Crabs can be boiled in cold water or hot water. If you like fresh and tender crab meat or want to keep the crab legs from falling off, use cold water. If you like crab roe and crab paste, boil them in hot water. , should be chosen according to personal preference. Crab meat cooked in cold water will be more tender, but the crab roe will be easily lost. Hot water can solidify the crab roe as quickly as possible to avoid the loss of crab roe.

Place the pot in cold water:

During the heating process of water, a large amount of steam will be generated, and the fishy smell of the crab will be fully evaporated, but at this time the crab is struggling in the steamer and the crab roe is It is not easy to condense, and the crab legs are easy to fall off. Steaming with cold water will lock in the deliciousness of the crab, and the crab meat will be more tender, but there will be less crab roe, which is suitable for people who like to eat crab meat.

Hot water:

Steaming crabs with hot water can shorten the crab's struggling time to prevent the crab legs from breaking during the struggle, and can condense the crab roe as quickly as possible to avoid After losing the crab roe, the crab roe steamed with hot water has a dry and crisp taste, which is more suitable for people who like to eat crab roe or crab paste.

Extended information:

Common seawater crabs include swimming crabs, snow crabs, blue crabs, etc. Among them, snow crabs basically die after being caught out of the water, while swimming crabs can be artificially cultured. Swimming crabs and snow crabs have better food quality and growth environment, and can be eaten after death. When selecting, choose fresh ones: the back shell is blue-black, shiny, the navel is full, and the belly is white, which means the freshness is higher.

Blue crabs live in burrows in shallow coastal waters and in the muddy bottoms of estuaries. They are carnivorous and sometimes eat small, decaying animals. Once dead, blue crabs may have toxins in their gastrointestinal tract and spread into their muscles, so dead blue crabs should not be eaten. After buying blue crabs, it is best to put them in clean light salt water for temporary maintenance and purification, which will help clean the digestive organs of the crabs.