1 Steaming crabs with cold or hot water

It doesn't matter if the water is hot or cold, the key is to have the water boiling before putting it into the pot for steaming.

When steaming crabs, the water put into the pot can be both cold water and hot water, but put the crab time to grasp, must be the water boiled and then put in, because boiling water steaming crabs, can let the crab quickly die, to ensure that the meat matures quickly, so that the crab meat taste eat up the tender and firm, and steaming time when the crab due to the death of the time is fast, the struggle is shorter, so the resulting fishy taste is also The smell of fishy is also relatively light, and it is not easy to happen the phenomenon of crab yolk and crab paste outflow.

2 How long is the best time to steam crabs

According to the number of crabs and the size of the decision.

The crab shell is hard, in the process of steaming will not open the shell like flower armor, oysters, relatively speaking, it will take a long time, usually after the water into the first high-fire steaming for 5 minutes, and then according to the number of crabs as well as the size of the decision to the next steaming time, such as:

1, 3 two of the following crabs to continue to steam for about 10 minutes;

2, 3 ~ 4 two heavy continue to steam for about 12 minutes;

2, 3 ~ 4 two heavy continue to steam for about 12 minutes;

3, more than 4 taels continue to steam for about 15 minutes.

Usually, the steaming time increases by about 2 minutes for every 1 tael increase in weight, and by 2 minutes for every 3 tael increase in quantity.

3 Steaming crabs and steps

Ingredients: 4 to 6 hairy crabs, half a green onion, a small piece of ginger, 4 tablespoons of white wine, 2 tablespoons of cooking wine, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1/3 tablespoon of sugar, a small dish of vinegar, and 4 to 6 pieces of garlic.

Steps

1, prepare the above materials.

2, rinse the crab, put 4 spoons of white wine, 2 spoons of cooking wine marinade, deodorization, ten minutes can be.

3, marinated slightly rinsed, put into the plate, will cut the green onion section, to cut a smaller section, ginger, cut into thick silk, evenly sprinkled on top.

4, take a small bowl will be 2 spoons of cooking wine, 2 spoons of soy sauce, half a spoon oyster sauce, 1/3 spoon sugar mix, with a spoon evenly poured on the crab.

5, put enough water, after the water boils, put the plate directly into the pot. Steam the smaller crabs for 15 minutes and the larger ones for 20 minutes.

6, mix the dipping sauce, usually just pour some vinegar and cut some garlic and mix well.

7, when the steamed crab out of the pot can enjoy the food.

4 Steamed crab tips 1, white wine to fishy

Steamed crab, if you feel heavy fishy, you can put a little white wine to fishy, or then steam the crab before the crab, clean the crab, put it on the plate, and then put four spoons of white wine, two spoons of wine marinade, so that you can better remove the fishy flavor.

2, steamed before tying or zapping

Steaming crabs if the whole living and breathing into the pot, it is like ants on the hot pot can not be steamed properly, but also because of the steam crab heat struggle, resulting in the loss of crab paste, crab cream and other nutrients to the steam of the water caused by the waste, so steaming beforehand with a needle to destroy its brain, paralyze it, steaming will be able to make the abdomen upward, the yellow paste is not lost.

3, water rather more than less

Steam crab put the amount of water as much as possible, so that you can avoid cooking dry water lead to burn the pot, but also to prevent the middle of the water is not enough to need to open the lid to add again, resulting in the decline of the nutritional taste of steamed crab problem. However, the water should not be over the steaming plate, then it becomes a boiled crab.