Chinese Food
Steamed swimming crab
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1. The back of the crab is blue and hard, and its abdomen is full and thick. Carefully observe the legs of the crab. The legs are hard. It's hard to squeeze the fattest. 2. Look at the belly button. The belly button of a good crab is usually light red. The more red it is, the fatter it is. 3. Look at the crab cover. See the crab cover to know the fullness of cream yellow. Cover the tips on both sides. Whether there is something yellow and red. The more it proves, the more cream yellow it has. This can only identify female crabs. 4. Identify vitality. Energetic crabs will quickly hide their protruding eyes. Their claws move in disorder. It means that they are fat if they feel heavy in their hands
Cooking ingredients
Cooking Steps
Step1:Select the fresh swimming crab with green shell and white bell
Step2:There are two tricks for steaming crab. one is to use bamboo sticks to tie the crabs to spit bubbles. The other is to put the newly bought crabs in the refrigerator and freeze for one hour
Step3:Use a small brush to clean the crabs. Keep your belly up. Steam for 15 minutes
Step4:Use ginger powder and vinegar to make dipping material. Ginger not only has the effect of dispelling cold, but also has the effect of deodorizing crab meat on the taste. It is also a good hand for digestion and sterilization. It can neutralize the crab poison. Therefore, ginger is the essential ingredient for dipping crab.
Cooking tips:Cold water or boiled water for swimming crab. It depends on whether you steam male or female crabs. If it's steamed male Portunus, it's recommended to steam it in a pot over cold water. Because the process of steaming on cold water will slowly generate steam. Make the meat of Portunus japonicus steamed slowly. This can keep the water content of the crab meat. It can also lock the fresh taste of the crab meat. It makes the crab meat taste delicious and delicious. Moreover, the crab legs are not easy to fall off. If it's a female crab, because the female crab has crab roe, it's recommended to steam it in a pot with boiling water. Because hot water will shorten the struggling time of Portunus, avoid the loss of crab roe, and make the crab roe solidify quickly. The steamed crab roe is more delicious. About the time of steaming crabs, no matter in the cold water or in the boiling water. Generally, the water boils and steams until the steam is on. 3 the crabs with less than two should continue to steam for about 10 minutes. 34 the crabs with two times should continue to steam for about 12 minutes. 4 the crabs with more than two times should continue to steam for about 15 minutes. Note that this time is all steam
