Flower crabs, usually referred to as pike crabs back home, are named for the pattern on their shells than it? Distant house? relatives? king crab, flower crab is usual but affordable, and is a common seafood eaten by beach people. Pike crabs can be seen all year round, but the peak season is in the second half of the year, from August to November, when they are the most flavorful and cheapest!

How to cook flower crab?

When it comes to how to cook and eat flower crabs, there is an abundance of different ways to eat them in the eyes of beachcombers. Here we share 3 more homely and authentic ways to eat it, hope you like it!

Eating method 1: steamed flower crab (original flavor just love it!)

Reason: Steaming seafood is undoubtedly the best and most original flavor, and is the favorite way to eat on the beach, there is no one! The most important thing is simple enough to save time, a steamer can be done without any cooking skills, which is also my earliest from my mom? I learned how to make flower crabs from my mom. learned how to make flower crabs.

Ingredients:

Flower crabs: steam a few if you want to eat a few, ginger slices: moderate, small green onions: moderate, water: moderate.

Dipping materials: balsamic vinegar, shredded ginger: appropriate amount.

Making steps:

1, choose your own? The first step is to choose a few fat flower crabs that you like. A few fat flower crabs, brush and clean.

2, ginger slices cut a 7-8 slices, and then 2 slices of ginger cut into thin julienne, small onion clean.

3, steamer with a few slices of ginger, the flower crab in order to yard on the steamer, lying belly up.

4, flower crab surface and then put a few slices of ginger, a few small onions, cold water on the pot, steam on high heat and then steam for 10-15 minutes can be.

5, steamed crabs during the preparation of dipping crab seasoning: small bowl into the appropriate amount of balsamic vinegar, add cut ginger and mix well.

6, steamed crabs can be eaten, dipped in ginger vinegar juice can go fishy cold, anyway, we are the beach people eat so!

0 failure tips: dry goods see here!

1, whether steaming flower crabs or hairy crabs, should be steamed belly up to prevent the crab yolk or crab paste flow out, so good things if wasted, it would be a pity!

2, crab steaming time may be? The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you're doing. The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you're doing. But if you eat it yourself, it doesn't matter, it's delicious.

3, steamed flower crab natural fresh, this is my most recommended way to eat, no one, like to eat seafood partners must try!

Eating method two: flower crab fried rice cake (sucking finger good flavor, eaten unforgettable!)

Recommended eating method: fresh flower crab in addition to steaming to eat, fried food is also a very good way to eat, and you can try to match with a variety of ingredients, are naturally fresh and beautiful, my favorite is the flower crab fried rice cake eating method, the freshness of the flower crab and the softness of the rice cake fused together, so that the seafood rice cake is too delicious! I recommend all foodies to try it!

Ingredients:

Flower crab: 4 (medium size), rice cake: 200g, ginger: 5 slices, garlic: 5 cloves, green onion: a little, bean paste: 1 spoon, oyster sauce: 1 spoon, cooking wine: moderate, salt: moderate.

Making steps:

1, the pike crab brush clean, shell broken open, remove the navel and crab gills parts. Meat broken into two halves, crab shells do not lose, delicious crab yolk, crab paste are inside yo.

2, ginger slices, garlic slices, green onions cut into sections (green onion white and green onion separate).

3, the pot of hot oil hot, into the ginger, garlic, scallion white burst incense.

4, add 1 tablespoon of bean sauce, a spoon oyster sauce, stir fry, add flower crab, stir fry evenly.

5, add cooking wine, moderate amount of water, boil over high heat, add rice cake and stir fry evenly.

6, cover the pot and simmer until the rice cake is soft and sticky, the soup becomes thick, large fire juice can be.

7, out of the pot before tasting the salty, if not salty enough, add salt to taste. Sprinkle with scallions out of the pot.

0 fail tips: dry goods see here!

1, the soup does not need to collect too dry, leave some soup wrapped in rice cakes will be more delicious yo!

2, rice cakes can choose Korean rice cakes, long strips, do not have to cut directly fried vegetables, soft and tasty.

3, according to personal taste can add some chili pepper and other flavoring yo ~