The pike crab is steamed in cold water or boiling water, and the pike crab is steamed in hot or cold

Crabs are delicious and nutritious, autumn is the season of meat and fat, crabs at this time are a popular food on the public table, and the most common practice of crabs is "steamed crabs", so the question is, how long does it take to steam steamed crabs to cook? Cold or hot water? Along with these problems, Lin greatly went down one by one.

How long does it take to steam crab to cook?

Steamed crabs are generally steamed for about 15 minutes. However, it also needs to be distinguished according to the size of the crab and the weather, and if it is cold, you need to wait for the water to boil before timing it:

Generally, crabs with more than 4 taels can be steamed for about 15 minutes, and if the water is difficult to boil in cold weather, you need to wait for the water to boil and continue to steam for 12 minutes to steam;

3-4 taels of crabs can be steamed for about 12 minutes, and if the water is difficult to boil, you need to wait for the water to boil and continue to steam for 10 minutes to steam;

Crabs below 3 taels can be steamed for about 10 minutes, and if the water is difficult to boil, you need to wait for the water to boil and continue to steam for 8 minutes to be steamed.

Cold or hot water pot?

Steaming crabs generally needs to be steamed in a pot under cold water. However, if the crab is frozen, it can be steamed in hot water.

Because the fresh crab meat is delicious and easy to cook, if the hot water is in the pot, it is easy to destroy the meat quality of the crab, and it is easy to lose too much water and lose nutrition and taste, so it is advisable to steam the crab in a pot under cold water.

Of course, if you buy frozen crabs and frozen crabs, if there is no thawing, it is also recommended to steam them in a pot with hot water, so that the crabs can naturally be steamed faster, but the steaming time needs to be extended by about 5 minutes on the base time.

1) When steaming crabs, tie the crab's feet with a rope to prevent it from moving and steaming yellow.

2) When steaming crabs, steam them with their stomachs facing up and their vests facing down to avoid crabs from yellowing and breaking their feet.

3) When steaming crabs, you can't be greedy for a short time, steaming too short for the sake of deliciousness is likely to steam the bacteria and parasites in the crabs, and rash consumption is likely to cause diarrhea and diarrhea, so try to steam the standard time I wrote.

4) Don't steam the crabs too much at a time, let alone stack them, otherwise it will be difficult to steam all the crabs, and it is easy to leave hidden dietary hazards.

After months of waiting, I was finally able to eat fresh seafood again. For example, pike crabs can be eaten at other times, but many of them are artificially raised.

Therefore, if you want to eat the most delicious and fattest natural pike crab, it is recommended to buy and eat it from August to November every year, when the taste of the pike crab must be relatively delicious and larger.

There are many ways to make pike crabs, and the most common is steaming.

Steaming pike crab seems to be very simple, but in order to make the pike crab steamed delicious, there are many problems that we need to figure out.

For example, when steaming pike crab, should it be steamed in a pot with cold water or steamed in a pot with boiling water? How long does it take to steam?

These problems are very critical, and if you make a mistake, the taste is not delicious, and you are blind to such a good ingredient.

First of all, let's talk about whether to use cold water or boiling water to steam pike crabs. This question depends on whether you are steaming male or female crabs.

If it is steamed male pike crab, it is recommended to steam it in a pot with cold water. Because the process of steaming in a pot on cold water will slowly produce steam, so that the meat of the crab will be steamed slowly, which can maintain the moisture of the crab meat, and can also lock the umami of the crab meat, so that the crab meat is delicious and delicious, and the crab legs are not easy to fall off.

Male pike crab steamed in cold water.

If it is a female crab, because the female crab has crab roe, it is recommended to boil water and steam it in a pot. Because the hot water in the pot will shorten the time for the crab to struggle, avoid the loss of crab roe, and also make the crab roe solidify quickly, so that the steamed crab roe is more delicious.

Female pike crab steamed in boiling water.

So how long should it be steamed?

If the steaming time is too short, the crab meat is not fully cooked, not firm enough, and it is easy to feel upset after eating;

If the steaming time is too long, the crab meat will be steamed old, and it will be more dry and woody.

Whether it is a cold underwater pot or a boiling underwater pot steamed pike crab, generally after the water is boiled and steamed to steam, the pike crab below 3 taels should continue to be steamed for about 10 minutes, 3-4 taels continue to be steamed for about 12 minutes, and more than 4 taels continue to be steamed for about 15 minutes [note that this time is after steam]. Generally, for every 1 tael of weight, the steaming time will increase by about 2 minutes, so that the conversion can be done. In this way, the steamed pike crab is the most delicious.

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Steamed pike crab can be served in hot or cold water. Generally speaking, it is advisable to choose cold water, which allows the crab to be completely heated and cooked better.

If you choose cold water for steamed pike crab, the cold water will be heated slowly to produce steam, and steaming the crab with steam can lock in the deliciousness well. Of course, if the crab legs are tied with a rope, they can also be steamed with hot water.

If the crab is not tied, it is steamed with hot water at this time, and the crab is not dead, and the crab legs fall off first, and it may not be possible to maintain the integrity of the steamed crab.

Generally speaking, it is advisable to steam and cook for 8-10 minutes after boiling water, the meat is ripe but not too rotten, and the meat of the crab is the most tender and the taste is better.

Whether it is a whole crab or a cut crab, the total steaming time should not be less than 15 minutes from the time the water is put into the pot, so that the parasites and some bacteria can be completely killed.

When steaming the pike crab, you can give the crab a salt bath and soak the crab in salt water for half an hour, so that you can spit out some of the dirt in the crab's body, and the steamed crab meat is more tender and fresher.

