Asahi crab because it looks like a frog, plus the body is red color, so it is called a cute crab, this crab does not look like an attack, the foot does not make people a deterrent, so the sea people to catch them is not difficult, but the size is not large plus less than other crab meat, but its crab yellow is very fragrant, more fragrant than any crab, basically eat it people are running to its crab yellow.
Asahi crab is an animal of the order Decapod, commonly known as shrimp and cockroach head, and its shape resembles a frog and is also known as a frog crab. Also known as sea bugs, griffin cats, shrimp head, etc., is a kind of frog-shaped crab, crab meat taste is no different from ordinary crabs, but crab yellow is particularly fragrant. The back of the shell is vermilion, the antennae are thick and short and hairy, the claws are flattened, the foot is flattened, the ventral part is seven segments, and it inhabits the sediment offshore.
This kind of crab in all the seas in Our country, only in Taiwan Province near penghu island most, so few people have eaten, and the sea catcher is not cold to them, all only Taiwan Penghu people are more familiar, if not crab yellow delicious, basically with other crab taste are similar, all the market value is not very high, a pound of about 10 yuan.
There is a very famous writer, is Hangzhou West Lake people, because of the reasons of work, long-term stay in Taiwan Province, the early years belong to the era of inconvenient transportation and logistics, but the writer especially misses the hairy crabs in his hometown, but Taiwan is some sea crabs, there is no way to satisfy his nostalgia, it is best to eat Xu crab, only to alleviate, he said that this taste is very close to hairy crabs.
Taiwan is the crab is fried to make delicious, and in the street food stalls often see, many people who have eaten say crisp, but for such a practice will completely destroy the umami taste of crab, in other words, I must not like to eat, as if many people think that the crab is the best to eat is steamed, whether it is sea crab or hairy crab.
Many people will also call asahi crab tiger crab, in fact, the two look very similar, but definitely two different crabs, of course, they all belong to the same genus, not only the appearance is very similar, even the taste is similar, are crab yellow is very fragrant. But the shape of the tiger crab is closer to the triangle, the asahi crab prefers the shape of the frog, and the asahi crab body is red, the color is a little redr than the tiger crab, and the sea catcher knows how to distinguish.
Crab contains a lot of protein and most of them are mainly high-quality proteins, and these high-quality proteins also contain amino acids, which can increase lymphocyte immunity, promote wound healing, and fight infection. After surgery or injured people can eat more crabs in moderation.