Can crabs be boiled directly in water?

Crab is a seafood that can be cooked in many ways. Due to its high nutritional value and high protein content, many people like to eat crabs, so more and more ways of cooking crabs have been researched. After buying crabs home, you must handle them carefully before eating them. Since there are many probiotics in crabs, crabs need to be sterilized at high temperature before eating. So can crabs be boiled directly in water?

Aquatic products in lake water will be contaminated with mud or other aquatic weeds and sand. They need to be washed and then steamed, otherwise they will be very unclean. You need to wash it before steaming, boiling or other cooking methods.

Of course, if you really don’t care, just steam it. After all, parasites can generally be killed through high-temperature steaming. Also, crabs are now mostly raised in an ecological way, so it’s not a big problem.

How to clean crabs

1. How to clean untied hairy crabs

1. Untied hairy crabs can be soaked in 45-degree hot water for about 10 minutes. Let the hairy crabs choke on the hot water and wash them normally after they pass out.

2. You can also soak the hairy crabs in cooking wine or white wine for about 20 minutes to make them pass out, and then wash them normally.

3. You can also put the untied hairy crabs into the freezer and freeze them for about 20 minutes. The hairy crabs will enter a hibernation state due to the cold and completely stop moving. You can then wash them normally.

2. How to clean the tied hairy crabs

1. Put the tied hairy crabs into a basin, add half a basin of water, and prepare a toothbrush or a kitchen brush.

2. Completely submerge the hairy crabs in it and soak them for about ten minutes until they are choked and then you can wash them.

3. Place the back of the hairy crab facing upwards, hold the crab shell on both sides of the crab legs, and use a toothbrush to vigorously clean the crab shell, belly button, and mouth.

4. Brush the crab legs and the outside of the crab claws clean, lift the base of the claws with the handle of a toothbrush, grab the two claws of the crab, and vigorously clean the base of the crab claws.

5. Hold the crab claws tightly on both sides, open the abdominal cover, and forcefully squeeze out the excrement.

6. Clean the inside and outside of the belly cover and rinse the hairy crabs.

7. Place the hairy crabs in a large basin of clean water, completely covering them, and soak for ten minutes.

8. Take out the hairy crabs and rinse them one by one.

What should you pay attention to when cleaning hairy crabs?

1. When cleaning hairy crabs, you must pick out the dead crabs in advance to avoid the situation where all the hairy crabs have fainted and you will not be able to tell whether they are dead or alive.

2. Hairy crabs are somewhat aggressive, so it is best to tie them up when cleaning. If they are not tied up, make sure the crabs are unconscious before cleaning.

3. The junctions of hairy crab joints are prone to hiding silt and parasites, so be sure to clean them carefully.

4. It is difficult to tell whether the hairy crab is dead or alive when it is tied up. You can touch the crab's eyes. If it blinks, it is a live hairy crab.