How to Cook and How to Steam Delicious Sea Crab

Ingredients for Steamed Crab

The ingredients are enough for 3-4 servings. You can change the amount depending on the portion of each person

• 2 sea crabs.
• ½ can of beer (depending on the number of crabs)
• 1 small onion
• 1 branch of ginger
• 2 lemongrass plants (optional)
• 1 chili (optional)
• Scallion
• Coriander, tomato for garnish

Making

Step 1: Prepare Herbs

• Peel the onion, wash it and cut it into small pieces.
• Peel the ginger, cut it into pieces.
• Lemongrass is smashed, and chili seeds are cut into small pieces.
• Wash the green onions and cut them into pieces about 1 knuckle.
• Wash a little more coriander and tomato to decorate it beautifully. Coriander and tomatoes washed and drained. Tomato, you prune the flower to make it beautiful.

Step 2: Preliminary Crab Preparation Before Steaming

How to choose delicious crab for processing

• You should choose crabs with an opaque gray outer shell and large bibs. The simple way is to use your hands to press the crab bibs and see if they are firm, delicious and meaty crabs. Place the crabs in a clean container or bag and place in the freezer for about 15 minutes. This makes the crab completely paralyzed, unable to grip your hand while working. This makes crab processing much simpler. At the same time, crabs do not lose their legs after steaming.
• However, if you are used to processing crabs, you do not need to freeze the freezer anymore. You can turn the crab upside down. Then use a knife to poke the bib. Below that is the crab breast and there is a small hole. You use the tip of the knife and scissors to stab it. That is the heart of the crab. It will shrink and squirm for a while and then completely numb. At that time, you proceed to wash the sea crabs to clean.

How to wash sea crabs

• The cleaning process of sea crabs is also very important. You use a strong hose to spray the crab body, use a brush to clean the claws and body of the crab.
• Then peel off the shell, cut off the head of the crab leg, then wash and cut the crab into 4 parts. Chopping the crab into small pieces helps the beer-steamed crab to absorb spices, become more delicious and richer.

Step 3: How to Steam Sea Crab With Beer

• After preparing and washing the crab, we proceed to steam the crab. First you put the crabs in a deep plate. Then sprinkle with ginger, onion, lemongrass, onion, chili, pepper and seasoning.
• Next is pouring beer on the crab. Put on the stove to bring to a boil, then lower the stove to medium heat until the crab is cooked through with beer steam. When the crab shell and the whole crab turn orange, the crab is cooked. Average time is about 10 minutes. However, if the crab is larger, the steaming time will take a little longer.

Step 4: Decorate the Steamed Crab Dish

You put the crab on a plate and put a few spoons of beer in the pot on the crab body to keep it from drying out. Then garnish with some pre-prepared onions, cilantro and tomatoes. Or any kind of vegetables to make the dish more eye-catching.

Above is the way to cook and steam sea crab with beer is extremely simple but delicious and irresistible. Your family will love this dish. Crab contains a lot of nutrients that are good for the body, but eating too much is not good. So 1 person only eats 1/2 to 1. Good luck to you and your family