How to clean live crabs?

Crabs are delicious but difficult to handle because they are covered with hard shells, making them very troublesome to cook, especially the cleaning step. Cleaning live crabs also has certain risks because the crab's large claws can easily pinch people's fingers, and the wound can easily face the risk of infection, etc. Let’s take a look at how to clean live crabs.

1. Prepare a plastic basin and an old toothbrush, add appropriate amount of water and white wine, and pour the crabs into the basin. Let the crab soak in water for 5-10 minutes to give it a thorough bath. The waste in the body can be excreted through the stimulation of alcohol, and the crabs can also be made drunk by white wine.

Tips: Wine can not only remove the fishy smell of crabs, but also make the crabs stop struggling, making it easier to handle later. Of course, if you don’t have white wine at home, you can use 45-degree warm water to scald it.

2. Use the thumb and index finger of your left hand to grab both sides of the crab's shell and turn it over so that the crab's belly is facing you. Use your right hand to brush the crab's 8 legs to remove the mud and sand.

Tips: Be sure to hold on firmly with your left thumb and index finger to prevent the crab from struggling and escaping.

3. After brushing the thighs, use a toothbrush to brush both sides of the crab shell and the two crab claws, especially the crab claws, because there are many hairs on the crab claws, which are easy to hide dirt.

4. Next comes the most difficult step. Use the thumb, index finger and ring finger of your left hand to grab the crab's claws and turn them over. Use the thumb and index finger of your right hand to open the crab's navel and squeeze out the spoils.

Tips: To make good use of the three-finger magic of your left hand, you must not be afraid of being caught by the crab. As the saying goes, be bold but be careful. Once you grab the crab claws, you must use force and not let the crab break free, otherwise there is a possibility of being clamped.

5. Then, take advantage of the time when the crab's navel is not yet attached to the crab's belly. Use a toothbrush to quickly brush away the mud and sand in the gap between the crab belly and the crab navel.

Finally, place the washed crabs in a clean basin, rinse them with running water, and then put them into the pot to cook.