What is bread crab
"Bread crab" is actually a common name given to them in the market, mainly referring to the "common Zodiac crab" (scientific name) from Britain, France, Ireland and other seas. In China more people like to call it bread crab, as for the reason also need not say more, directly on the picture.
The bread crab has a reddish-brown shell, oval in shape, like a walking bread, with the first step evolving into a pair of strong chelicerae, and the other steps covered with bristles at the tips, and the chelicerae and the other steps are black at the tips. Shell width is usually 15 centimeters, up to 25 centimeters, the juvenile shell is purple-brown, and mixed with white spots, female crabs are generally larger than males, and in the Chinese market are basically female crabs.
Bread crabs are native to the sea
Edible crab, commonly known as Brown crab, is commonly known as bread crab, brown crab, Zodiac crab, golden crab, etc. in China. It is mainly concentrated in the waters around the British Isles in Western Europe, and is an important aquatic product of the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Norway and other countries, so it is also often called "British bread crab" or "Irish golden crab".
Market price
Chinese market bread crabs are mainly live and frozen products, different forms of products with different prices, while the origin of the different prices may also be different, in addition to bread crabs to different parts of the market in different regions of China, the price is also different.
To live fresh, for example, the bread crab 750g / only specifications in North China is generally in the 80 yuan / catty, East China price is about 75 yuan. The import price of bread crabs is mainly affected by the stability of foreign supplies and domestic market demand. International supply is mainly affected by changes in supply quantities from Britain, France and the Netherlands.
How to handle cleaning
Fresh bread crabs
1, first prepare half a basin of water and an old toothbrush.
2, put in the crab to be cleaned, don't worry about the crab running around, it will burrow into the water. Soak it for about ten minutes and it will be cleaned.
3.Grab the crab by its sides and use the toothbrush to clean the back, belly and mouth vigorously.4.Then clean the crab's sides and the roots of the feet and pincers.
5, the most critical step, grab the double pincers (with a toothbrush handle from the bottom up to pick up the joints of the double pincers, with the thumb and index finger of the crab grasping crab along the root of the pincers upward and forcefully grasping the crab pincers. Open the abdominal cover and squeeze out the excrement in the center from the inside out. 6. Clean the crab's abdominal cover of dirt and crab pincers, put the cleaned crab into a pot with half a pot of water, wash all of them and add full of fresh water to soak for about ten minutes before rinsing.
Cooked frozen bread crabs
1, in the pot of boiling hot water, the water boiled after the bread crabs into the steam for about 15 minutes;
2, such as bread crabs cooled, it is the navel pulling out;
3, from the pulling out of the navel of the bread crabs in the opening of the bread crabs to peel the bread crabs of the hard shell;
4, will be bread crabs on both sides of the gills removed, the body of the crab gradually cut open;
5. Crack the crab pincers with the back of the knife.
How to eat
Spicy Fried Bread Crab
Ingredients: Bread Crab, Garlic, Chili Pepper, Sophora Salt
Practice: 1, first, handle the crab, cut into 4-6 pieces.
2, start a frying pan, fry the crab until golden brown, remove and set aside.
3: Fry the garlic bait in a frying pan until golden brown, remove and set aside.
4: Stir fry the chili peppers, then add the crab and garlic bait to the pan and mix well with locust salt.
Tips: Sophora salt is a mixture of five-spice powder and salt; the cooking time should not be too long, otherwise, the meat will be too old and taste bad.
Steamed breaded crab
Materials: breaded crab, ginger, soy sauce, sugar, monosodium glutamate (MSG), soy sauce, yellow wine, sesame oil Practice: 1, the crab processed, mounted on a plate. Pay attention to the belly up, to avoid the crab yolk out.
2, pour oil in the pot, put ginger stir-fried, then add soy sauce, sugar, monosodium glutamate, yellow wine, sesame oil boiled into sauce.
3, the crab with the plate together into the steamer for 15-20 minutes, until the crab shell becomes bright red bright red, it is almost cooked, you can take out on the table.
4. When you eat, you can mix the sauce you made in step 2, which will definitely make you savor the taste!
Tips: How long does it take to steam bread crabsSome people ask why bread crabs can't be steamed, in fact, they can be, but bread crabs are sea crabs, steamed only need to pay attention to the fire, as well as the time of steaming. Steaming bread crabs, steam a 15-20 minutes on the line, do not steam too long to affect the meat and taste.