Steamed Hairy Crab｜original

Name: Steamed Hairy Crab｜original
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 Hairy crabs; Some Shimizu; Some brown sugar; Some ginger; Some Vinegar; Some Soy sauce

by Su San Feifei

4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

30m

Serving

3

As the saying goes, "Autumn breeze makes crab's feet itchy." Autumn is the season when hairy crabs are on the market. In summer, it's time for hairy crabs to go on the market. Although it has been a while since hairy crabs have been on the market, only this time the crabs began to become plump. There is also the saying of "nine females and ten males" when eating crabs, which means that when you eat female crabs in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, the crab roe is the most delicious at this time, and the male crabs are eaten in the tenth month of the lunar calendar. The crab roe from the female crab I ate some time ago is not so firm, but I ate it today and it is very firm.

Ingredients

3 Hairy Crabs
Some Shimizu
Some Brown Sugar
Some Ginger
Some Vinegar
Some Soy Sauce

Steamed Hairy Crab｜original

1. Take out the hairy crabs to be steamed, and keep the remaining hairy crabs in the refrigerator.

2. Use a brush to clean the hairy crabs and rinse them.

3. Put cold water in the pot, enlarge the crabs on the steaming rack, and steam them over the water. Put the hairy crabs in the pot when the water is cold.

4. After the high heat is boiled, it can be done for about 15-20 minutes on medium and low heat, depending on the size of the hairy crabs.

5. When steaming the crab, prepare the ginger and peel it.

6. Then cut into silk, segments, or ends.

7. Put ginger, vinegar, brown sugar, light soy sauce (you can leave it alone) in a bowl, add a little water, and bring to a boil.

Tips:
1. Hairy crabs are cold. Add ginger and brown sugar to the dipping sauce. If you don't eat sweetness, only put ginger. In fact, you don't need to add light soy sauce. The original flavor is the best.
2. Some people think that hairy crabs are cold, so when steaming, they will put ginger under the belly of the hairy crabs. This is not recommended because it will spoil the taste of the hairy crabs. If you really want to add it, you can put the ginger slices in the water.
3. There are some parts of hairy crabs that cannot be eaten: crab heart, crab intestine, crab stomach, and crab gills.
4. Ginger must be peeled. The crab itself is cold, and the skin of ginger is also cold, so peel it.