01 When steaming pike crabs, depending on the size of the crabs, it is appropriate to steam them for 10-15 minutes after the water has boiled, which is safe for consumption. Crabs like to eat dead fish, dead shrimp and other corrupted carcasses in the water, so the body is easily infected with a certain amount of bacteria, live crabs will be discharged through the metabolism of the bacteria out of the body, and the death of the crabs, the body of the bacteria will be a large number of reproduction, the production of toxins.

When steaming crabs, the pot boiled, generally 3 two within the pike to continue to steam for about 10 minutes, 3-4 two steamed for about 12 minutes, 4 more than two of the best 15 minutes or so, the steam time can not be too short or too long, time is too short, the crab is not cooked, not tight enough, too long, the meat will be old, the taste is on the firewood.

Pike crabs should be cleaned, you can choose a toothbrush, while rinsing with water to clean, especially the joint parts of the pike crab. In the steamed pike crab, be sure to place the pike crab belly up on the steam drawer, so that the crab yolk will not flow out; steamed pike crab must be cold water on the pot, high heat and other water boiling steam about 15 minutes can be, pay attention to the middle of the pot do not open the lid.

The crab washed clean and put in the cage drawer steamed, be sure to shell down, stomach up, this is to not let the soup inside the loss, to maintain freshness, the lid down steaming out of the water will be preserved in the lid, rather than the loss of nutrients. Then sprinkle the refined salt evenly on the crab, do not put MSG, cover the lid with a strong fire after steaming, after the water boiled to see the crab red around the body, with a medium fire and then cook for 10 minutes can be, small crabs cook for 8 minutes.