Crab cold water pot or hot water pot can, like to eat tender crab meat, want to crab legs do not fall on the cold water pot, like to eat crab yolk and crab paste with hot water, according to personal preference to choose. Cold water pot crab meat will be more tender, but the crab yolk will be easy to lose, hot water pot can be as soon as possible to solidify the crab yolk, to avoid the loss of crab yolk.

Cold water in the pot:

In the process of heating water, will produce a lot of steam, the fishy flavor of the crab will be fully evaporated, but at this time the crab in the steamer struggling, the crab yolk is not easy to cohesion, and the crab legs are also easy to fall. Steaming with cold water will lock the freshness of the crab, and the crab meat will be more tender, but the crab yolk is less, suitable for people who like to eat crab meat.

Hot water in the pot:

Steaming crabs with hot water can shorten the time of struggle, so as not to break the legs of the crab in the process of struggle, and as soon as possible to cohesion of the crab yolk, to avoid the loss of the yolk, hot water steaming out of the crab yolk taste dry and crispy, more suitable for the people who love to eat the crab yolk or crab paste.

Extended information:

Common seawater crabs include pike crabs, snow crabs, and green crabs, of which snow crabs basically die away from the water after being captured, and pike crabs can be farmed in captivity. Pike crabs, snow crabs intake of food quality and growth environment is relatively good, after death can be eaten, picking to choose fresh: back shell is greenish-black, with luster, umbilical cord full, belly white freshness is higher.

The green crab lives in shallow coastal waters and estuarine mud and sandy bottoms and is carnivorous, sometimes feeding on decaying small animals. Once dead, green crab gastrointestinal tract may have toxins and spread to the muscle, so dead green crab should not be eaten. It is best to put green crabs in clean, lightly salted water for temporary purification after purchase to help clean the crab's digestive organs.