There are many ways to eat crabs, generally crabs are steamed, that flavor is the most delicious, many people do not know whether the crab is alive and steamed or dead and then steamed, the following to see.

No need. Before cooking do not need to first get dead, first get dead crabs to do out of the flavor is not fresh, should first wash the crab with water, and then add water to the pot, the cleaned crab into the pot, with a small fire slowly heated to the death of the crab, do not have to open the pot to see the pot, no crab movement in the pot shows that in order to be dead. Switch to high heat to boil the water in the pot on the steam, on the steam fifteen minutes to cook. This cooks out the crab color red, taste delicious, Pinxiang good, can ensure that the crab nutrients are not lost, to do color and taste and nutrition all.

The crab does not kill can not steam

Can steam Oh, the crab live dead can steam, the main thing is fresh. Aquatic products due to high water content, nutrient-rich, and therefore particularly susceptible to corruption and deterioration. Steaming things out of the original flavor and especially obvious, so it must be fresh, so often with live, dead should generally be used within half an hour.

How long does it take to steam a crab

The time to steam a crab depends on the method of steaming and the size of the crab?

Cold water steaming crabs: cold water steaming crabs in not yet fired when the crabs into the steamer, with the steam slowly rise, the temperature slowly increase, and eventually make the crabs steamed, this process is relatively slow, but the maturity is more uniform, usually takes about 20 minutes.

Boiling water steaming crab: boiling water steaming crab is in the water after the steamer has a very high temperature after the heat will be put on the crab, can be in a very short period of time to the crab steamed, this method is generally to take into account the size of the crab, the general 3 ~ 4 two crabs can steam 12 minutes, and in the more than 4 two crabs need to be steamed for more than 15 minutes