For crabs of average size, let the water boil for 20 minutes after boiling. You can kill all the parasites in it. However, if you encounter a particularly large crab, you need to increase the time as appropriate (the central temperature rises slowly).

How to remove the fishy smell of steamed crabs?

Because of the unique flavor of the blue crab, there is generally no need to add seasoning when cooking. Even if it is steamed with clear water, it is full of flavor, but sometimes it is accompanied by a fishy smell. The removal method is simple: 2-3 hours before cooking, untie the tied straw rope and put the blue crab in clean water (tap water) to let the blue crab excrete the accumulated ammonia nitrogen in the body during swimming. Just be aware that the blue crabs soaked in fresh water can no longer be stored.

How to eat crabs?

1. Cut off eight-foot hairy crabs, including two pliers. After cooling, the meat in them will automatically separate from the crab shell, which is easy to be poked out or even sucked out, so save it for the last.

2. Remove the crab cover (that is, a small cover on the navel of the crab, the male crab and the female crab have different shapes) to facilitate the opening of the crab cover;

3. Eat the crab cover first, dig out the crab stomach in the middle with a small spoon, and gently suck out the crab yellow wrapped outside. Be careful not to suck it in through the crab's stomach with a triangular cone in the middle and discard it;

4. After eating the crab cover, it's the crab's turn. First, cut off the extra crab feet, mouth and lungs with scissors;

5. Pick out a hexagon in the middle of the crab with a spoon handle, which is the heart of the crab and discard it;

6. Pour some vinegar on the crab with a small spoon, and then eat the crab paste of the crab;

7. Break the crab in half, and you can see the filamentous crab meat at this time. As long as it is torn along the crab's foot, the crab meat can be removed. Eat clean crab shells, complete and bright;

8. Cut the crab leg into three sections with scissors, and the last section of the crab toe can be used as a tool. First poke out the meat in the middle section of the crab leg with a thin toe, and then poke out the meat in the front section of the crab leg with a thick toe;

9. Divide the crab claws into three sections. In the first two paragraphs, you can cut the crab shell directly and scoop out the meat with a spoon. The trick of the last pliers is to cut both sides, and then break the two pliers feet in the opposite direction by hand, so that the pliers shells are completely separated;

10. Although the crab shells eaten in this way may not be completely restored to the shape of crabs, they are well laid out without leaving any silk. Wash your hands after eating crab shells, drink a cup of warm ginger tea and eat a hairy crab at a meal, which makes you feel full.