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chilli crabs

chilli crabs is the plural of chilli crab.

Meaning of chilli crab

Noun

chilli crab (countable and uncountable, plural chilli crabs)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore) 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.
    • Mr Lim’s family lays claim to being the first to invent chilli crab here in 1956.2000 November 23, Ong Wan Shu, The Straits Times

Questions about chilli crabs

What is chilli crabs the plural of?
Chilli crabs is the plural of chilli crab.

Words near chilli crabs in the dictionary

  1. chillfest
  2. chillfests
  3. chilli
  4. chilli con carne
  5. chilli crab
  6. chilli crabs
  7. chilli dog
  8. chilli dogs
  9. chilli padi
  10. chilli pepper
  11. chilli peppers

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