1. Steamed crabs usually take about 15 minutes to be cooked. But it also needs to be differentiated according to the size of the crabs and the weather. If it is cold, you need to wait for the water to boil before timing: Generally, crabs with more than 4 taels can be steamed in about 15 minutes. If it is cold and the water is difficult to boil, you need to wait for the water to boil to continue. Steam for 12 minutes to be cooked; crabs of about 3 to 4 taels can be steamed for about 12 minutes. If it is cold and the water is difficult to open, you need to wait for the water to boil and continue to steam for 10 minutes to be steamed; crabs of less than 3 taels can be steamed. It can be steamed in about 10 minutes. If the water is difficult to boil in cold weather, you need to wait for the water to boil and continue to steam for 8 minutes.

2. Cooking skills: When steaming crabs, tie the legs of the crabs with ropes to prevent them from moving around during steaming and turning yellow. When steaming crabs, steam them with their stomachs facing up and their vests facing down to prevent the crabs from turning yellow and breaking their legs. When steaming crabs, don’t be greedy for a short time. If you steam crabs for too short a time for deliciousness, you may not be able to kill the bacterial parasites in the crabs. Eating them hastily may cause diarrhea, so try to steam them for the standard time I wrote. Do not steam too many crabs at one time, and do not steam them on top of each other. Otherwise, it will be difficult to steam all the crabs, and it will easily leave food hazards