Crab needs to be steamed for 15-25 minutes.

Generally after the steamer boils, the pike crabs below 3 taels should continue to steam for about 10 minutes, 3-4 taels continue to steam for about 12 minutes, and more than 4 taels continue to steam for about 15 minutes, and usually the weight is increased by every 1 taels, and the steaming time is increased by about 2 minutes. Steamed crab should be simmered for 2 minutes after opening the pot to plate, so that the crab meat is more fresh and tasty, and then should be personal taste in a small bowl poured into the right amount of soy sauce, vinegar, crab meat can be dipped.

Because of the environment in which the crab lives, the crab itself will come with a lot of sediment, which needs to be cleaned until the water is clear. Live crabs will lose their legs in the process of steaming because of struggling, so you can tie up the crabs with a thick rope before steaming to ensure the integrity of the crabs after steaming.

Tips for buying crabs

1, see the color

The dark green shells are generally thick and solid, and the yellow ones are mostly thin. The crab will be placed in the sunlight or light backlight observation, the edge of the crab cover impervious to light indicates that the crab is full of fat, if the translucent slit is visible, the crab is relatively empty.

2. Look at the belly button

The belly button that is convex is generally fat and full of fat, and the one that is concave is not full of fat. The more black the belly button is, the fatter the crab is, gently open the belly button, vaguely visible yellow is good. For river crabs, there is "September (lunar calendar) to eat male, October to eat female," said the navel round is female crabs, navel pointed male crabs.

3, weighing

The crab will be held in the hand weighing, feel the heavy for the fat and strong good crab, feel the lightness of more than dried meat less inferior crab. The crab will be turned belly up, can quickly turn back with the crab feet, healthy and fresh.