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Steaming crab tips 🦀

Steamed crab, keep in mind 3 points, the pot is complete and fresh without fishy taste

By Alessandro AlgardiPublished about a year ago 4 min read
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Steaming crab tips 🦀
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Some people don't like to eat pork, some don't like to eat mutton, but rarely have I heard of people who don't like to eat crab, which has been loved by people since ancient times for its freshness. With the improvement in living standards, the crab has come into the common household, and people know more and more about crab, which is not only delicious but also a good tonic for autumn. Crab is rich in amino acids, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, and trace elements such as iron, calcium, and phosphorus, which help to strengthen the bones and bones and enhance immunity.

China is a big food country, and people know how to eat, and have explored dozens or even hundreds of ways to eat crab, from stir-frying, to steaming, to making soup, all kinds of ways to eat it. But for those who know how to eat, there is nothing better than steaming the crab, as the saying goes, "Fresh ingredients don't need complicated cooking", so a simple steaming can preserve the original flavor of the crab and bring out its freshness.

However, for those who are less experienced in cooking, it is not that simple to make a completely steamed crab without any fishy taste. It requires some skills, otherwise, the steamed crab will often have lost its legs, yellow and fishy odor, and so on, and then the taste of the crab will be greatly reduced. The price of crabs is not cheap after all, so today I will share with you a few tips for steaming crabs, which were summarized by a fisherman friend of mine, and I have tested them many times, so look carefully and follow the steps together, the probability of success is still eight out of ten. The season of eating crabs is here, prepare the pot, prepare the crabs, and the skills should also be clear before you do it Oh, here's a look at it ~

The first key step is to clean the crab, which is a hibernating animal, or hibernating in a hole, or hibernating in water, which makes the surface of the crab stained with mud and bacteria, and we steam the crab with its shell. Many people will soak the crab in water to clean it, and during the soaking process, the crab will drink a lot of water, and then when steamed in the pot, the crab will be prone to the phenomenon of yellowing.

So the correct way to clean the crab is to brush it with a brush, under running water, while rinsing, carefully brushing the top and bottom of the crab, as well as the pincers and legs, and then draining the water for backup.

This is because the crab is still alive when it is in the pot, and as the temperature in the pot gets higher, the crab will break its legs out of self-rescue instincts, and the struggle will also lead to the flow of the crab yolk. Some people will steam the crab with the bundled rope, which will prevent the crab from moving around, but there are various materials available on the market for bundling the rope, and no matter which one it is, it will have some odor after being heated, which will affect the taste of the crab itself, so it is not the best method.

And often crab people will be here to apply a little trick, that is to kill the crab, the method is very simple, find out sharp tools at home, or simple, or chopsticks and toothpicks can also be, aimed at the mouth of the crab stabbed in, of course, need to be deeper, and then stirred a few times, then the crab soon will not move.

3: To steam the crab, add the right amount of water to the steamer, then turn the crab over, that is, belly up, and place it on the top of the steamer drawer. Then turn on the heat and start timing when the water is boiling, and steam the crabs for about 15-20 minutes on high heat. Of course, this steaming time needs to be flexibly adjusted according to the size of the crab.

[Steamed crab tips summary]

1, cleaning crabs can not be placed in water soaking, otherwise, it will make the crab inhale too much water, then it will be heated out when steamed, thus bringing out the crab yolk.

2、Kill the crab before steaming, so that the crab will not struggle to lose its legs after being heated, and will be steamed quietly, which will also avoid the flow of crab yolk during the struggle.

3、Steaming in cold water, as the temperature inside the pot slowly rises, the crab is evenly heated and the crab yolk slowly solidifies on the lid and does not flow out easily. If the crab is suddenly heated, the crab will not be able to solidify in time and will flow out with the crab legs and gaps.

1, the crab should be eaten fresh, dead crabs are easy to breed bacteria and produce harmful substances, not beneficial to the body. It is also best to finish the crab after steaming, otherwise, it will be easy to grow bacteria during the storage process, and the nutrition and taste will be greatly lost. So when we buy crabs, we should plan according to the number of people to avoid wasting them.

2, crab is cold food, especially the gills, stomach, heart, and intestines of the crab can not be eaten, not only the cold but also these parts are prone to residual dirt.

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