Steaming crab is cold water in the pot or hot water in the pot, mainly to see whether the crab is fresh or frozen, if it is fresh, it is recommended to use cold water to steam, so that the crab feet are not easy to fall off, steaming out of the crab so that people look more appetizing, but there are a lot of people who like to hot water steaming crab; if it is a frozen crab, then be sure to use cold water to steam, so as to make the crab heated evenly.

Fresh crab meat is more delicious, with hot water or cold water steaming can be, with cold water steaming out of the crab color is clear, beautiful. But with hot water steaming out of the crab can better lock the fresh flavor of the crab. Frozen crabs must be steamed with cold water, so that the water is heated at the same time, but also can be gradually thawed out the crab, so that the crab is heated evenly.

Before steaming the crabs, we have to rinse the crabs with water, put them into a large plate, press them down with a heavier plate, and steam them in cold water. Generally speaking, according to the size of the crab, after the water boiled and then steamed for 8 to 10 minutes is appropriate, this time the crab meat is the most tender, tasty, the meat has been cooked but not too rotten. For larger crabs, you need to increase the time as appropriate, and steam for 10 to 15 minutes after the water boils. This time the meat is tender and more nutritious.