It is better to steam and freeze them.

If you can't finish your crabs in time and want to freeze them in the refrigerator, it's best to steam them and then put them in the refrigerator for freezing, because the temperature of the refrigerator freezer is relatively low, and freezing raw crabs directly will easily lead to the meat of the crabs to be frozen, and will also lead to the reduction of the nutritional value of the crabs as well as the value of the food.

Because crab is a kind of food with high water content, the low temperature will freeze the water in the crab meat, which will destroy the meat in a long time, so it is recommended to steam the crab and then freeze it.

Crab selection method:

1, look at the fullness

Now although the crab is more, but not all the crab meat is full, so you can buy crabs can pick the meat of the full, you can open the navel of the crab, if there is a yellow inside, then the meat of the full, if it is white, then this kind of If it is white, then the crab is not full enough.

2, look at the color

Selection of crabs need to look at the color, it is generally recommended to choose the shell is green-black, shiny, umbilical cord full, abdominal white clean crab; if the crab shell is yellow, then it is not recommended to select.

3, look at the chelipeds

Selection of crabs, to choose a complete, crab 1 pair of pincers, 8 feet can not be less than one, because of the chelipeds of the crab, the meat quality may be affected.

4, look at the vitality

Pick the crab, it is recommended to choose the high vitality, the river crab will be turned over, abdomen to the sky, if the crab can quickly turn with the chelicerae flick turn back, indicating that the vitality of the strong, can be preserved; can not be turned back, the vitality of the poor, the storage of the time can not be long.