Baked Blue Crab with Sichuan Pepper
Blue Crab 3 pieces | Ginger 1 block |
Onion 1 handful | Zanthoxylum bungeanum 1 teaspoon |
Salt 3g | Cold water 50g |
Edible oil 20g |
Step 1
Prepare the blue crabs and let them fully soak in salted water. Do not untie the rope yet;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;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;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;Step 5
Heat oil, add shredded ginger and fry until fragrant;Step 6
Add green onions and stir-fry over low heat until fragrant;Step 7
Dish up the shredded ginger and green onions, add the Sichuan peppercorns;Step 8
After the Sichuan peppercorns are fragrant and fragrant, place the blue crabs in the original pot;Step 9
Turn to medium heat and sprinkle salt water evenly;Step 10
Cover and simmer for 5 minutes;Step 11
Lift the lid.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 PepperWhen 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.