Crabs need to be steamed for 20-30 minutes can be, pressure cooker 5-8 minutes can be.

But it is important to note that, before steaming, remember to clean, you can use grass rope to tie the crab legs, so as not to be heated, the crab will jump out, and placement is also to pay attention to, the crab's stomach up, so that the crab yolk heat balanced, and can maximize the stay inside the shell.

Steaming crabs can not be steamed with hot water, must be cold water on the pot steam. Steaming crab with cold water, the domestic temperature slowly rise, the crab will not feel very hot at once, will not be caused by excessive struggle and lead to the crab yolk outflow or break the legs, and with cold water steaming crab, you can maintain the moisture of the crab, to lock the freshness of the crab, steaming out of the crab is also more delicious and tasty!

Notes on eating crabs:

1, before eating crabs can be put into the crab in lightly salted water, so that it spits out the sewage and impurities, and scrub clean before cooking.

2, do not eat leftover crab, crab meat is easy to corruption and deterioration, it is best to eat that is steamed.

3, dead crabs can not be, even if cooked, but also unfavorable to health, river crabs dead stiffness and autolysis period is greatly shortened, the bacteria in the crab body will rapidly multiply and spread to the crab meat, so that the eater vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea.