Do this step before adding to the pot, steamed crab dishes will be delicious juicy meat, eaten off the restaurant

How to choose a delicious crab

When choosing crabs to look outside, if you see the shell is opaque gray, press your hand against the crab bibs to see solid, big bibs are crabs with a lot of meat.

You should choose a bib that still clings firmly to the body, legs and movements more healthy, and fully intact, without missing legs or more, the upper spines and crab remains intact.

Choosing crab meat: If you want to eat crab with a lot of meat, you have to choose male crab, male crab is a small, triangular shaped crab. Observe the color of the silk skin (young skin) between the elbows (elbows) on the pincers. If the skin is red or dark pink, crabs have more meat.

When squeezing a crab's overalls, if you feel firm, it is firm. Conversely, if you hear soft, the crab is less meat.

Choose brick crabs: If you want to buy a lot of lipstick tiles, you have to choose the ones, the female crabs have a big cover, making up most of the surface of the abdomen.

You can try the crab shell. If the crab is soft, it proves that the meat is covered, not delicious and brick is not good. You should choose those with an alum yellow body, these are usually firm crabs.

Use your hand to gently press the gap between the crab's shell and the bib. If many crabs will see a lot of red bricks inside, also look at but do not see what is best to choose another.

Cut the crab's blood

Before steaming crabs, you need to perform a "cutting secret" step. The "cutting secretion" of crabs has made cleaning the crabs simple, without being stolen; just help prevent crabs falling or more when steaming at high temperatures.

To "cut the secretion of the crab", you use a sharp knife and put straight into the triangle end of the crab bib. This is given and "crab heart", when strong impact will make crabs die faster. After putting the knife in the heart of the crab, hold the knife for about 30 seconds to make the crabs die completely.

After "cutting secretion", you wash the bibs, shells, joints in the crabs with salt water to make sure that the crabs are clean of sandy soil, bacteria.

Add ginger or lemongrass, crab stomach when steaming

When steaming crabs, add some ginger, lemongrass to fragrant and red crabs are more beautiful.

In addition, the crab should be placed on its back to keep the fresh water inside the crab from flowing out. Many people steam their crabs downside down for good eyes, but this way the water flows away making the crab less delicious.