It doesn't matter if the water is hot or cold, the key is to have the water boiling before putting it into the pot for steaming.

When steaming crabs, put into the pot of water can be either cold water or hot water, but put the crab time to grasp, be sure to put in after the water boils, because the boiling water steaming crab, can let the crab quickly die, to ensure that the meat matures quickly, so that the crab meat texture eat up tender and firm, and steaming crab due to the death of the time is fast, the struggle is shorter, so the resulting fishy taste is also The phenomenon of crab yolk and crab paste outflow is not easy to happen.