The river crab is an autumn delicacy, rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, ash, chitin iron, aluminum, phosphorus and other components, delicious meat fresh, the crab is a unique flavor, the practice of river crab, eating a variety of ways, including the most delicious steamed, how long is the best river crab steamed?
How long to steam river crab
The crab should be steamed and cooked thoroughly, so that you can taste the freshness of the meat, but also to avoid the bacteria in the river crab into the human body, the river crab steamed to maintain its freshness, generally only with a high fire until the crab is red around the body, with a medium fire for another 10 minutes can be steamed, small size of the river crab as long as 8 minutes is enough; but if you want to kill all the parasites and germs in the river crab, the steaming time should be at least 30-40 minutes.
How to tell if a river crab is cooked
When the river crab is steamed, the color is orange and bright. When you open the lid of the river crab and see the solidified meat in the lid, it means the river crab is steamed.
How to steam river crab
The crab should be steamed with the shell facing down and the belly facing up, this is to keep the soup inside from being lost and to keep the freshness, the water from steaming with the lid facing down will be kept in the lid instead of losing nutrients, then sprinkle the salt evenly on the crab, prepare the seasoning such as minced ginger, vinegar and cooking wine, and when the crab is steamed, you can stick the crab meat on the seasoning to eat.
Tips: Crab meat can also be steamed directly without seasoning, if you want to season it, do not add MSG, which is supposed to enhance freshness, but river crabs are already fresh enough, adding MSG will only destroy its freshness; sometimes crabs will have a fishy smell, just put them in water before cooking and let them swim to expel the ammonia nitrogen accumulated in their bodies.
What is the white substance steamed out of the river crab
Sometimes steamed river crab will be assured that there will be white foam like substances on the surface of the crab, these white foam is water-soluble protein-like substances flowing out and sticking to the surface of the crab body, contracted by the cold and solidified down to the white substance, these substances are harmless to the body, in fact, they are the proteins in the crab and can be eaten with confidence.
Tips: If you want to reduce the amount of white foam, you should select a healthy live crab when purchasing, put the crab in a clean body of water to rest for a while after you buy it, brush the crab body before steaming, and tie the crab pincers and claws with thread.
Can you eat raw river crabs?
Dead river crabs cannot be eaten, and so can raw river crabs. Some people like to eat raw drunken crabs or pickled crabs, which are actually unhealthy ways to eat river crabs, which must be steamed. The river crab is always feeding on animal carcasses or humus, so the crab's surface body, gills and gastrointestinal tract are covered with all kinds of bacteria and sludge. If the crab is not cleaned and steamed thoroughly, it is easy to write the bacteria and parasites in the body to eat into the stomach, affecting human health, so raw crab should not be eaten.
Tips
Although river crab is tender and tasty, and has the effect of dispersing heat and blood, there are many contraindications to eating crab meat, which is cold in nature and should not be eaten by people with a cold spleen and stomach.
If you don't finish it at once, you should keep it in a clean, cool and ventilated place and cook it thoroughly when you eat it.
