Lake crabs can not be steamed for too long, the meat is old and not delicious. But you can't steam undercooked either. Uncooked hairy crabs are prone to gastrointestinal discomfort.

It is recommended to put cold water on the pot and steam for 15-20 minutes after the water boils. In addition, let's talk about a few other things to consider when steaming hairy crabs.

1. Placement method: white belly up, green back down. This is done, on the one hand, in order to make the hairy crabs evenly heated, on the other hand, in order to make the crab yolk does not leak out of the crab shell.

2, the amount of water: steam hairy crabs across the water, the pot of water can not put too much, try to ensure that the water boils, bulging bubbles will not directly contact the hairy crab. You can also put some perilla leaves in the water, perilla leaves is a common Chinese medicine, in the high temperature, the essence of the perilla leaves will be integrated into the crab meat with the water vapor, both cold and warm stomach, but also add aroma.

3, cold water on the pot: do not wait for the water to boil, and then put the hairy crab into the steamer. If you do this, the hairy crab is likely to struggle violently because of the overheating temperature, resulting in breaking the legs. So we must put cold water on the pot and let the water have a gradual heating process.

4, to determine the raw and cooked: after the water boils, and then steam for 15-20 minutes is almost, if you are not sure whether the crab is cooked, you can lift the back shell of the hairy crab, to see if the inside of the crab yolk and crab meat have not solidified, if solidified, it means that it has been cooked.

In addition to steaming hairy crabs, I recommend another cooking method: boiling hairy crabs.

1, put the cleaned hairy crabs into the pot, the amount of water in the pot should not exceed the hairy crabs. Be careful to tie up the crab, or it will look like this:

2. Add ginger, scallion, perilla leaves and salt to the water. This is the biggest difference between steaming and boiling, put perilla in the water, again to drive away the cold, while the onion and ginger can play a role in removing the fishy and refreshing, and the salt can add a little bit of light salty flavor as the bottom taste to the boiled hairy crab.

3, start cooking, while cooking and stirring hairy crab. Boiled hairy crab is also cold water on the pot, to avoid the crab legs struggling to break.

4, cook 15-20 minutes is almost, the hairy crab out, pinch the tip of its most pointed claw tip, pull in the opposite direction, if there is no crab meat was pulled out with, it means that it has been cooked.

5, with ginger vinegar, open eat it!