Have to compliment a first time crab eaters, today we can eat this delicious. Although the crab shell more hard, but really a lot of people's heart good, in the fat season always have to carry on one or two home to feast, especially like the Mid-Autumn Festival must eat hairy crabs in general, so that eating crabs also become a full of ceremonial enjoyment.
Crab cooking is simple, boiled, steamed has been very delicious. But cooking crabs is cold water or hot water in the pot? Many people get it wrong in the first step, resulting in their own made crab, always less delicious than the restaurant.
Today, I will teach you how to cook delicious fat crab correctly!
The crab is a crustacean whose body is protected by a hard shell and relies on gills to breathe. In biological taxonomy, it is the same kind of animal with shrimp, lobster, hermit crabs, and the flavor and freshness are not similar.
In China, eating crabs since ancient times is a great delicacy. The history of crab eating in China can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. From the "Zhouli" and the Jin Dynasty "Zilin" records can be seen, China has been eating crab history of 2,700 to 800 years.
China, with its vast expanse of land, produces many varieties of crabs, which are divided into two main types. One is the river crab, of which the most well-known is the hairy crab. One is sea crabs, such as green-footed crabs, three-eyed crabs, flower crabs and so on.
River crabs are small in shape and have little meat, and they eat a lot of crab roe and crab paste. Sea crabs are strong and rugged, and eat crab meat. River crabs and sea crabs are different, but the way they are cooked is basically the same.
Three ways to cook crabs
One, boil
Boil the cold water, then put the crabs into the water, and then boil for 8 minutes (time according to the size of the increase or decrease).
If you boil the crabs in cold water at the beginning, you will have lost some of the freshness and nutrition of the crabs during this period of time. Moreover, it is not easy to grasp the effort of cooking crabs, and the crab meat is easy to get old.
Two, steamed
The best way to eat crabs is to steam them, because steaming can maximize its freshness and nutrition.
Steaming crabs pay attention to steam with cold water, 8-15 minutes is best.
This is when the crab meat is most tender and flavorful. Too little time will be undercooked, and too much time will affect the taste of the crab meat! Steaming crabs must be steamed on their backs to ensure that the crab paste does not flow out.
Three, stew
Stewing crabs is a cooking technique similar to steaming, and some of the partners who don't have a steaming pot can also enjoy eating fat crabs.
Pour a little water into the pot and bring the water to a boil. Put the crab into the pot to simmer, add a little salt, pour a little cooking oil, so that the crab's texture more lubricated. When the crab turns red, add the chopped celery to bring out the fresh flavor.
Why do the legs of boiled crabs fall off?
1There is a relationship between the crab's age and the crab's tenderness, and a crab that is too tender is particularly prone to losing its feet.
2. When you cook them over high heat, the crabs will lose their feet if they struggle violently.
3. The crab is alive.
Smart Tips for Cooking Crabs Without Losing Feet:
First of all, the crabs should be tied and steamed on their backs.
Secondly, before steaming, grab the crab, take a longer hand with a thin needle of other metal, in the crab spit foam right in the middle of the crab mouth diagonally poked in 1-2 cm or so, and then placed in the pot to steam, the crab feet will not fall off.
Also in the crab umbilical cord tip under the knife, vigorously with the tip of the knife, so that the crab legs do not fall off.
Growing up in the seaside partners must know that crabs are not only fat in the fall, some of the meat tender and fresh sea crabs, cold winter is their home turf. Xiamen has entered the freezing weather, the fat little darlings have beckoned to you.
Learn the skills and eat up the fat crabs.