The best way to steam eel is to put hot water on the pot, because the boiled water vapor meets eel meat, which can quickly solidify the external structure, lock the protein and fresh juice in the eel, shorten the time of steaming eel, and make eel meat more delicious and juicy, and taste better.
When steaming eel, many people will add cold water to the steamer and then steam eel in the steamer, which will not only affect the delicacy of eel meat, but also cause nutrient loss. Because with the gradual increase of the water temperature in the steamer, the nutrients in eel meat will be lost to the steamed juice. It not only indirectly prolongs the steaming time of eel, but also makes eel meat get old and taste worse.