Crabs are usually steamed for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Steaming crabs also needs to be differentiated according to the size of the crab and the weather, if the day is cold, you need to wait for the water to boil and then time: generally more than 4 two crabs can be steamed in about 15 minutes to steam, the day is cold, the water is difficult to open the water needs to wait for the water to boil and then continue to steam for 12 minutes can be steamed.

Crabs that are 3 to 4 taels can be steamed for about 12 minutes, or 10 minutes if the water is cold, or 10 minutes if the crab is under 3 taels, or 10 minutes if the water is cold, or 8 minutes if the water is cold.

Steaming crabs usually requires cold water. However, if the crab is frozen, it can be steamed in hot water. Because of the fresh crab meat is delicious and easy to cook, if the hot water in the pot is easy to destroy the meat of the crab, easy to lose too much water and loss of nutrients and taste, so steaming crabs must be cold water in the pot to steam is appropriate.

Crab selection skills

1, look at the triangle

Selection of crabs in the process, you can crab belly up, observe the shell on both sides of the triangle area, which fat crab triangle area color white, pinch up the feel of hard. And thin crabs, triangle area color black, feel soft.

2, look at the navel

August and September selection of crabs, to select the navel round female crabs, after October selection of crabs, to select the navel pointed male crabs. And during the selection process, use your hand to gently press the belly button. Generally fat crabs pinch feel hard, thin crabs pinch feel softer.

3, look at the spitting seed situation

picking crabs, to observe the female crab spitting seed situation, generally spitting seed less female crabs, crab seed more concentrated in the abdomen. The belly button is round and bulging, more fat, if the crab spits more seeds, the internal crab roe is less, the meat is thin.

4, look at the crab shell

Select the same species of crab, you can compare the back shell color. First pick out the crabs with darker back shells, which have more meat, opaque shells and darker colors. Then pick up a crab in each hand and compare the weight, the heavier crabs are the most fertile.