Steaming crabs takes about 15 minutes to 20 minutes.

Generally more than 4 two crabs can be steamed in about 15 minutes to steam, the days of cold water is difficult to open the need to wait for the water to boil and then continue to steam for 12 minutes can be steamed; 3 to 4 two crabs can be steamed in about 12 minutes to steam, the days of cold water is difficult to open the need to wait for the water to boil and then continue to steam for 10 minutes can be steamed; 3 two crabs below can be steamed for 10 minutes to steam, the days of cold water is difficult to open the need to wait for the water to boil and continue to steam for 8 minutes can be steamed;

steaming crabs should be 15 to 20 minutes. If the water is cold and difficult to open, then you need to wait for the water to boil and continue to steam for 8 minutes to steam.

Generally every additional one or two, the time needs to be extended by two minutes. If you are not sure whether the hairy crabs are steamed or not, you can break the back cover of the hairy crabs, and if you see that the crab meat inside the cover is solidified, then it means that it has been steamed and boiled through. This time the meat is just right, will not be undercooked or too old, steamed hairy crabs are the most common fall a delicious.

Shopping for crab tips

When choosing a crab, you can look at the color of the crab's abdomen, according to the color of the crab's abdomen can be distinguished from the old crab or the small crab, if the color of the abdomen is a little bit more yellow, this is the old crab.

If the color of the abdomen is particularly white, it means that this is a small crab, if the meat is good or bad, or the old crab meat is better, its meat is very delicious, eat up the texture is more tendon, chewy, so that when you buy crab or to buy the old crab to eat better.

When you buy crabs, you can also pinch the part of the crab calf, if the calf is pinched up hard, it means that the crab is fuller, if you pinch it up softer, you can pinch it, it means that the crab is caught up for a period of time, and it has been very thin.