Steaming crabs with their stomachs facing up.

Often the season to eat crabs is often the most fertile crabs, full of paste full of yellow crabs in the process of heat, paste and yolk will be due to the abdominal pressure increased from the cracks of the crab shell overflow, which will affect the fresh taste of the crab, if the crab's stomach face up in the steaming time, you can maximize the avoidance of this problem.

Steaming crab precautions

Before steaming hairy crabs, it is best to soak the crabs in salt water for an hour to let it spit out the dirt. After that, then use a toothbrush to clean it well, so that the steamed hairy crabs are clean and dry, and you can feel free to nibble on them.

Prepare to steam the crab before you must finally confirm whether the crab is fresh, live crab is the freshest, if the crab has died, the death time is not more than half a day best. In addition, live crabs will lose their legs in the process of steaming because of struggling, so you can use a thick rope to tie up the crabs before steaming to ensure the integrity of the crabs after steaming.

The above references? Baidu Encyclopedia - Steamed Crab