The time for steaming hairy crabs is related to the size of the hairy crabs. For example, crabs with a weight of less than 3 can be steamed for 10 minutes after boiling, crabs with a weight of 4 can be steamed for 12 minutes after boiling, and crabs with a weight of more than 4 need about 15 minutes. Generally, the time needs to be extended by two minutes for each weight of one or two. If you are not sure whether the hairy crabs are steamed, you can break the back cover of the hairy crabs. If you see that the crab meat in the cover is solidified, it means that it has been steamed and cooked thoroughly.

Because hairy crabs live in water, they are easy to be parasitized by parasites, and parasites are not resistant to high temperature. According to the size of hairy crabs, steaming at high temperature 10-20 minutes is enough to kill all parasites, and the meat quality is just right at this time, and it will not be immature or too old.

Skills of steaming hairy crabs

1, tie the hairy crabs. Tie up the hairy crabs so that we can fully clean them before steaming, and also ensure that they will not move when steaming, so as to prevent the hairy crabs from breaking free and causing the crab legs to fall off, which can better maintain its integrity.

2. When steaming, the bottom of hairy crabs is placed upward. Because the crab roe is in the belly of the crab, if it is not placed in reverse, the crab roe of the hairy crab will easily flow out before solidification during cooking, causing waste, so it needs to be placed in reverse.

3. Steam crabs with cold water instead of boiling water. If you steam crabs directly with boiling water, although they are cooked quickly, the effect of removing fishy smell is very poor, and the steamed crabs are old, fishy and not delicious. The correct way is to steam with cold water. The cold water begins to steam, the crabs are evenly heated, and they are cooked from the inside out, which can better remove the fishy smell, and the crab meat is more tender.