The difference between long-legged crab and king crab
Long-legged crab, also known as king crab, is the most famous Alaska long-legged crab.
The extra-long crab feet are placed on the baking tray, and when they are baked with charcoal fire, they creak, and the delicious taste comes with the smoke. When they were put into the broth, the fragrance didn't disappear at all. The tender and slippery crab feet are put in the mouth, and the sweet taste fills the whole mouth. Let many beautiful women fall in love with this kind of food. But do you know the grade of king crab?
There are more than 100 kinds of king crabs. There are three kinds of common king crabs in the market, namely, cod crab in Hokkaido, Japan, king crab in Alaska and king crab in Chile. No matter the variety, live or frozen, the price is different. For example, a live cod crab costs more than 2,000 yuan per kilogram, but a precooked and frozen Chilean king crab costs about one-third or seven or eight hundred yuan per kilogram.
Cod farm crabs are actually king crabs caught in Japanese cod farms, which are unique to Japan. Each crab weighs 4 kilograms on average and is mostly used for sashimi. The king crab of Alaska caught in Bering Sea is the largest, and the price is in the middle reaches. Pre-cooked and frozen Chilean king crabs are usually eaten at buffets. Meat is a little bit, it tastes ordinary but it is the cheapest, and it will stick to the shell when eaten. Chilean king crabs are generally very small, with an average weight of 2-3 kilograms, long thorns and little meat. Crabs in cod farms are expensive because they are rare, and Alaskan king crabs are expensive because they catch danger.
There have been media reports that Alaskan crab catchers will be in danger when catching these crabs. Crab catchers in Alaska are engaged in the most dangerous occupations in the world, and their work-related mortality rate is 50 times that of ordinary workers.
In the crab-catching season, on average, 1 crab-catchers die every seven days in the Bering Strait, and crab-catchers often have to work 2 1 hour a day. Extreme fatigue and u> have caused many problems in the past few years, such as lack of money, lack of money, lack of money, lack of money.
Every June 10 to June 1 10 is the crab season. In this season, Arctic storms often occur in the Bering Strait, and the waves are very rough, and the sea surface temperature drops to -5℃ to-10℃. Due to long-term hard work in the cold wind, crab catchers have hand spasms all the year round.
In the crab season, each crab boat can catch about 20 tons of crabs on average. A fully loaded fishing boat can carry more than 6000 tons of crabs. On average, each fisherman can earn more than $20,000 to $654.38 million per boat. This is not a small income for fishermen with generally low education level.
How much is a catty of long-legged crabs?
Alaska king crab can only sell for 5,000 yuan, and now there are more and more hotels in Beijing that make this kind of crab. Such a high-priced crab is naturally unusual. The big one can reach 10 kg, and the small one can reach five or six kg. A crab leg can make people half full. This crab is the Alaskan king crab that grows in the cold deep sea of the North Pacific Ocean. Because of its huge size, it is also called "king crab".
The price of king crab mainly depends on whether it is imported or local! Now it is generally said that it is imported in the market. If only you had a formal customs insurance policy when you bought it! Now the most popular products are basically frozen products. As long as it is thawed, it can be eaten as sashimi, and of course it can also be processed by various cooking methods. The best price for an imported Chilean king crab is 100 more than a catty. Generally speaking, a king crab costs about 400 yuan. The live king crab is about 600 yuan per kilogram, and one king crab 1.5 kilograms. If it is frozen, it will be cheaper. What can be bought on the market is the rational king crab, the most unpalatable kind.
The price of king crab is about 400-600 per catty, and the weight of a king crab is about 3-4 kg, and the largest one can reach 10 kg, so the cheapest one costs more than 2,400 yuan.
How to eat crabs?
Fried crab with ginger and onion
Ingredients: crab, garlic, leek and ginger.
1. Cook the crab slightly, not too well, then take it out and clean it. Because the crab shell is thick, it is not easy to cook, and the live crab is too mobile, so cook it first. )
2. Dip the crab incision in dry starch and wrap the incision with starch. Mix the remaining dry starch in the bowl with starch water to thicken.
3. Stir-fry garlic, ginger and shallots in the oil pan. (The shallots are sliced a little longer). After frying, fry the crab in a pot, and add wine, salt, brown sugar and water as appropriate.
4. thicken the remaining starch water and take it out of the pot.
A complete book on the basic practices of crabs (fresh to the mouth)
Ingredients: ginger, wine (white wine or cooking wine), salt (can be omitted), half pot of water, live crab.
Exercise 1:
1, half a pot of water
2. Put three slices of ginger, two spoonfuls of wine and little or no salt into the pot, then rinse the crabs, untie them, put them into the pot and bring them to a boil.
3. After the crab dies, turn the crab upside down. Don't ask me why, just do it.
4. Change to medium heat and cook for about ten minutes. Remember, don't cook live crabs for too long. If they are too old, they don't taste good. Don't just cook for three or five minutes. After all, they are so big.
5, out of the pot
Exercise 2:
1, wash the crabs, unpack them, add some wine and three slices of ginger for a short time.
2. Half a pot of water, add a little ginger, salt and wine to the water, put it in a steamer, and finally put the crab on it (note: try to put the crab belly up and lie on the steamer, if it is still lively, steam it to death, and then turn over).
3. When you are ready, light it. After the fire starts, turn off the fire and steam for about ten minutes. If the crabs are big, they can be steamed for a while.
4, out of the pot
Exercise 3:
1, made directly by clear water, and put nothing, or put at most two pieces of ginger, and put nothing else (people who can eat will rarely cry).