Steaming hairy crabs in general in about 15-20 minutes. Hairy crabs are prone to parasites, high-temperature steaming plays a role in killing insects, 15 minutes is enough to eliminate all the parasites, and this time the meat is just good, will not be undercooked or too old.
Practice: first choose a medium-sized hairy crab, and strong vitality, this crab meat, the price is moderate, not very expensive. Then clean it, prepare a basin of cold water, add a small amount of white wine, hairy crabs will be put in about 10 minutes, both can be disinfected and sterilized, but also can make the hairy crabs to highlight the dirt.
Then just use a soft-bristled toothbrush to brush all parts of its body, and put it in the water, roughly 2 times to clean, it's almost done. Because the hairy crab is a lake crab or river crab, there will always be some earthy flavor, so the ingredients used for steaming need to be matched, as well as the preparation of dipping sauce.
We need to prepare ginger, put inside the steamer, you can sprinkle some white wine on the top of the hairy crab, the flavor may be better, generally also need to use the rope to the hairy crab tied up. Prevent the hairy crab in the steaming time, the crab yolk out of their own.
Steaming crab points
Points 1, hairy crabs should be turned over to steam
In order to make hairy crabs within the crab yolk to reduce from the crab feet between the cracks and waste, hairy crabs should be placed to belly up to place, so as to make hairy crabs steamed, crab yolk paste yellow can be fully retained in the crab shell.
Points 2, put a piece of ginger in the hairy crab on the steam
In the steamed hairy crab, we also need to add more ginger, directly placed on the belly of the hairy crab together with the steam can be.
Essentials 3, boiling water on the pot, high-fire steaming
Steaming hairy crabs and steaming fish, need to boil water on the pot, high-fire steaming, in order to steam the meat and eat in a short time, hairy crabs in a short period of time quickly steamed, so that the fresh taste and crab juice can be retained, the essence of the essence is not lost.
At the same time tied hair rope or rice rope must not be detached, these ropes are mainly used to fix the legs and feet of hairy crabs, if removed, steaming hairy crabs will feel the threat of high temperatures, and the hands and feet, prompting the occurrence of broken legs.