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First, soak it in light salt water to wash the dirty things on the body surface, and then soak it in light salt water for a period of time. Soak it in light salt water to make it spit out the dirty things in its stomach and put it in light salt water, in order to calm the hairy crabs and facilitate the later cleaning.

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Next, brush the crab, prepare an old toothbrush, and then wash the crab with a brush when the water spit out by the crab is no longer turbid. This step requires certain skills. Pay attention to prevent the crab from being pinched by the crab pliers, hold the left and right sides of the crab with your thumb and middle finger, and hold the crab shell upward. After the crab is firmly grasped, take it under the faucet, turn on a thin stream, brush the crab with a toothbrush, and rinse it while brushing, especially when brushing. Then brush your thighs. Brush the sides of the crab cover with a toothbrush and the two crab claws, especially the crab claws, a few times, because the crab claws are hairy and easy to hide dirt. Finally, clean the belly cover, which contains a lot of dirt and crab excrement. Open the abdominal cover, first squeeze out the excrement, then wash away the dirty things in the abdominal cover, and finally brush the crab claws clean.

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Scrubbed hairy crabs are conveniently thrown into a clean water basin, and then washed together to be used for cooking. Usually, people can put a small amount of white wine in clean water when washing hairy crabs at last, which can effectively remove the fishy smell of hairy crabs and make the cooked hairy crabs taste more delicious.

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Then the hairy crabs are steamed. After the hairy crabs are cleaned, add water into the pot, and then boil the water. After the water boils, prepare the steamer, spread the perilla on the steamer, and then spread the hairy crabs on the perilla. Then sprinkle a little basil on the hairy crabs and steam for about 20 minutes.

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After steaming for 20 minutes, take out the hairy crabs. During these 20 minutes, pound the garlic into garlic paste, pour in soy sauce and stir, or pour in vinegar, and add it according to your personal taste. After taking out the crabs, you can pour the garlic paste on them or dip them in. Personally, I suggest the second one. There are many ways to do hairy crabs, which can be done according to your personal taste.