Steam for 12 to 15 minutes

1. Note: Because the rice cooker has a function of tripping when the time is up, it is best to use an ordinary steamer to steam crabs (steam after the water boils) 12-15 minutes), when steaming, clean the crabs and put more thick slices of ginger and loosely chopped garlic or large bundles of green onions next to them. If you really need to use a rice cooker, wash the fresh crabs and steam them in cold water for 15 minutes, which is a quick cooking time. However, do not open the lid immediately after tripping. You must simmer for another 5 minutes to maintain the temperature. The crabs are cooked through.

Illustration of two steamed crabs:

Wash the crabs

Add Sichuan peppercorns and aniseed to the rice cooker, add crabs and steam for 12 to 15 minutes.

Here comes the pot.

Instructions for steaming crabs:

1. For crabs of average size, after the water boils, keep the water boiling for 15-20 minutes. This will kill all the parasites inside. However, if you encounter particularly large crabs, you need to increase the time as appropriate (the core temperature rises slowly).

2. It is best not to dismantle crabs for steaming, as most of the umami flavor will be lost.

3. Dead crabs must not be eaten as they are poisonous.

4. If you want to steam (or boil) a complete crab (all ten legs are not lost), you can put the live crab in the freezer of the refrigerator and freeze it (note, not frozen hard) ), put it into boiling water and cook directly.

When making dishes such as scallion oil crab, you need to cut the crab into small pieces first, and then steam it in a pot. Cut crabs also need to be boiled in water. Steam them over high heat for 5 minutes, then steam over low heat for about 10 minutes.

In short, whether it is a whole crab or a crab cut into pieces, the total steaming time from the time when the boiling water is put into the pot should not be less than 15 minutes, because it takes about 15 minutes to kill parasites or cause Disease microorganisms are completely killed, and this time will not cause the crab meat to age.