How to kill green crabs:
1. Poke the crab directly between the eyes with chopsticks and turn it slightly outward, so that the crab will appear to be fake dead, but the meat will still maintain its freshness and quality.
2. The edges of the crab's left and right sides are the most fragile and soft parts of the crab, so you can lean against the edge of the table and use your strength to peel off the crab's shell.
3. After peeling off the shell, clean out the food guts that stick to the center of the shell.
4, and then remove the long mesh gills, note that the gills of the crab must be removed cleanly, so as not to have a bitter flavor. Then use a brush to scrub the outer and inner layers of the crab.
5, and then peel the crab abdomen triangular or peach-shaped abdomen, this is the crab's excretion, if you are worried about cleaning is not clean enough, the abdominal shell is the easiest way to peel.
6, then take the knife to chop down the crab chelae, and use the back of the knife to slap the chelae to make them crack.
7, then chop off the tentacles of the crab head and the first section of the crab feet part, because the crab head has a bitter taste, will affect the flavor, the first section of the crab feet touch the ground so it is more dirty, should also be removed.
8. Finally, chop the crab in half from the center, and then cut into smaller pieces according to the cooking needs can be.
Tips for killing green crabs
If you are afraid that the crabs will pinch your hands, first prepare a pot of hot water at about 45 degrees, that is, just put your hands in the water without feeling hot; then, be sure to wear gloves. Put the crabs into the water one by one with their stomachs facing upwards, so that by the time it turns over it will have choked on the hot water.
The advantage of doing this is that the crab is at your mercy when it passes out, and it behaves itself and doesn't pinch your fingers anymore. Or blow cold air to the green crab before untying the rope, the crab is afraid of cold, after blowing cold air can reduce the vigor, easy to handle.
When you kill a green crab, grab both pincers of the crab, either by pressing down on the pincers a few times or by tapping them a few times, open the abdominal cover, and squeeze out the feces from the inside out in the center. Then take a chopstick in the pointed corner of the concave hole downward pressure through, so that you can, will be cut off the crab feet, cut off the double chela, and then split into four pieces can be.