When are sea crabs yellow?
Every June, sea crabs will gradually turn yellow, and in autumn, sea crabs will gradually mature. At this time, the digestive gland and ovary of the female crab will grow into crab yellow, and in spring, the crab yellow will become a crab.
So every autumn, the sea crabs turn yellow. In late autumn, when sea crabs grow mature and fat, you can see that there are many yellow sticky things in them, that is, raw crab yellow. When we cook sea crabs, the crab yellow turns red. The deeper the red color, the more mature the crab is.
Some people will wonder why the crab opens the lid instead of crab yellow, but something white and sticky. That's because the opened crab is a male crab, but there is no crab yellow in the male crab, and some are crab paste. Those white and sticky things are crab paste, also called crab oil. Crab paste will become translucent when cooked.
Crab yolk and crab paste are the essence of sea crabs. September of the lunar calendar every year is the most full moment of crab roe, and it is also a good time to eat crab roe. In October of the lunar calendar, the crab paste of the male crab grows thickest, so there is a saying of "nine females and ten males".
How to see if the sea crab is full of yellow;
1, weighing
Good sea crabs are of course heavier. Under the same size, the heavy one only means more meat and more yellow (cream).
Step 2 distinguish vitality
Vibrant sea crabs are fresh and healthy. But now many sea crabs on the market are sold in bundles. At this time, we just need to gently touch the crab's eyes (energetic sea crabs will quickly dodge the protruding eyes).
3. Look at this color
There are two steps: first, the crab shell should be green, and the crab belly should be white, not black; Second, the crab tail should be red or yellow, and it should be tilted high (the crab shell part should be separated from the root of the crab navel and feel full), which proves that the crab yellow (paste) is full.
Step 4 pinch hard and soften
Pinch the crab's legs with your hands. If it feels soft, it means that the sea crab is empty, there is no meat, and crab paste and crab roe are not enough to eat. And if the crab legs are hard, it means that this is a "robust" sea crab. Combining the above three points, you can definitely pick a good sea crab with full yellow paste!
You know, crab roe is the essence of sea crabs. If you want to eat fat sea crabs, you must know when the sea crabs are yellow! When are sea crabs yellow? How to see if the sea crab is full of yellow?
How to eat the yellow color of sea crabs;
The yellow color of sea crabs can be eaten with crab meat, or it can be taken out to make it delicious. Crab yellow lion head is one of them. Crab yellow can be fried and burned, and can also be used to make brine and stuffing. Here, let's talk about the method of crab roe lion head and see how to make crab roe delicious.
Ingredients: pork belly, crab roe, water chestnut, rape moss, pork chop.
Ingredients: salt, monosodium glutamate, onion, ginger, cooking wine, egg white, pepper, corn starch.
Practice: 1, pork belly cut into pea-sized dices and chopped with a knife; Peeling water chestnut and mashing; Wash the cabbage; Crab yellow is ready.
2. Add seasoning and egg white into minced meat and stir, then add a little starch, Jiang Mo and water chestnut and mix well; Mix crab roe with seasoning.
3, casserole (or small pot) on fire, add ribs, onions, ginger, add water to boil, beat off the foam.
4. Make the prepared meat into four lion heads, add crab roe, put it in a pot, simmer for 2 hours, and take out the ribs.
5. After the meat is soft and tasty, put it into Chinese cabbage, cook it and eat it in the original casserole.