The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, we all gather together, cook a table of dishes and have a lively meal. Crabs are the most indispensable thing during this period. Autumn in September is the season when hairy crabs mature. At this time, the females of hairy crabs are the most plump, their shells are convex and yellow, and their meat is tender. In October, the male crab paste is thick and greasy, and the meat is rich and delicious, which is the best time to eat hairy crabs. Therefore, folk crab eating has the saying of "nine females and ten males". We live on the bank of Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou, and the happiest thing is that we can eat authentic hairy crabs, and the price is not expensive. We specially select those crabs that are slightly flawed, some of which are missing a leg and some are missing a crab clamp, but they are also strong and plump, but the price is much cheaper. My family eats them every once in a while, which is much cheaper than eating meat.
Crabs are rich in nutrition and delicious, which is a favorite of many diners. There are many ways to do crabs. I have also shared the methods of dragging crabs with noodles, steaming crabs with soy sauce, etc. The simplest and most direct way is to cook crabs. However, the crabs cooked by some people either lost their legs or the crab yolk flowed out. This seemingly simple cooking crab actually has some tips. Once, a netizen of mine in Gansu didn't know how to eat crabs, so she called me to ask me how to cook them. I taught her how to cook them step by step, but she still lost her legs, and I was speechless. So, how to cook crabs? Let me share with you the operation method of cooking crabs.
dish name boiled crab
main ingredients: 3 crabs.
seasoning: 2 tablespoons of salt, 2 shallots, 3 slices of ginger and 5 tablespoons of yellow wine.
operation time: about 15 minutes.
operation steps
the first step is to buy crabs. before sharing boiled crabs, let's talk about the selection method of crabs. The hairy crabs here are usually tied up and sold in boxes, with several grades and different prices. And crabs of the same size with missing legs and pliers will be taken to the market to buy, and the price is very cheap. We should choose crabs that are flexible, climb on the top, and are relatively heavy in the same size. The heavier they are, the stronger they will be. We should also look at the bright, shiny and dark green shells of crabs. The navel of crabs is clean and clean, protruding, and generally full of fat and cream. Squeezing the legs of crabs is very hard, so that crabs can ensure that you are all fat. It's September, so we should choose female crabs with round navel and smaller crab claws, and in October we should choose male crabs with triangular navel and larger crab claws.
2 before you cook crabs, you must put clear water in them, and keep them for a while, not too much water and not too long, so that they can excrete the food in their stomachs. Don't cook them directly in the pot. Don't omit this step. Only when the crabs with empty food are cooked will they be more delicious.
3 Wash crabs, then drain the water for raising crabs, and brush them with a toothbrush. There is a lot of sewage in the crab claws of special male crabs. Put them under the tap, brush them while washing, and then put them into the pot.
4 Boil crabs, put cold water in the pot, add 2 tablespoons of salt, 2 shallots, 3 slices of ginger and 5 tablespoons of yellow wine, and let the crabs soak for a while. After soaking in yellow wine for a while, the crabs are a little drunk and don't move much, but they are still alive. After cooking, they will not fall off and have no fishy smell. This is one of the tips. Some people want to kill crabs before cooking them. We never eat them like this. Crabs taste bad when they die.
5 Take out the pot, and then turn on a small fire to let the water temperature rise slowly. This is also a skill that crabs do not fall off their legs and crab roe does not flow out. Crabs boiled by fire are easy to flow out. Others put crabs into the water after boiling, so that the crabs will be boiled at high temperature at once, and none of their legs will be left, so remember to cook crabs in cold water. Let's boil it with medium and small fire, then simmer for another minute, then turn off the fire and simmer for a while before taking it out, so as to ensure that your crab legs don't fall off, crab roe doesn't flow out, and the meat is tender and more delicious.
Let's sum up again: 1. Choose flexible and strong female crabs. Keep the crab and let the food in its stomach be excreted. 3 Clean and soak in yellow wine water for a while. 4 cold water on the pot, simmer in medium and small fire.
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-"Tips"-
1 Crabs are cold food, and pregnant women, children and people with colds, fever, stomachaches and diarrhea should not eat them.
2 if you don't eat dead crabs, there will be a lot of bacteria after they die, and eating dead crabs will cause physical discomfort.
3 when washing crabs, be careful to hold the crab shell so as not to be bitten. The time to cook crabs should also be determined according to the amount.
How to make crabs taste better, and what other delicious methods are available. Please comment and leave a message to share with Ai Xi. Cooking skills are limited. Please give me your advice.