Hairy crabs are all tied with ropes. If the rope is untied during steaming, hairy crabs will struggle and move, which will easily lead to crab legs falling off. Crab yolk and crab paste flow out easily. After steaming, you can eat hairy crabs by untied the rope. The existence of the rope will not affect the nutrition and taste of hairy crabs.

Skills and time of steaming crabs

It should be noted that steamed crabs can't be taken out when cooked, so they need to be stewed in a pot for a while, so that the meat is tender and delicious.

Adult hairy crabs are usually 3~4 Liang. Put them in a pot and blanch them with cold water. After boiling, steam them for 12 minutes. After turning off the fire, stew them for 8 minutes. When Portunus trituberculatus weighs more than 4 Liang, put it in a pot and blanch it with cold water, boil it, steam it for 15 minutes, and simmer it for 10 minutes after turning off the fire. According to the weight, increase or decrease the steaming time appropriately, and steam for 2 minutes if the weight is one or two. Even if the swimming crab weighs more than a kilo, it can't be steamed for more than 20 minutes, otherwise the crab meat will lose water, the taste will get old, the umami will be lost and the ingredients will be wasted.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Steamed Crab.