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Alaskan king crab can be sold for 5,000 yuan

Liang Wenjun

Wang Xun is currently the executive chef of Beijing Hong Kong Bay International Business Hotel.

It is not news that a crab can be sold for four to five thousand yuan. Chef Liang’s restaurant now sells more than ten crabs a month. Now more and more hotels in Beijing are making this kind of crabs.

One crab leg can make you half full

Such expensive crabs are naturally not ordinary. The big ones can weigh up to 10 kilograms, and the small ones can weigh five or six kilograms. One crab leg can make a person half full. This crab is the Alaskan king crab that grows in the cold deep sea of ​​the North Pacific. Because of its huge size, it is also called the "emperor crab".

Live king crabs are expensive to buy, about 260 yuan per catty, and the selling price is naturally not cheap, a large one can sell for 4,000 yuan. Frozen ones are cheaper, a few dozen yuan per catty. Such a large crab cannot be cooked whole, and usually it is steamed for a few hours and then cut into eight pieces, and the meat is taken out to cook separately. Chef Liang uses the method of three or five ways to eat a crab. Among them, the main dish "Rich Alaskan Crab" with a larger portion can be sold for 1,888 yuan, and the other dishes are priced between 48 and 88 yuan. In the end, a crab can be sold for nearly 5,000 yuan, but it gives the guests the feeling that the dishes are varied and affordable, and it looks very impressive when put at a banquet.

Serve thighs and calves separately

The legs of king crabs are relatively long, so Chef Liang cooks them separately. The part of the crab legs near the crab shell is thick and long, so it is called crab thighs. After steaming, the thighs are removed, and then the crab shells are cut open to take out the complete leg meat. This way, it can be used for cooking as a whole, or stir-fried with fruits and vegetables, which is very classy. The back part is called crab shanks. The meat is thinner and not complete due to many joints. It is often cut into small pieces and made into soup dishes. The hot-selling one now is "White Jade Crab Roe Alaska Crab", which is made by stewing thick soup with fat tofu, mushrooms, egg skin, and hairy crab roe. Finally, add diced crab shanks and simmer them for a while.

Live crab feast is expensive, frozen food is cheap

Yang Jianhua: Alaskan king crab is a new ingredient that has just become popular. Most of the crabs on the market are frozen ones. Depending on the part, the price ranges from 40 to 50 yuan to 80 to 90 yuan. After buying the king crabs and then disassembling them, the average meat yield is only about 20%, so many merchants disassemble the meat in advance before selling it, which greatly saves transportation costs. Of course, the price of this disassembled crab meat is also higher. Live king crabs are rare now, and they are relatively precious, and the price is also quite high. These crabs are all male crabs, so there is no roe, only roe.