Blue Crab 3 pieces Ginger 1 block
Onion 1 handful Zanthoxylum bungeanum 1 teaspoon
Salt 3g Cold water 50g
Edible oil 20g
How to make baked blue crab with pepper #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to cook blue crabs with pepper 1

Step 1

Prepare the blue crabs and let them fully soak in salted water. Do not untie the rope yet; #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 2

Step 2

Take a chopstick, insert it between the eyes of the crab, and turn it slightly outwards. The crab will appear in suspended animation; #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue pepper baked blue crab 3

Step 3

Use kitchen scissors to cut off the crab's big claws one by one, remove the rope, then peel off the shell, and use a small brush to clean the crab inside and out and set aside; #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 4

Step 4

Wash the ginger and cut it into shreds, wash and cut the green onion into segments, prepare the peppercorns, add the salt to cold boiled water and stir well and set aside; #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 5

Step 5

Heat oil, add shredded ginger and fry until fragrant; #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 6

Step 6

Add green onions and stir-fry over low heat until fragrant; #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 7

Step 7

Dish up the shredded ginger and green onions, add the Sichuan peppercorns; #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 8

Step 8

After the Sichuan peppercorns are fragrant and fragrant, place the blue crabs in the original pot; #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 9

Step 9

Turn to medium heat and sprinkle salt water evenly; #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 10

Step 10

Cover and simmer for 5 minutes;#How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 11

Step 11

Lift the lid. #How to eat in autumn#Illustration of how to make blue crabs baked with pepper 12

Step 12

Arrange on a plate and add the previously fried shredded ginger and scallions for decoration. Cooking Techniques for Baked Blue Crab with Sichuan Pepper

When handling crabs, use chopsticks to insert them. It is said that although the crabs treated in this way appear to be in suspended animation, the meat can still maintain the delicious and elastic state when they were alive. Anyway, I think the crabs are easy to handle after being treated like this, and there is no need to worry about being crabbed. The big paws got it. To cook crabs deliciously, firstly, the texture of the ingredients itself is important, and secondly, the crabs must be handled cleanly so that they will not have any other taste when eaten. Drink some wine or ginger tea when eating crabs, which can neutralize the coldness of the crabs. Use ginger, green onions and peppercorns as seasonings. In addition to pursuing the taste, it also plays a role in meal matching.