Can crabs be steamed without being tied?

Crabs are very active creatures. Crabs just caught from the sea are very lively. Crabs have claws. If you don't tie the crabs with ropes, it will hurt the human body. So when steaming them, try to tie up the crab's body to prevent it from moving. It will also save trouble during the steaming process. Dropping some white wine in the water used to steam crabs will not only remove the fishy smell of the crabs, but also speed up the cooking process.

If you don't tie the crabs when steaming them, they will move around, their legs will break, and the crab roe will flow out, which is such a waste. If you don't want to tie it up, you can try drunken crabs. Soak the crabs in Erguotou or other liquor for 10-15 minutes. This can disinfect and calm the crabs. Then put them in the steamer with their belly facing up. After the water boils, steam them for 15 minutes and you can enjoy them!

You can steam the crabs without tying them up, just put them in boiling water. Because they are not tied up, the crabs' legs will stretch straight out, move around, and fall off easily, so they won't look good when served on the table, but it will taste the same anyway.

Let the crabs soak in a basin of water for an hour or two. In the last half hour, you can add some wine to intoxicate them so that they won't get caught when you brush them.

Heat water in the pot, brush the crabs, be careful not to get caught, soak a little peppercorns in water to make pepper water

Place it on the grate with its back facing up, sprinkle with salt, add onion and ginger, pour pepper water on it, and steam it for 15-20 minutes.

Peel and mince a piece of ginger. Put it in a bowl, pour in some very fresh soy sauce, rice vinegar, and a little sesame oil to make ginger vinegar juice. After the crabs are steamed, you can dip them in the ginger vinegar juice and enjoy a delicious meal.

To steam live crabs that have not been tied up, you can either use the back of a knife to knock them unconscious or boil the water, pick up the crab and throw it into the boiling water. If you are using sea crabs, brush them clean with water. If you are using crabs, put them in a basin of clean water first, wait for them to spit out the mud and sand, then brush them several times with a brush until the mud and sand are washed away.

Steaming method of crabs:

1. Ingredients: white wine, crab, ginger, vinegar;

2. Tools: brush, string, straw;

3. Before steaming the crab, use a small brush to clean the crab shell and crab legs, and put them in clean water for half a day to drain the dirt in their abdomen. Before steaming, pour a proper amount of white wine on the live crabs to marinate them slightly, which will make the taste better.