup water
spring onions, cut 1 inch long
1/3 cup of oyster sauce
2 pieces green finger pepper (sili pag sigang) chopped
Salt and pepper to taste


METHOD

Estimated cooking time: 30 minutes
Slice crabs into 2 or 4 if very big
Steam crabs and prawns for 5 minutes
Wash squid and cut into 1 inch long sections
On a big wok, stir fry garlic until golden brown, then add ginger and onions, stir fry for a minute more
Add water and bring to a boil
Add squid, clams, mussels and other uncooked seafood.
Simmer for 5 minutes
Add crabs and shrimp
Add the oyster sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
Sprinkle the sugar or monosodium glutamate (vetsin)
Add the long green chili
Mix well and bring to a boil
Boil for 3 minutes
Serve hot with steamed rice
Add the long green chili earlier if you prefer your mixed seafood with oyster sauce hot.
The above recipe can be used for just one type of seafood like crabs only or a combination of many including fish.