20 to 25 minutes. After the crab cold water pot, it needs at least 20 minutes to be able to cook, because cold water pot water from cold water into hot water there is a heating process, this process will be in about 5 minutes, and wait until the water boils, can be regarded as the real steam crab, so with cold water pot steaming crab time than hot water steaming out of the crab time is a little longer.

How long does it take to steam crabs in a pot with cold water

Crabs in a pot with cold water are usually steamed for about 15-20 minutes.

But this time is not absolute, because different people steamed crab

the behavior habits, as well as the size of the crab are different, because

This steamed crab also need to grasp two key points:

Key point one: crab steamed color

Steamed crab, no matter how long it steamed, as long as the cover of the pot to see

Crab did not change color.

Crab did not change color, then it means that the crab is not cooked, but also continue to

steam. Because crabs grow in silt, their bodies often carry

some unclean things, in order to prevent these disease-causing microorganisms from invading the human

body, be sure to steam and cook them thoroughly when consuming crabs.

Key point two: the time to steam after the water boils

Cold water in the pot to steam the crab, sometimes the water put more, then the water boils

The time to be inconsistent, this time we just need to grasp the water boils

After the steaming of the crab time is good.

Generally after the steamer boils, crabs under 3 taels should continue to steam for about 10 minutes

, those weighing 3 to 4 taels should continue to steam for about 12 minutes, and those weighing more than 4 taels

should continue to steam for about 15 minutes. Usually, for every 1 tael of weight gain, the steaming

time increases by about 2 minutes.

Note that the time should not be too long, long time crab meat is old and not delicious.