Live crabs usually need to be steamed for about 20 minutes to half an hour. There are many kinds of crabs, big and small, so the time for steaming crabs will be different. Smaller crabs will take a shorter time to steam. When the crab is big, the steaming time will naturally be longer. The time for steaming crabs should be just right. Time is short, crabs are not ripe, and after a long time, crab meat is not delicious. When the shell of a crab changes from dark green to red, then the crab is mature.

Second, how to steam crabs is delicious.

1. The bought crabs can be soaked in clear water for a period of time, so that the crabs can spit out the sediment. After the crabs are steamed, the taste will be good and the taste will be more delicious. In the process of soaking crabs, you can add a proper amount of edible salt to the water and spit out a lot of dirty things.

2. crabs must be cleaned before steaming. You can brush the crab all over with a brush, which will make it healthier to eat.

3. Steamed crabs should be steamed backwards. Putting the crab belly up can make the crab mature faster. In addition, steamed crabs are not easy to make crab claws fall off, and the integrity will be better.

4. Crabs are cold and have a certain fishy smell, so when steaming crabs, you can use shredded ginger and garlic as the bottom, and then steam crabs on ginger, so that the steamed crabs taste very good, but also reduce the fishy smell and taste particularly fresh.

5. In the process of steaming crabs, you can also steam them in bundles, so that the steamed crabs will have better integrity and full sales.