The steamed crab should be about 30 minutes.
Generally speaking, all the normal head of hairy crabs only need to be steamed for thirty minutes, boil the water to take possession of ten minutes, after the water boiled also need to be steamed for fifteen minutes to twenty minutes. But there are exceptions, if the hairy crab is very big words, then need to steam a little longer, but it is recommended to control as much as possible in an hour, in order to prevent the steam time is too long and give the taste of the impact.
The hairy crab is growing and developing in the water, its body will appear a lot of gravel, and its human body surface will be stained with soil, if you don't clean up and then steam, after steaming to take very easy to eat gravel, not too environmentally friendly, affecting the feeling of taking. Therefore, it is recommended to clean the crab before steaming.
Pick the attention of the crab
1, the best in the fall to pick, because the autumn is the most vigorous growth of the crab season, this season produced the most delicious crab meat.
2. It's best to choose female crabs because they have more yellow, while male crabs have less yellow.
3, it is best to choose the crab with strong vitality, you can try to turn the crab over, can quickly turn back, indicating strong vitality is relatively fresh.
4, it is best to choose the heavier weight of the crab, because the same size of the crab, weighing the weight, the heavier means more meat more fat, worth buying.
5, pay attention to the appearance of the crab, crab shell to green, crab belly to white can not be black, in addition to the crab tail high up, navel protruding, pinch with your hand is fuller, usually fat fat full of cream, if the navel concave, it is not enough to fat and tender.
6, pay attention to the crab's vitality, turn the crab over, can quickly turn back, indicating that the vitality of strong relatively fresh. You can also touch the eyes of the crab with your hand, and if the eyes are flexible, or if the mouth spits out bubbles, the crab is relatively fresh.
7, pay attention to the weight of the crab, the same size of the crab, weighing the weight, the heavier the meat more fat, worth buying.