Can we still eat dead crabs?

Sea crabs are also called swimming crabs. Its meat is very tender and has high nutritional value. The most common way to eat it is to steam it. So can you eat dead sea crabs? In fact, when you buy crabs, it is best to buy live and fresh ones. After all, dead crabs can produce some bacteria and viruses.

1. Can dead crabs be eaten?

It’s best not to eat it! If you know how long the crab has been dead, you can decide whether to eat it or not. If the crab has been dead for a long time, you can smell a bad odor. You definitely can’t eat this! If it has been dead for a short time and has no peculiar smell (open the lid and see if the color of the inside has changed to black; black ones cannot be eaten), it is edible. Aren’t all frozen crabs dead? If it is frozen when fresh, there is no problem.

Generally speaking, dead crabs cannot be eaten. From a scientific point of view, this is not a bacterial problem, but because when the crab is dying or dead, the histamine in the crab's body will decompose and produce histamine. Histamine is a toxic substance. As the time of death increases, more and more histamine accumulates in the crab body, and the toxic gas becomes stronger and stronger. Even if the crab is cooked, this toxin is not easily destroyed. Therefore, dead crabs should never be eaten.

2. How to eat crabs

1. Stir-fried crab

Main ingredient: Swimming crab

Seasoning: refined oil, flour, salt, dark soy sauce, onion, ginger, cooking wine

practice:

1. Wash the swimming crabs and cut each into two sections;

2. Seal the cut edges of the swimming crab with flour;

3. Heat the pan with oil until it is 50% hot, and place the crab with the cut edge facing down into the oil;

4. Fry it, add cooking wine, salt, sugar, dark soy sauce, green onion, ginger and water;

5. Cover and cook over medium heat for 6-7 minutes (depending on the size of the crab) then remove from heat and serve.

2. Iron Plate Swimming Crab

Ingredients: 750g female swimming crab

Seasoning: curry oil, refined salt, Shaoxing wine, tomato sauce, rice vinegar, spicy soy sauce, chili oil, sugar, sesame oil, chili oil, MSG, ginger slices, scallion segments, and flour.

practice:

1. Cut the crab into 8 pieces, coat with flour, and fry in 70% hot oil.

2. Heat the iron pan, wrap it with silver paper and set aside.

3. Add chopped green onion and ginger into the wok and stir-fry until fragrant. Pour in the seasoning and fried crabs, fry until cooked, turn it over a few times, pour sesame oil on it, and serve.

Key to making: The iron plate should be heated to make the dishes more fragrant.

3. Korean food: swimming crab

Main ingredient: Swimming crab

Ingredients: Korean kimchi, chopped green onions.

Seasoning: salt, MSG, cooking wine.

practice:

1) Kill and clean the swimming crab, cut into pieces, and cut the kimchi into slices.

2) Place the swimming crab and kimchi on a plate, add a little water, salt, MSG and cooking wine.

3) Cover the swimming crab with plastic wrap, put it into the microwave until cooked, take it out, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and drizzle with hot oil.

Characteristics of the dish: The kimchi is slightly spicy and the swimming crab is fresh and tender.