1 What is yellow on the back of a crab butt

There are two cases, one is crab yolk, which can be eaten; and the other is crab roe, which is inedible. The two have different characteristics:

1. Crab yellow

The crab butt has no extra flab, then consider the color of the crab yellow through the tip of the crab umbilicus, generally not very obvious. And the yolk is on the inside of the crab.

This is normal and indicates that the crab may be rich in crab yolk.

2. Crab roe

There is another situation, there is a pile of yellowish reddish color under the bottom of the crab's butt (as shown in the picture), which is usually the fertilized egg package of the female crab, and this kind of crab is generally known as the "backpack crab, egg-holding crab".

Generally, this crab can still be eaten, but you need to discard the fertilized egg packs when you eat it, because the egg packs have a bad taste and are not very nutritious.

Tips

Try to avoid this kind of backpack crab when you are shopping for crabs, because the egg packs take up more weight and need to be discarded, which is not cost-effective to buy and troublesome to eat.

2 What is the yellow behind the pike crab

Pike crab and crab, if it is cooked pike crab inside the yellow object, then consider the pike crab yolk, can eat;

But if it is in the pike crab shell outside the yellow object, then it is the female pike crab roe, more dirty, the taste is not good, can not eat.

3 crab how to distinguish between shit and crab roe 1. crab shit

crab shit in the crab intestine, a very small amount, and crab intestine is generally in the shell of the crab navel, is a black strip, the size and the tip of the nail is about the same, it is very good to distinguish between the time to eat is generally to pick out and discard.

2. crab yolk

crab yolk, mainly refers to the female crab body of the ovary and egg cells, as well as a small portion of the viscera, etc., in the back of the crab shell, rich in protein, fat, phospholipids, and calcium and other minerals, cooked orange-yellow color, the more fat female crab yolk more, the taste is very tasty.

4 crab steamed how long

General steamed crab, water boiling and then steamed 15-20 minutes on the line.

The first 5 minutes with a high fire steam, the latter 10-15 minutes is recommended to steam with a low fire, so that the steamed crab is not only tender, but also to achieve the effect of sterilization.

But if it is a larger crab, or the family likes to eat steamed older crab, you can steam a few minutes more as appropriate.

Tips:

1. If you like to eat meat tender crab, cold water under the pot steam is better;

2. But if you like to eat crab yolk more tender, then it is recommended that the water boil and then under the pot steam.