As someone from a coastal area, I have a huge love for seafood of all kinds.

Because I grew up eating all kinds of seafood, I have a relatively picky taste for seafood.

Among the many kinds of seafood, I still prefer sea fish and shrimp. After all, they are easier and faster to eat.

But there is one seafood exception, and that is shrimp crawlers.

Don't dare to handle a live shrimp crawler because it will slap you and it's extremely painful.

Shrimp clams are relatively troublesome to eat, but the meat is delicious, so you have to work hard for that delicious bite!

Speaking of which, many people don’t know how to make delicious shrimp dishes?

Recommended to take a look today.

Someone asked, what is a shrimp crawler?

So let’s first popularize the shrimp crawler.

Shrimp crawler, which is the Pipi shrimp we often see, is also called Xiagou or shrimp crawler in some places.

It has a variety of names, with incomplete statistics showing that there are more than 20.

But the ones that are often mentioned are the above ones. Nowadays, they are often called Pipi shrimp on the market, and its correct name should be "Xiagu", which is also the name of our hometown and the name of it along the coast of Fujian.

The nutritional value of shrimps is particularly high, the juice is fresh and the meat is tender.

Especially in spring, shrimp crawlers are at their peak spawning period, so the shrimp crawlers at this time are the most plump.

Generally, it can be eaten during the Spring Festival.

As someone who grew up eating seafood, I can tell you that the simplest and most delicious way to cook any seafood is to steam it.

Because steaming can maintain the original flavor of seafood and is simple and quick, it is the most suitable method.

In our hometown, a lot of seafood is eaten this way. Although there are spicy, fried and other methods later, they have destroyed the freshness of the seafood and the food has completely lost its flavor.

Therefore, the most delicious way to cook shrimp is steaming.

You don’t need too many condiments, just add some salt and some ginger slices, and you can have a delicious steamed shrimp.

And because peeling shrimp is troublesome, steaming it saves your hands from being greasy during the subsequent peeling process, killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, we can now also see some other methods of shrimp crawling, such as salt and pepper shrimp crawling, spicy shrimp crawling and so on.

For salt and pepper shrimps, the shrimps have to be slightly fried, so the meat of the shrimps shrinks and is not as tender and smooth; as for the spicy shrimps, it can only be said to be friendly to spicy lovers.