Are there hairy crabs in April?
Every year, the time of listing Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs is uncertain, and the specific time should be determined according to the growth situation of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs (such as individual size and fatness) and then through Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Industry Association.
But generally speaking, if you want to eat authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs (such as Su Xiege hairy crabs), the lake will open in mid-September at the latest according to the listing rules every year, and there will be hairy crabs at the end of1February and early January.
Other times1-September is the time to raise crabs, even if there are no mature crabs (commonly known as "June Yellow"), hairy crabs will not be available until June. Therefore, if it is authentic Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, it should not be listed in March-April, and crabs in other lakes may be in stock, that is, crabs that the original crab farmers can't sell out or keep for years before selling. It's not crab season, and the taste may be a little worse.
The practice of hairy crabs
Spicy meat crab
Ingredients: (two people) 500g fresh crab, chopped pepper10g, chili oil15g, coriander 5g, three or four small red peppers, salt10g, ginger 5g, sugar 5g and cooking wine/kloc-0.
Practice:
1, first wash the meat crab with a brush, remove the feet and pincers of the meat crab, and break the crab shell. Note that it is broken from the end without pincers to the end with tongs. After breaking, clean the dirty place in the cavity, then cut the crab body into two knives and four pieces with a knife, and beat the crab pliers, and put them all in the plate.
2. Cut the small pepper into small pieces, cut it into sections, wash the ginger and cut it into pieces, then sprinkle it with cooking wine and salt in a meat crab dish, put it in a steamer for 8 minutes, and turn off the heat.
3, another wok, put Chili oil, and crush the pepper at the same time.
Chili crab
Ingredients: 600g crab, 2 green peppers and 2 red peppers, 3 finger peppers, ginger 1 spoon, garlic 1 teaspoon.
Seasoning: sauce green and fish sauce each 1 teaspoon, half teaspoon of salt, a little sesame oil and pepper each, half a cup of water, half a teaspoon of soy sauce and corn flour, and 2 tablespoons of water.
Practice:
1, wash the crab, cut it into 4 to 6 pieces, and keep the crab cover intact. Dice green and red peppers.
2. Heat the oil to a large boil, pour a little corn powder on the crab pieces, put down the soaked oil, and take out the drained oil.
3. Add 2 tablespoons of oil to saute ginger, garlic, bell pepper and green and red pepper. Return the crab to the wok, add seasoning and bring to a boil. Bury the sauce and serve.
Selection skill
1, fullness (pinch method): Hairy crabs are different from other crabs in the fullness of meat. You can pinch the calf of hairy crabs to feel whether the meat is full or not. If it is not full, it feels hollow when pinched.
2, green back (burning method): the back of hairy crabs is crab shell green, green and shiny, refreshing, and red after cooking. The crab soil in other lake areas is heavy in color, and it is gray and red after cooking.
3. White belly (brushing method): The belly of hairy crabs is white and shiny, but it is not pure white. Because of water stains in the lake, it should be slightly yellow, which is different from the gray belly of crabs in other lake areas. If the shell is lightly brushed with a brush, it can be brushed with a slight water stain attached to the shell.
4, golden claws (can be put on smooth glass or floor tiles for testing): the claws of hairy crabs are as golden as tobacco, and the two claws and eight claws are strong and powerful; It can be propped up and crawled freely on a smooth glass plate or floor tile. The crab claws in other lake areas are thin and weak, and there is no obvious golden color on the claw tips.
5, yellow hair (the method of squeezing the fur can be used): the fluff on the crab claws is dense and soft, and the hair color is refreshing and yellow. The crab hair in other lake areas has a strong earthy color and is unclean. This method needs to pay special attention to safety, and it is easy to be pinched by fingers.