Wash hairy crabs before steaming, because hairy crabs mainly feed on microorganisms, animal carcasses, carrion and other foods, and there are many bacteria and microorganisms hidden on the body surface or in the body. To clean the hairy crabs, you can put the belly of the hairy crabs into the water, brush all parts of the hairy crabs with a brush, open the belly cover to squeeze out the excrement, and finally rinse them off.

Hairy crabs should be washed before steaming.

Hairy crabs should be washed before steaming, because they live in water and mainly live on small fish, shrimp, aquatic plants, sediment and animal carcasses. If they are not washed, sediment or other dirty things will be hidden in their bodies, which will greatly affect the edible taste and safety of hairy crabs.

To clean the hairy crabs, you need to prepare a basin of water with a temperature of about 45℃. After putting the hairy crabs belly up into the water, use a toothbrush to clean the back, abdomen, mouth, feet, pliers and other parts of the hairy crabs in turn, then open the abdominal cover to squeeze out excreta, and finally rinse them with clear water, which can be used as ingredients.

Before cleaning crabs, you need to pay attention to sorting out dead crabs, because after the death of hairy crabs, a large number of bacteria will quickly breed in their bodies, which will cause great harm to human health after eating. If the dead crabs are not picked out in advance, it will be difficult to distinguish them when they are put into the steamer.