1, bread crabs thaw naturally, do not soak in water when thawing, it is best to put in the freezer to thaw overnight, the meat is the most delicious.

2, cold water, belly up into the steamer, steamed, cooked frozen, medium heat 5-8 minutes or so. Put a little wine and ginger in the water to solve the fishy flavor.

3, steamed crab at the same time the sauce, the ingredients list (except vinegar) of all the materials into the pot, small fire to brown sugar melting out of a dish. You can also use white sugar, feel the brown sugar is warmer. Chen vinegar in a separate dish.

4. After steaming the crab, let it cool a bit, and press down on the crab's mouth to force it downward, so that it can be easily detached from the back shell.

5. See a lot of crab yolk. Remove the crab yolk from the back shell first.

6. Remove the crab mouth, sand bags, crab heart and striped gills.

7: Use a bone chopper to cut lengthwise. The shell is thick and requires force.

8. With the crab pincers flat, use the back of the knife to tap the crab horizontally a few times to remove the crab meat intact. For thinner crab legs, use scissors to cut off the joints at both ends, and chopsticks to make a pass.

Cooking tips:

1, because the shell is relatively hard, chopping crab lumps is more laborious, so direct steaming. In fact, with PI County bean paste spicy fried, or boiled curry crab is also delicious.

2, dipping sauce vinegar with vinegar rice vinegar can be, do not use can, according to personal preference.

3, so you can eat the silk of the crab meat are eaten, will not be wasted.

4, the bread crab is the crab yolk super ah, once two people can not finish, more crab yolk can be fried rice or do sushi to eat.

Expanded information:

I, bread crabs Introduction:

Bread crabs, more arthropods, crustaceans, decapods, Zodiac crabs, or bun crabs The species of the genus Zodiacus or Bread Crab. Bread crab cephalothoracic armor is light brown; eye area with half of the ring of russet mottled; chelicerae carpal nodes and long nodes with a russet spot on the outside of the face; the tip of the foot is brown. Male cephalothorax is 62 mm long and 83 mm wide; female cephalothorax is 70.0 mm long and 93.0 mm wide.

Bread crabs are mainly found geographically in the Pacific Ocean, but can also be found in Hong Kong waters.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia of Bread Crabs

Bread crabs have been found in Hong Kong waters.