In addition, you can use a brush to scrub it after washing, so that the effect will be better.

Depending on the situation, the water temperature used for different genders of pike crabs is different in order to steam the delicious taste. Male pike crabs, it is recommended to steam in a pot under cold water. Steam is generated during steaming in a pot under cold water, so that the meat of the crab is slowly steamed, which retains the moisture of the crab meat, making it delicious and delicious, and the crab legs are not easy to fall off.

It is recommended to boil the underwater pot for female pike crabs to steam, because boiling the underwater pot will shorten the time for the pike crab to struggle, avoid the loss of crab roe, and make the crab roe quickly solidify, dry and crispy, and taste fresh.

Nutritional value: The meat of pike crab is delicate and white, rich in protein, fat and a variety of minerals. The pike crab is the most robust in the winter season, generally weighing about 250 grams and up to 500 grams. The female crab is covered with red paste and has an excellent taste.

Barracuda crab can be eaten fresh, or steamed, fried, or fried, or all two halves of stewed bean paste, or fried rice cakes with crabs, stir-fried pickles, boiled tofu, is a common dish on the table of residents in coastal areas. It can also be pickled, that is, the fresh pike crab is soaked in salt brine and can be eaten after a few days, commonly known as "fresh wind crab". In the past, fishermen often selected live crabs full of paste because of the high yield of pike crabs, and the yellow was cut into a bowl, and the wind and sun made it solidify, which became "crab roe cake", which had a good flavor, but the yield was small, and it was difficult for ordinary people to taste this taste.

Steamed in cold water in the following ways:Ingredients: 3 pike crabs.

Excipients: appropriate amount of liquor, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of ginger, appropriate amount of green onion, appropriate amount of garlic.

1. Put water, ginger slices, white wine and salt in the steamer. These spices will be steamed on the crab body with the steam.

2. Put the washed pike crab on the steamer, and some people recommend putting it belly side up.

3. Put ginger slices, green onions, garlic, pour some white wine, and cover the pot.

4. Steam on cold water for 30 minutes.

5. The steamed pike crab is delicious when peeled and dipped in garlic vinaigrette.

The crab is steamed in a pot of hot water.

The crab is steamed in a pot with hot water, and the high temperature will reduce the crab's struggle, make the crab roe solidify as soon as possible, prevent the crab roe from flowing out, and effectively shorten the steaming time and retain the tenderness of the crab meat. If the crab is steamed in a pot under cold water, the crab roe will solidify more slowly, and it is easy to flow out along the broken leg or the slit, and the steaming time in the pot on cold water is relatively long, the crab meat is easy to get old, it is not tender to eat, and the taste is not good.

Precautions for steaming crabs

1. Steamed crabs must be selected with vitality, agility, and no leg loss, most of these crabs are freshly caught.

2. Before steaming, carefully scrub the shell of the crab with a brush, and eat it clean.

3. When steaming crabs, turn the crabs over with their stomachs facing up, which can prevent the crab roe and crab paste from flowing out of the crab legs, and also prevent the crabs from breaking their feet.

4. Add cooking wine, shallots, ginger, etc. to the water in the steamer to remove the smell and increase the flavor.

5. The time of steaming and stewing should be grasped well, according to the size of the crab, choose different cooking times, the time is short, the crab is not steamed, the time is too long, the water loss of crab meat will be tightened, the taste will become worse, the time is just right to be full of umami, generally speaking, crabs below 2 taels, steam for 6 minutes, simmer for 3 minutes, 2-3 taels of crabs, steam for 8 minutes, simmer for 5 minutes, 3-4 taels of crabs, steam for 12 minutes, stew for 8 minutes, crabs above 4 taels, steam for 15 minutes, simmer for 10 minutes.

Steamed pike crab can be steamed in hot water or cold water. In general, it is advisable to choose cold water, which allows the crab to be fully heated and cooked better.

If you choose to steam the crab in cold water, it will produce steam when heated slowly. Steaming crab with steam locks in deliciousness. Of course, if the crab legs are tied with a rope, they can also be steamed with hot water.

If the crab is not pricked, steam it with hot water at this time. The crab is not dead yet, the crab legs fall off first, and it may not be able to maintain the integrity of the steamed crab.

Steamed pike crab Generally speaking, it is advisable to steam the water for 8-10 minutes after boiling. The meat is cooked, but not too rotten. At this time, the crab meat is the freshest and tastes better.

Whether it is a whole crab or a cut crab, the total steaming time should not be less than 15 minutes from the time the water is put into the pot, so that the parasites and some bacteria can be completely killed.

When steaming the pike crab, you can make a salt bath for the crab and soak it in salt water for half an hour. In this way, some of the dirty stuff in the crab can be spit out, and the steamed crab is more tender and has a fresher taste.

Also, you can brush it with a brush after cleaning, so that the effect will be better.

Barracuda crab needs to be steamed for 10-15 minutes.

The steaming time of the pike crab has a direct relationship with the number of pike crabs, 3 taels or less need to be steamed for 10 minutes, 4 taels need to be steamed for 12 minutes, and more than 4 taels need to be steamed for 15 minutes.

When steaming the crab, it is steamed in cold water, no hot water is used, and after the water starts to boil, it is recommended to change the heat to medium heat, so that the steamed crab is cooked and the meat is very tender.

Precautions: Be sure to pay attention to the fact that the steaming time of the pike crab should not be too long, otherwise it will cause its meat to become old, the nutrients will be lost, and the taste will deteriorate, but the steaming time is too short, which will cause the parasites inside to not be killed.