Delicious king crab came.
The increasingly heated weather makes people feel tired.
Every time this season, I would like to make some friends, go to a coastal city, stroll on the beach and talk, smell the sea, blowing a pleasant and comfortable sea breeze...
In the evening, sitting around the beach shop, ordering some delicious "seafood" and a bunch of ice juice --- that's what life is supposed to look forward to! When it comes to summer delicacies, seafood is a topic that can not be ignored.
Many people will hear a lot of favorite dishes when they hear the two words of seafood. But recently, friends around me are always talking about eating "king crab". As the overlord of seafood, the glittering crab fat crab paste makes people salivate; the plump crab meat has a delicate feeling, and there is no fishy salty seafood in the mouth. The delicious taste makes people suck their fingers for aftertaste.
If we have to use a word to describe "king crab", the first thought would probably be "mighty and magnificent". Indeed, the king crab is named for its huge size. It belongs to deep-sea crabs and is known as the "king of crabs". It is also said that it flows blue blood and is the symbol of the European Royal family, so it is called the "king crab". In addition, it is often called "stone crab, crab or emperor crab".As we all know, king crab is strong in appearance and full of thorns. However, behind unusual appearances, there must be an unusual story. Emperor crab meat is tender and delicious, giving people unforgettable taste enjoyment, but few people understand that fishermen in fishing for these delicious labor is unimaginable.
Emperor crabs are mainly distributed in extremely cold sea areas. During the crab-hunting season in winter every year, fishermen almost endure strong winds of 128 kilometers per hour, huge waves of 12 meters high and severe cold below -5 degrees Celsius. Unfortunately, if there is a cold wind, the temperature will get colder. Not only will it be more difficult to catch, but even ships may overturn.In addition, the world's imperial crab species are also very rich, a total of 113 species, 14 genera.
We are familiar with the "Alaska King Crab" is the most well-known species on the market today. It has even become a synonym for the King Crab. The meat quality is also very superior, and once became the most traded King Crab on the market. In fact, there are different species of king crab in Alaska. The most common are three kinds of red, blue and gold.
"Red Emperor Crab" is the largest of the three. It will turn red when cooked. Its meat quality is the best and fullest of the three. "Blue Emperor Crab" is a very rare type of King crab. Compared with Red Emperor crab, its crab meat is very sweet, and its taste should be soft and refreshing. The golden emperor crab is the smallest of the three crabs. Its shell is obviously golden brown. Although it is rare, it has low meat yield and lower price than the other two crabs.Imperial crab lives in superior natural environment, cold and pure water, which is destined to keep it away from pollution, and its nutritional value of course becomes higher.
It is rich in protein and trace elements, and has a good nourishing effect on our body, especially for the rehabilitation of tuberculosis. Many Chinese medicine believe that the crab meat of the emperor is cold and salty. It has the functions of relaxing tendons and invigorating qi, dissipating food and dissipating heat, nourishing yin, and treating falls and injuries, tendons and fractures. In addition, king crab has a good effect on hypertension, arteriosclerosis, cerebral thrombosis, hyperlipidemia and so on.
Although king crab is highly nutritious, not everyone can eat it. In particular, patients with high cholesterol, high purine and gout should be self-restrained when eating; in addition, people with cold, hepatitis, cardiovascular disease should not eat crabs.Ingredients preparation
King crab, vinegar, ginger, garlic and honey.
Usually, we buy the quick-frozen king crab on the market. Before cooking, we need to freeze it with cold water in advance, about an hour. It should not be too long and easy to deteriorate, which will affect the flavor of crab meat itself.Start cooking
First, wash the imperial crab with cold water. You can use a small toothbrush to clean the dirty things.
Second, prepare a large steamer, add water and add ginger and garlic slices to remove the fishy smell.
- After boiling water, steam the king crab for 20 minutes. If the crab bought is smaller, the steaming time should be shortened so as not to affect the meat quality.
At the same time, take a small bowl of steamed crab, add ginger powder, vinegar and a little honey, and prepare a simple dip.
20 minutes later, the delicious steamed king crab will be completed.
Eating king crab, the most important thing is to eat the meat in the leg of crab, with scissors to peel off the strong leg of crab, but also with other tools to dig, fat crab meat only needs a little dip in vinegar, a mouth stuffed, wonderful satisfaction you can not forget.The sea, sunshine, breeze, beach and seafood all bear the deep yearning for summer.
Want to sit on the soft beach, blowing the cool sea breeze, drinking refreshing cold drinks, staring at the sea, or enjoy the sunshine, this is undoubtedly a great enjoyment of life. At this time, if there is another delicious "King Crab", the sea breeze is mixed with the delicacy of seafood, overflowing in the mouth, has continued to the bottom of my heart.