The correct way to steam pike crabs is to master the following three points: be sure to "clean up" the crab, pay attention to the time of steaming and put ginger.

1, "clean up" crab

"Clean up" crab is the most critical step to avoid crab legs, pike crab in the process of steaming if it is alive, as the temperature rises, it will move inside the pot, it will lead to the loss of the legs. If it has been moving around, it will lead to the loss of legs, so in order to steam the legs do not fall, buy home the pike crab to deal with it, use chopsticks to "clean up" from the mouth here inserted, so that the pike crab poke dead, and then cleaning and steaming time will be very convenient, not afraid to clean it clip to the hand, steaming time not afraid of it to move around, the legs to stomp off, but also the legs of the pike crab to the steamer. legs off, and it won't affect the fresh flavor.

2, steam time

In the process of steaming, time is very important, generally 3 two and the following pike crab, water steamed for about 10 minutes, 3-4 two steamed for about 12 minutes, more than 4 two general in about 15 minutes, steam time should be based on the size of the crab to determine the steaming time can not be too long, otherwise the crab meat is prone to aging, but pike crab must be completely Steamed to eat, so time mastery is very important.

3, put ginger

Steam pike crabs in the process to use 3 times ginger, the first time in the steam pike crabs in the water to add ginger, so that the steam steam will come up to the ginger flavor, the second time is the crab on the steam drawer to put a piece of ginger in the pike crab navel this position, the third time is in the sauce, the crab dipping in the ginger, so that the crab can let the crab taste more fresh and delicious. The flavor is more delicious.

How to choose the pike crab

1, observe the color

Pick the pike crab, first of all, to observe their color, try to choose the crab shell green, crab belly white, crab tail red or yellow pike crab, generally this pike crab is more fresh, and the yolk of the crab is also more full, high food value.

2, check the appearance

fat quality pike crabs, hard back, limbs connected to the strong, normal curved shape, and the limbs are intact, or you can pinch the crab's middle foot, if you can feel the muscle contraction inside the elasticity, it means that the crab meat is more fat.

3, weighing weight

Picking pike crabs, you can also weigh the crab to identify whether the quality of the general feel heavier pike crab meat is more fertile, and feel too light crab meat is less, do not recommend buying, purchasing attention to carefully distinguish.

4, observe the activity

Generally fresh pike crabs are very active, when gently touching it with the hand, if there is no reaction, it means that the pike crab is dead, it is best not to buy this kind of pike crabs, and live crabs generally have a serious smell of the sea, dead crabs emit a foul odor.