1, crabs should be steamed in cold water.

Many people don't like steamed crabs, saying that crabs will smell fishy and taste bad. This is actually not the fault of crabs, but the wrong steps when steaming crabs: steamed crabs must be steamed with cold water.

Crabs steamed in cold water will gradually get hot, and they will be cooked before you know it, so that the fishy smell of crabs will not be emitted, and crab roe and crab paste will not easily flow out. Direct steaming of hot water will make crabs directly encounter high temperature gas. Crab yolk and crab paste are not only easy to flow out, but also directly stimulate the fishy smell of crabs, which is not only heavier, but also difficult to completely volatilize the nutrition of crabs.

2. The crab belly is facing up.

Steamed crabs are most afraid of accidental outflow of crab roe and crab paste, which is not only delicious, but also makes the pot full and difficult to clean. If you want the crab roe to be perfectly locked, just turn the crab upside down when steaming.

3. Steamed crabs should not take too long.

If you want the crab meat tender, the most important thing is to grasp the time of steaming the crab.

When crabs are steamed, there are two steps, one is steaming, and the other is stewing. Of course, the time for steaming crabs cannot be treated equally, and it should be judged according to the size of crabs. Generally speaking, crabs with weight less than 4 should be steamed for 8- 12 minutes and then stewed for 5-8 minutes, while crabs with weight more than 4 should be steamed for 15 minutes and then stewed for 10 minutes, but the details are as follows.