Tips
How to Buy Good Crabs
01.
Buy live crabs, for a better taste.
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Choose crabs that are lively and move about. They should smell fresh and salty, without any smell of fish and especially not ammonia.
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Do not buy any crabs if the meat looks off color or dried out.
02.
Buy your crabs from a well-known and reputable seller
04.
Never buy crabs that are dead, as the meat goes off really quickly and will most definitely be bad when you cook it.
06.
If you are planning on preparing a crab dish following a recipe, check to see whether it specifies a male or female crab, as some recipes do. It is quite simple to differentiate between a male and female crab. The female crab has a triangle shaped area on the underneath part of the shell.
How to Prepare Crab for Cooking
- Put the crabs in the freezer for 1 hour to immobilise them or in a bucket of iced water for 15 minutes.
- Pull off the top shells, pull out the spongy grey gills and remove the guts.
- Cut them into half and then into six pieces leaving the claws intact