Is June yellow a river crab or a sea crab?
The so-called "June Yellow" refers to the "boy crab" with incomplete gonad development. Every year in June of the lunar calendar, that is, around July of the Gregorian calendar, it can be bought in the market. These "little crabs" that have been shelled many times generally weigh around 22, and have the characteristics of crisp shell, soft shell, full taste and plump meat. June yellow mainly eats male crabs, which are famous for their thin shells, tender meat and yellow meat.
"June Yellow" has not finished molting. Its shell color is different from that of mature hairy crabs, so it can't be measured by the standard of adult hairy crabs with "green back and white belly". Touch the crab claws of "June Yellow" with your hands. It feels soft. Crabs are not as manic as after the autumn wind. In the face of external pressure, it just dances the tongs wrongly without resistance. This is a major feature of "June Yellow".
Characteristics of June Yellow June Yellow is the last molting of hairy crabs before they enter maturity, and it is also the intermediate stage of hairy crabs from "green" to "mature". Compared with hairy crabs listed in autumn, "June Yellow" is tender and tender. Because the hairy crabs are not mature and the gonads are not fully developed, they are yellow, fresh and delicious. With good teeth, you can bite off the shell and the meat inside. The unique fresh taste makes people want to stop. Among them, the male crab is the best.
Huang Jun hasn't finished molting yet, so we can't follow the standard of "green back and white belly" for adult gypsum crabs. Touch the crab claws of "June Yellow" with your hands, and you will feel soft, not as crazy as after the autumn wind. In the face of external pressure, you just fake the vise without resistance, which is also one of its characteristics.
How to prepare June yellow? Ingredients: June yellow hairy crab, 1 egg, 2 slices of ginger and 1 onion.
Seasoning: oil, salt, 1/2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/3 tbsp cooking wine, 25g flour.
Exercise:
1. Wash the royal jelly, take out the crab navel, and cut it in half from the middle with a knife.
2. Peel and slice the ginger, wash the onion, cut the onion into sections, cut the onion into shreds and soak it in water for later use.
3. Soak the cut crab in flour, and seal the crab meat and crab roe in the crab shell with dry flour.
4. Heat the oil in the hot pot with medium fire, clamp the crab with chopsticks, and fry the diced pieces stained with flour in the oil;
5. Fry the cut crab meat until golden brown, take it out, and fry all the crab meat pieces until golden brown in turn.
6. Mix flour and water according to the ratio of 1:2, add eggs, stir into egg paste, and add appropriate amount of salt to taste;
Stir-fry onion and crab for 7 minutes, add 1/2 tbsp to medium heat, stir-fry onion and crab, stir-fry over medium heat.
8. Add 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce and half a bowl of water, stir well, cover, simmer for 2 minutes, pour in egg whites and mix well.
9. Wrap the batter evenly on the crab. If there is no extra soup in the pot, you can put it on a plate and sprinkle it with chopped green onion.
Tip:
1. Coat a layer of powder on crab meat to prevent crab roe from losing; After the crab pieces are cut into pieces and sealed with hot oil seal, all the crab pieces can be put back into the pot and fried until golden brown, or they can be directly put into the pot for stir-frying.
2. June yellow is a male crab, that is, a male crab. The sex of hairy crabs can be determined by crab umbilicus. The male crab with navel tip has crab mud and sweet meat. The navel of the female crab is round, crab yellow, fuller and sweeter.
If you want to choose fleshy June yellow, weigh it first. It is better to feel heavy; Then gently press Jun Huang's abdomen to make it feel hard.