Wok Tossed Mud Crab with Sate Sauce: Cua Xao Sate

Name: Wok Tossed Mud Crab with Sate Sauce: Cua Xao Sate
Ingredients: 2 live crabs, blue swimmer or mud crab (about 14-ounces each); 16 ounces or 2 cups vegetable oil; 1/2 bulb garlic, cloves peeled and minced; 10 spring onions, (white part only) sliced; 7 ounces crab meat; 3 1/2 ounces dried shrimp, soaked in 1 cup water for 20 minutes, and then drained; 1/2 tablespoon sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce; 1/2 tablespoon fish sauce; 1 1/2 tablespoons dried chile flakes; 3 1/2 ounces chile oil; Vegetable oil, for deep-frying; Potato starch, for dusting; 3 red Asian shallots, finely diced*; 2 cloves garlic, finely diced; 3 spring onions (scallions), cut into 2 inch-lengths; 2 long red chiles, thinly sliced on the diagonal, plus more for garnish; 4 tablespoons sate sauce, recipe follows; Jasmine rice, for serving