Everyone who buys hairy crabs basically chooses to steam them,

Steaming can be a good way to retain the original fresh flavor of the ingredients.

Steaming is a courtesy to the ingredients whose flavor is fresh enough, although the practice is "minimalist".

But there's a question that arises,

Whether to steam hairy crabs in cold water or boiling water?

In fact, both methods are possible, but in comparison,

especially in the category of fresh food, or more suitable for the water to boil before putting it in.

Mainly because, cold water in the pot to start steaming,

will lead to steaming time elongated, grasp the fire is not easy to steam over,

crab yolk crab paste will be a lot of loss.

And cold water whole hairy crabs, even tied rope,

is easy to break the legs, the essence of the loss of more serious.

Steaming crab with hot water, crab meat will be more delicious,

If you use cold water on the pot, the crab slowly struggling, steaming out of not very tasty.

So next time you might want to try boiling the water before putting in the live crabs.