Generally, crabs need to be steamed for about 15 to 20 minutes to cook, smaller crabs, the steaming time can be appropriately shortened, larger crabs can be appropriately extended steaming time, crabs contain more bacteria, need to be heated at high temperatures to cook through before consumption, so as to avoid the impact on the human body.

How long does it take to cook crabs

Steaming crabs should not be too long, when the crab shell is red, it means that most of them are already cooked, and you can start the pot, if you steam for too long, it is easy to result in the decline of the crab's texture and taste, the loss of nutrients, and the loss of food value.

Before steaming the crabs you need to put them in water to spit out the sand and brush them clean, if the crabs are more aggressive, you can use a rope to tie them up, clean them and then put them into the pot to steam, the steaming time starts from the time the water boils.

The process of steaming crabs can be the crab lid lifted, observe whether the inside of the crab meat and crab yolk is completely solidified, if it has been solidified, it means that the crabs have been steamed, you can start the pot to eat.