River crabs with ordinary pot to steam crabs then only need to steam about fifteen to twenty minutes.

When steaming crabs, it is best to steam them in cold water, so that the steamed crabs will be tender and have no fishy flavor, while if you steam them in hot water, they will be fishy and hard. Generally speaking, if you use a normal pot to steam crabs, you only need to steam for about fifteen to twenty minutes, while using a pressure cooker to steam is a little faster, only need about eight minutes.

In addition to this, when steaming crabs, you should also decide how long to steam according to the size of the crab. For example, take three taels of crabs as an example, steam a three taels of crabs need about twelve minutes, while three taels of crabs can be steamed for about ten minutes. For crabs above three taels, add one or two and steam for about two minutes more.

River crab selection skills

1, look at the reaction

Selection of crabs in the process, you can use one hand to take out the crab, the other hand to touch the crab's eyes, if the eyes close quickly, also indicates that the crab is fresh, or take out the crab, back down to the road, the crab can quickly rotate the right bank, indicating that the fresher. It shows that the crab is relatively fresh.

2, look at the male and female

The best season to eat crabs is in September and October every year, in which the crab paste of the female crabs in September is more, delicious, and the crab paste of the male crabs in October is more fat and tender, so when you buy crabs in September, you can choose the female crabs with a round navel, and when you buy crabs in October, you have to choose the male crabs with a triangular navel.

3, look at the back

Buying crabs, first observe the back color, back for the green crab is more fat, then use your hand to gently press the back of the crab and the abdominal cavity, the back is more hard, abdominal cavity round bulging, but also said that the crab meat thick, if the back Ying Yun, abdominal cavity dry and shriveled, but also said that the crab meat less.