The time needed to steam river crabs is fifteen to twenty minutes after the water boils. Because river crabs live in a place where it is easy to carry bacteria, must be thoroughly heated through before eating, bacteria and parasites are intolerant of high temperatures, usually after the water is boiled and then steamed for fifteen to twenty minutes, the bacteria can be killed. If you want to speed up the time it takes to steam the crabs, you can steam them in hot water. If you want to make sure the finished product is more aesthetically pleasing, such as not dropping the crab legs, you can steam them in cold water.

River crabs, this season is just the right time to eat river crabs, fat and delicious. River crab steamed how long the best: the crab will be cleaned and put in a cage drawer steamed, be sure to shell down, stomach up, this is to not let the inside of the soup loss, to maintain the freshness, the lid down steaming out of the water will be preserved in the lid, rather than the loss of nutrients.

Then sprinkle the refined salt evenly on the crab, do not put MSG, cover the lid with a strong fire after steaming, after the water boiled to see the crab around the body of the red, with a medium fire to cook for another 10 minutes on it, small crabs cook for 8 minutes. Put the lid of the crab open, see the meat in the lid solidified means completely good.