When steaming river crabs, you can open the pot cover when the time is approaching to see that the color of the whole body of the river crabs turns red, which proves that the steaming is done, and the time can be appropriately extended without discoloration. Usually 10 minutes will do. When steaming the crab, just sprinkle the edible salt evenly on it. Don't put monosodium glutamate in the steamed crab, or the taste will get worse.

Matters needing attention when eating river crabs:

1. Crabs are dead and can't be eaten.

The fresh crab shell is bluish-black, full of color, and its abdomen is Bai Jie. The shell of the dying river crab is yellow and its feet are soft. Eriocheir sinensis after death is inedible. Because after the death of the crab, a large number of bacteria will multiply rapidly in the crab meat, and it is easy for the human body to have diarrhea.

2. River crabs can't eat raw.

People should not eat uncooked raw river crabs when eating them. Because river crabs feed on animal carcasses all the year round, there are a lot of parasites in their bodies, and the surface and interior of crabs will be filled with all kinds of sludge and organic bacteria.

3. What part of the crab is inedible?

There are often many germs and toxic sundries in the stomach of crab, which is a triangular bone packet in the crab cover. Crab intestines and crab gills are inedible and should be discarded.

4. What food should the crab eat with?

Eriocheir sinensis is a high-protein food, so don't eat it with food containing tannic acid. Because tannic acid and protein are easy to agglomerate in the human body, which affects indigestion and may seriously cause stones. Such as tea, persimmons, etc.