Steamed Hairy Crabs
1.
Brush the crab body and legs carefully with a brush; tie each crab leg and crab body together with straw rope and put them in the steaming compartment.
2.
Put water in the steamer and put it on the high heat. After boiling, put on the steaming grid. Steam the hairy crabs in water for about 15 minutes until the crab shells are red and the crab meat is cooked thoroughly. Pick out and serve.
3.
In the process of steaming crabs, put the light-colored soy sauce in a small pot, boil for 1 minute, then pour it into a small bowl containing sugar, cooking wine, and sesame oil and mix well. Pour the vinegar into another small bowl with grated ginger and mix well.
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It is served with a soy sauce dish and a ginger vinegar dish. Peel the crab meat while dipping it in soy sauce and ginger vinegar seasoning.
Tips:
1. Hairy crabs must be cooked and eaten when they are alive. "Never eat dead hairy crabs!" The locals of Yangcheng Lake and almost all articles say so, because dead hairy crabs secrete a toxin that is easy to be poisoned. .
2. Some parts of crabs cannot be eaten, such as the crab mask of the belly button of crabs (in the belly of the crab, the crab mask of the male crab is triangular, and the female crab is elliptical), and the respiratory system of the crab (the crab shell is untied, and the inner sides are white. Feather-like part), crab heart (in the middle of the crab body, a small white piece, like a small piece of egg white), etc. It is said that the heart of the crab is extremely cold, and people who are weak may have stomach troubles after eating.
3. Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs cannot eat with persimmons and tea. After the tannic acid contained in persimmons and tea meets the protein of hairy crabs, they will solidify into indigestible masses, and people will have abdominal pain, vomiting and other symptoms.
4. People with deficiency of spleen and stomach can eat Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs less, because hairy crabs are cold, eating more can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea. When eating hairy crabs in moderation, dip them in ginger vinegar sauce to remove the coldness of hairy crabs and avoid physical discomfort.
5. People who suffer from high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, and arteriosclerosis should try to eat less Yangcheng Lake hairy crab yellow, because it will increase cholesterol.
6. People who suffer from stomach problems, fever, cold, and diarrhea should not eat it. Cold in Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs will aggravate the condition.
7. Pregnant women should eat less Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.
8. For children, the proportion of allergic diseases starts to rise after the fall, so it is best not to eat high-protein foods such as hairy crabs.
9. People with deficiency and cold should not eat hairy crabs;
10. People with sensitive skin should not eat hairy crabs;
11. People with high cholesterol should not eat hairy crabs;
12. Can not eat with cold food.