How to make frozen swimming crab delicious

For people living by the sea, it is easy to eat fresh swimming crabs. However, for people in the mainland who love seafood, it is not so convenient to eat fresh swimming crabs, but they can eat frozen swimming crabs. However, frozen swimming crabs are not as delicious as fresh swimming crabs, so you need to master certain skills when making frozen swimming crabs. So, how to make frozen swimming crab delicious? Let me introduce you to the relevant knowledge below!

1. Can frozen swimming crabs be eaten?

Can frozen swimming crabs be eaten? Generally speaking, frozen crabs are completely edible. If you cannot finish eating the newly bought crabs at once, put them in the refrigerator whether they are raw or cooked (note, they must be frozen, not refrigerated). When you eat it again after a few days, just steam it until it is cooked through. As long as it is steamed thoroughly, you won't get upset, but the taste will be a little worse and not as good as freshly steamed ones. This is a little experience for your reference. However, the meat of frozen crabs does not taste as delicious as fresh ones. It is best eaten alive and cooked immediately.

2. Which swimming crabs cannot be eaten?

First, dead crabs that have been exposed to rain should never be eaten. This kind of crab cannot be eaten no matter how it is steamed, boiled or processed. If you eat it, you will definitely have diarrhea, or even vomiting and diarrhea. Because crabs live on decaying food. When it dies and is then exposed to rain, its body will quickly be corroded by bacteria and produce a large amount of toxins. These toxins cannot be eliminated by high temperatures. However, if the crabs have just died and have not been exposed to rain, they can still be eaten as long as they are thoroughly steamed.

The second is hairy crabs. Crabs are divided into sea crabs and river crabs. If they are sea crabs, they can be eaten. If they are river crabs, which are what Shanghai people call hairy crabs, they must not be eaten after they are dead. After the hairy crab dies, a chemical called histamine is produced in its body, which is toxic. Moreover, since hairy crabs live in water, they like to eat dead fish, dead shrimps and other rotten carcasses in the water, which will inevitably produce certain bacteria in the hairy crabs' bodies. In this way, bacteria will multiply in large numbers in the hairy crab's body, decompose the crab meat, and produce toxic substances such as histamine.

3. How to make frozen swimming crab delicious

Ingredients and seasonings for frozen crab: 1 crab, about 600 grams, 1 teaspoon salt, 500 ml ice water, 3 slices of ginger, 1 scallion, only the white part of the scallion, cut into sections, 2 tablespoons of bright red Zhejiang vinegar, 1 small chili, deseeded and cut into thin strips, 3 grams of thinly shredded ginger.

1. Wash the crab shell and open it. Remove the internal organs and wash away the dirt.

2. Dissolve the salt in ice water, then put the cleaned crabs in, soak for 10 minutes, and take them out. Chop the crab into several large pieces, place them on the steaming plate together with the crab shell, and scatter ginger slices and scallion segments on the crab.

3. Steam in a steamer over medium-high heat for 10 minutes. Discard the ginger and scallions. Let the crabs cool down and place them in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

4. Soak the shredded pepper and ginger in vinegar for 10 minutes.

5. Place the cooled crab back into its original shape with the crab shell on top. Freshly peeled crab meat and dipped in ginger vinegar sauce