How long does it take to steam crabs, and how many minutes does it take to steam crabs?

Steamed crabs need to be steamed for 12-15 minutes after boiling.

Ingredients: Crab, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns.

Specific methods: 1. When buying crabs, you must buy live ones, and don't buy dead crabs cheaply, because for seafood, the reproduction of bacteria is extremely fast. Everyone must remember this, and would rather not eat it than buy dead crabs. Scrub the crab clean with a toothbrush.

2. Add water to the steamer, sprinkle some ginger slices on the steaming grate, and throw some peppercorns (be careful not to let the peppercorns leak down), both of which are used to remove the smell of crabs.

3. Swing the crab belly up one by one, the reason why it is belly up is to prevent the crab roe from flowing out. Many people have made this wrong, so you must pay attention to it next time you steam crabs.

4. Then you can add some ginger slices, put them on the belly of the crab, cover the pot, boil the water and continue to steam until the crab is steamed.

5. The crab is steamed, hurry up and eat it! Live crabs will lose their legs after steaming, but dead crabs will not have this phenomenon.

Precautions. 1. Choosing crabs is actually very simple, look at the position of the crab's navel, the yellow-red ones are good crabs, and they are generally not wrong, just like Figure 1 in the recipe.

2. Again, crabs must be bought.

3. The steaming time depends on the size of the crab, the general crab can kill the parasites in the crab after steaming for about 12-15 minutes after the water is boiled, but if it is a large crab with more than four halves or two, it needs to be steamed for three or four minutes. It is necessary not only to ensure the freshness of the crab, but also to ensure that the crab is clean and hygienic.

The steaming time depends on the size of the crab.

Generally, after the steamer is boiled, the pike crab below 3 taels should continue to steam for about 10 minutes, the 3-4 taels continue to steam for about 12 minutes, and the more than 4 taels continue to steam for about 15 minutes.

The steamed crab should be simmered for 2 minutes and then put on a plate, so that the crab meat is fresher and more delicious, and then the appropriate amount of soy sauce and vinegar should be poured into a small bowl according to personal taste, and the crab meat can be eaten.

If the steamed crab roe appears to be thin, there may be three situations:

1. The crab is not mature.

Crab roe is a product of the female crab, if the female crab is not yet mature and eaten, the crab roe at this time may have a bitter taste, and the crab roe has not yet formed, even after steaming, it will not have a coagulation state.

2. Crabs die and deteriorate.

When a crab dies, a large number of bacteria and other microorganisms grow in the body, causing the crab roe to deteriorate and have a bitter taste, and the texture of the crab roe will also change and become thinner.

3. The crab is not steamed, etc.

If the crab is not steamed, the crab roe will be thin, but if it still has a bitter taste, it may be bitter due to the crab's unprocessed stomach and the crab's stomach contains dirt or other bitter foods.

Crab roe is thin, excluding crabs without dead crab deterioration and immaturity, is the result of unsteamed crab roe, this kind of dilute unripe crab roe can not be eaten, otherwise not only the taste is sticky and fishy and unpalatable, but also may be a large number of bacteria, parasites and other harmful substances, it is easy to cause harm to health after ingestion, and it needs to be fully heated and cooked before eating.

It is advisable to steam for 15 minutes, if the steaming time is too short, I am afraid that I will not kill the parasites in the crab, the crab will not be steamed, and if it is steamed for too long, I am worried that the crab meat will become old and the taste will become hard.

When steaming crabs, be sure to cook them in a pot under cold water, so that the crab legs are not easy to fall off. Since crabs grow in silt and often carry some toxins in their bodies, in order to prevent these pathogenic microorganisms from invading the human body, crabs must be steamed and cooked thoroughly when eating. Depending on the size of the crab, it is advisable to steam for 8-10 minutes after boiling water, so that the meat is cooked but not too rotten.

Finally, remind dead crabs that they are not edible, don't feel that they are too expensive and throw them away.