Raw drunken crab is delicious after soaking crab and other ingredients in wine to remove the fishy smell. Its meat is delicate and sweet, but it is harmful to eat drunken crabs raw, because crabs live in poor water environment, mostly muddy depressions, and harmful substances such as bacteria will breed on the surface. Raw drunken crabs have not been sterilized at high temperature, and may contain harmful substances such as parasites.

But eating raw drunken crabs may not be infected with parasites, because not all raw drunken crabs contain parasites, but the probability is greater.

2 How to eat drunken crabs safely? Generally, thorough heating is recommended.

In order to avoid harmful substances such as parasites in drunken crabs, it is suggested to follow the following steps:

1. Wash the drunken crab with clear water, remove the surface sediment, and then soak it in wine.

2. When eating drunken crabs, completely heat them at high temperature for 3-5 minutes to remove bacteria and other microorganisms, which can reduce the harm to some extent.

Note: Although parasites have good reproductive ability, they are not resistant to high temperature, and they will die below 100 degrees Celsius.

3 How long will the parasite die after the drunken crab is pickled? For the raw drunken crab, although it will be disinfected with yellow wine and ginger during eating, it has little effect on the parasites in the raw drunken crab, but it can inhibit its reproductive speed to a certain extent and cannot be killed. It is generally recommended that drunken crabs be cooked at high temperature, which has a certain effect on killing parasites.

In addition, the following are the specific practices of drunken crabs:

1. Prepare a proper amount of drunken crab, yellow wine, soy sauce, sugar, ginger, pepper and onion.

2. Then clean the fresh crabs and tie them with cotton thread.

3. Then spread the ginger slices on the crab, sprinkle with wine and steam 15-20 minutes.

4. Finally, the soy sauce, yellow wine and sugar are boiled together to make a marinade, and the drunken crab can be eaten after soaking in the marinade for 20 minutes.

Can I steam the drunken crab if I can't get used to it? Yes

Drunken crabs in the market are generally eaten raw, with tender meat, rich wine flavor and delicious taste, which is loved by many people. People who can't accept the taste of raw food can also eat it after steaming, which won't have much influence, but high temperature will make the nutrients lose, and the meat quality and umami taste will also be reduced. But eating drunken crabs after steaming can reduce parasites and other harmful substances to human body to some extent.