How long does it take to steam crabs in cold water?

After purchasing live crabs, you should first wash them with clean water. You can use a toothbrush to scrub the hairy crabs clean, and then put them in a steamer to steam them. You can use cold water or hot water. If you use hot water to steam them, the time will be slightly shorter, usually 12 minutes. If you use cold water to steam them, the time will be slightly longer, about 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of the crab.

How long to steam a whole crab?

When making dishes such as steamed crabs, the whole live crab is usually steamed in a pot. After the steamer is boiled, put the crabs in. Steam them on high heat for about 5 minutes, then switch to low heat and continue steaming for a while. The specific steaming time depends on the size of the crabs:

Crabs weighing less than 3 taels should be steamed for about 10 minutes, those weighing 3 to 4 taels should be steamed for about 12 minutes, and those weighing more than 4 taels should be steamed for about 15 minutes. Generally, for every ounce of weight increase, the steaming time should be increased by about 2 minutes.

How long to steam diced crabs

When making dishes such as scallion oil crab, you need to cut the crab into small pieces first and then steam them in a pot. The chopped crabs also need to be put into the pot with boiling water. They should be steamed on high heat for 5 minutes and then on low heat for about 10 minutes.

In short, whether it is a whole crab or chopped crab, the total steaming time should not be less than 15 minutes, starting from the time the boiling water is put into the pot, because it takes about 15 minutes to completely kill parasites or pathogenic microorganisms, and this time will not cause the crab meat to become old.

Additional note: When steaming crabs or fish, you should wait until the steamer is boiled before putting the crabs or fish in. This will reduce the time the ingredients are heated, keeping the meat fresh and tender while reducing nutritional loss.

Steamed Crab

Material:

Main ingredients: 1000 grams of crab, 15 grams of rice wine, 30 grams of minced ginger, 20 grams of soy sauce, a little sugar and MSG, 15 grams of sesame oil, and 50 grams of balsamic vinegar.

practice:

① Rinse the crabs with clean water and place them in a container;

②Put the minced ginger in a small wine bowl, add the cooked soy sauce, sugar, MSG, rice wine and sesame oil and mix well. Take another small bowl and put vinegar in it for later use;

③Put the crabs in a steamer and steam them for 15-20 minutes until the crab shell turns bright red and the crab meat is cooked. Then take them out. Serve with oil to taste and vinegar.