Xiang Yang stopped Fang Youqun who was about to leave and said, "Let Chen Qingsheng boil the water, and you go and take care of the crabs first."
If you steam the crab, you only need to use a brush to clean the crab shell, so that the crab roe inside the crab shell can be preserved, which is a good thing. Many people eat crabs only for the crab roe inside the crab shell.
But since Xiang Yang has already decided to make crab soup, it is far from enough to just use a brush to clean the crab shells. Such soup will have a fishy smell, and there are actually many things in the crab shells that are not edible.
Fang Youqun followed Xiang Yang to process the crabs.
Both of them grew up by the sea, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they grew up eating crabs. It is very simple for them. They just break the crab shell and throw away the black stuff inside the shell. The black stuff is the crab's gills and cannot be eaten.
And you can't eat the crab's heart.
Most people may not be able to find the crab's heart. They can only feel a hard object in their mouth when eating and then spit it out.
After taking out the crab shell, gills, heart and other parts of the crab and throwing them away, Fang Youqun asked Xiang Yang, "Brother Yang, do you want to take out the crab meat?"
When making soup, you can take out the crab meat and make the soup separately. Then you can stir the soup and drink it directly with the crab meat, which is especially fragrant.
Xiang Yang shook his head. He threw the processed crabs directly into a pressure cooker, and then asked Fang Youqun to carry the pressure cooker to Chen Qingsheng.
The crabs that have just been processed cannot be used to make soup directly. The soup and crabs need to be processed separately. First, simmer the crabs in oil, and prepare the broth on the other hand.
When the crabs are stewed in oil until they turn bright red and the broth begins to foam, you can put the crabs into the broth to simmer.
When Fang Youqun handed the pressure cooker to Chen Qingsheng, Chen Qingsheng had already prepared the broth.
He took the crab, took it out of the pressure cooker, then smeared sesame oil, soy sauce, salt and other seasonings on it and threw the crab back into the pressure cooker. Finally, he took a wooden stick and stirred the pressure cooker repeatedly to evenly mix the things smeared on the crab.
After doing all this, he scooped a spoonful of lard from the big pot next to him. When the lard melted, he poured the crabs in the pressure cooker into the pot.
Suddenly, oil splashed everywhere.
He stirred the pot vigorously twice with a spoon, then turned off the heat and poured the crabs into the broth that had been prepared.
"It smells so good." Xiang Yang smelled the unique aroma of crabs in the air and joked, "Old Chen, it's a pity that you are not the head chef."
Chen Qingsheng was immediately depressed, "Captain, it seems that there is something wrong with cooking well."
Chen Qingsheng doesn't want to be a head chef. Being a chef is so glorious and free. Why should he be in the kitchen cooking
"Just a joke." Xiang Yang looked at the pressure cooker and said, "Is it okay to eat like this?"
The broth had already been prepared long ago. Crabs are seafood, and seafood does not require any cooking before it can be eaten. In addition, the crabs had already been cooked once before, so Xiang Yang thought they could be eaten directly.
"Not yet." Chen Qingsheng pointed to the coconut meat cut into pieces in the vegetable bowl beside him and said, "These things and seasonings have not been added yet. Captain, please go out and take a rest. I will come and call you when it is ready to eat."
Xiang Yang shook his head. "I'll just stand here and watch, and learn a few cooking skills."
"Okay, then you have to look carefully." Chen Qingsheng smiled and took a spoonful of water, put some spices and coconut meat into the spoonful of water and stirred it, then added the evenly stirred coconut meat and spices into the pot of broth.
As soon as the coconut meat was put into the water, he immediately turned down the heat and said, "These things don't need to be boiled, but they need to be boiled for a longer time to be flavorful, so we can only simmer slowly over low heat. It will be ready to eat in about fifteen minutes."
Xiang Yang sniffed and smelled the rich aroma of crab all over his nose.
"Oh my god, I'm drooling. I'm going to drink three bowls soon." Fang Youqun shouted.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes at him, "These are the crabs that the new crew members treated us to. They only have one bowl each. Do you feel embarrassed to drink three bowls?"
Fang Youqun swallowed his saliva and said, "At worst, I can treat them next time. No matter what happens this time, I must have three bowls."
"Okay." Xiang Yang said with a smile, "If you drink three bowls, there will be two people left without a drink. I'll give mine to you. Can you ask Lao Chen to give you a bowl as well?"
Chen Qingsheng looked at Fang Youqun with a half-smile, "I can give you mine, as long as you have such a big appetite."
"Uh." Fang Youqun immediately backed off. "I was just joking. Brother Yang and Brother Sheng, why did you take it so seriously?"
He said generously, "As long as you like, you can drink my bowl too."
"Okay." Chen Qingsheng agreed readily, "Then your bowl belongs to me."
"Uh." Fang Youqun suddenly felt like crying but had no tears.
"Okay." Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Go get those new seasonings I bought a few days ago and show them to Master Chen to see if there's anything I can add to the soup."
Fang Youqun ran out as if he was escaping.
After Fang Youqun left, Chen Qingsheng turned off the fire, scooped out a bowl of milky white soup, handed it to Xiang Yang and said, "Captain, please taste it and see if you need to add salt."
Xiang Yang took a bite and praised: "It's delicious. Your cooking skills are amazing. It's almost delicious on my tongue."
"Captain, please stop bragging." Chen Qingsheng said with a wry smile, "These are all wild crabs that have been brought ashore and exposed to the sun. They are more delicious and more expensive than ordinary deep-sea crabs. Just this pot alone would cost at least several thousand yuan if you bought it outside. It will taste the same no matter who cooks it."
Chen Qingsheng was telling the truth. These crabs were caught by Xiang Yang and the new crew members on a deserted island overseas.
These crabs usually forage for food in the sea, eating wild sea fish. They are naturally fiery and each fish they eat is very valuable. When they rest, they live on islands and reefs, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon. They are truly the finest delicacies from the mountains and the sea.
Xiang Yang took a sip and put the bowl down, saying, "Let's ask everyone to come in and have some soup."
"It's such a waste to give it to them." Chen Qingsheng shook his head. "Those young boys, how could they know that this soup is such a treasure?"
Xiang Yang smiled, he knew that what Chen Qingsheng said was the truth.
Although the crew members were busy preparing the crab soup and seemed to be very enthusiastic, Xiang Yang knew that it was just a superficial phenomenon.
Most people appear to be very active, but in fact they are just joining in the fun. When it comes to drinking the soup, they may not be that active. This is similar to the fishermen.