5 Ways To Clean Crab So You Can Cook It Deliciously, Throw A Number Of Sections

How to clean crabs (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA - Crab is one of the seafood that many people like. Besides being able to buy it at a restaurant or a seafood seller, you can also make your own crab preparations at home. But before cooking it, you should know how to clean the right crab

Cooking crabs requires special treatment because these marine animals have hard shells and closed parts. So before cooking, clean the crabs first. There are a number of parts of the crab that taste bad and need to be thrown away.

For those of you who will cook processed crabs yourself at home, let's first understand how to clean crabs so that they can be cooked deliciously.

Cleaning the crabs before processing them turns out not only to be washed with water. Here are some ways to clean the crabs before cooking them that you can follow:

Before washing crabs with running water, make sure to boil or steam them first. To boil, prepare a large pot filled with water and boiling.

Add a little salt and spices to give you a taste and aroma. Put the crab into a pot and boil for about 10-15 minutes, depending on the size of the crab.

If you choose a steaming method, fill the steaming pot with water that has been added with salt. Put the crab on top of the steaming, pot cap, and steaming for 10-20 minutes, adjusting the time to the size of the crab.

After finishing being boiled or steamed, remove the crab from the pot and let it cool. Rind with cold water flows to clean the remaining dirt. If the crab is still hot, use latex gloves to facilitate the handling process.

At the bottom of the crab, there is a hard triangular shell that needs to be discarded by pulling it. In male crabs, this triangular shell tends to be small, narrow, and has a pointed end. Meanwhile, in female crabs, the shell is usually larger, wider, and round in shape.

Once the triangular shell is removed, the back of the crab will show a small gap between the body and the top shell, known as karias. Hold the crab with one hand and insert the finger into the gap, then pull the top shell until it opens.

Crab butter or crab fat will usually come out when the shell is released. This fat can be stored for use as a mixture of soup or cocoa sauce. If you want to collect more crab fat, turn the crab position back before pulling the shell to the top, so that the liquid is collected optimally.

Meanwhile, the top shell can be thrown away or used as a food container to serve crab meat.

The next step in cleaning the crabs is to remove the barbershop on the inside of the crab's body. Pull and throw it all away. In addition, also remove the jaw-like part on the front of the crab. Revoke and remove the part.

After the shell, insang, and jaw are thrown away, it remains only the stomach of the crab that is quite risky if eaten. Therefore, clean the crab with cold water that flows. The crab is ready to cook as desired, or if it is large, divide it first.

Here are some popular and appetizing crab processed foods, and you can make your own at home:

That's how to clean the right crabs so that you can cook them into delicious dishes. Make sure you clean every side of the crab and throw away a number of parts such as the tips above. Also read the delicious processed green shell soup served for family food.

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