How to make crab and shrimp porridge

In Guangdong, many people have the habit of cooking porridge. Add various ingredients to the rice, simmer it over low heat until it becomes porridge. It is delicious and nutritious, and is loved by the elderly and young children. There are many kinds of porridge, such as salty bone porridge, vegetable porridge, crab and shrimp porridge. Among them, crab and shrimp porridge is the most popular. The added crabs and fresh shrimps are delicious and fragrant. It has the effects of appetizing, moisturizing, nourishing the body, and relieving joint pain. Let’s learn how to make crab and shrimp porridge!

Nutritional value of crabs:

1. Crabs have the effects of relaxing muscles and replenishing qi, regulating the stomach and digesting food, dredging meridians, dispersing heat, and dispersing blood stasis.

2. Crab meat is salty and cold in nature. It has the functions of clearing heat, dispersing blood stasis and nourishing yin. It can treat bruises, tendon injuries, fractures and allergic dermatitis.

3. Calcined crab shell ash mixed with honey can be applied externally to treat wasp stings or other unknown swellings and toxins.

4. Crab meat has a good therapeutic effect on hypertension, arteriosclerosis, cerebral thrombosis, hyperlipidemia and various cancers.

5. It is a natural tonic for children. Regular consumption can supplement various trace elements necessary for children's bodies.

Things to note when eating crabs:

1. Salmonella is often found in crabs, so they must be thoroughly heated and killed before being eaten. Otherwise, it can easily lead to acute gastroenteritis or food poisoning, and even endanger human life.

2. Do not eat dead (or dying) crabs, raw crabs, or cold crabs.

3. When eating crabs, you need to remove four parts: one is the gills, which are on both sides of the crab body, shaped like eyebrows and arranged in strips; the second is the stomach, which is located in the front half of the crab valley, closely connected to the crab roe, and shaped like a small triangular package; the third is the heart, which is located in the middle of the crab roe or crab oil, closely connected to the stomach, is hexagonal and difficult to identify; the fourth is the intestines, which is located in the middle of the crab navel and is in strips. These four things often contain a large amount of bacteria, viruses, and dirt and must be removed.

How to make crab and shrimp porridge

Ingredients: two crabs, 100 grams of lean meat, and appropriate amounts of ginger, onion, coriander, and winter vegetables.

1Cook the porridge in a pressure cooker. Note: When high pressure comes up, turn off the engine immediately;

2. Crack the crab shell, clean the crab body, cut it into four pieces, and use a knife to slap the crab thighs and legs sideways to crack the shell;

3 Cut the lean meat into slices or mince, and set the lean meat and the crabs made in the previous step aside;

4 Wash the ginger, onion and coriander, cut them into ginger shreds, onion pieces and coriander segments, wash the winter vegetables and set aside;

5 After removing the lid of the pressure cooker for cooking porridge, turn on the fire again, put the crabs and shredded ginger in and cook together. After ten minutes, add the lean meat and winter vegetables. Finally, put the chopped green onions and coriander into the pot, stir a few times and turn off the heat.

Precautions

1. The crabs must be fresh and clean, so that the porridge cooked with it will be fresh and delicious.

2. Adding some shredded ginger can drive away the coldness of crabs.