How to preserve hairy crabs and what to do if they can t finish eating

Preservation method 1 of cooked hairy crabs: If the cooked crabs are stored for a short time, they can be covered with plastic wrap and placed in a cool and ventilated place. Generally, it can be kept fresh for 6-8 hours, provided that the weather is cold and the temperature is relatively low.

If the weather is hot and you want to store cooked crabs for a short time, you need to put them in the refrigerator. In this way, the crabs at noon can be saved until the evening, but not overnight.

If you want to store cooked crabs for a long time, such as overnight, you need to put the crabs in the freezer. However, direct freezing is easy to make cooked crabs lose water and become very dry and unpalatable. When frozen, you can freeze it together with the soup in which the crab is boiled, which can maintain the umami of the crab.

Cooked hairy crab preservation method 2: Saved cooked crabs, if you want to eat, try to go back to the pot to steam before eating, but to cover in the frozen (not refrigerated) layer of the refrigerator, because cooked crabs are toxic after contact with fog, dew, etc., they must be boiled again when eaten the next day, boiled in boiling water, and heated for half an hour after boiling, in case the microorganisms in the crab are not completely killed.

Do not eat crabs without seasoning because crabs are cold, and crabs should be accompanied by minced ginger and vinegar when eating crabs to prevent stomach damage.

If you can't finish eating, you will throw it away, and you will not be able to eat it overnight, it will produce toxins, and eating it will cause diarrhea or food poisoning.

Crabs can't be eaten and preserved:

Refrigerate - lasts 6-8 hours.

If you can't finish steaming the crab, wrap it in plastic wrap, seal it and put it in the cold room of the refrigerator, where it can be stored for 6 to 8 hours. For example, if the crab is steamed at noon and eaten in the evening, it is stored in this way.

Freezer - can be stored for 1 to 2 days.

If you can't finish it on the day, you can't refrigerate it and you have to freeze it. Or wrap it in plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator freezer, so that it can be stored for 1 2 days, and you should eat it as soon as possible.

How to choose crabs:

1. When selecting crabs, look at the crab shell to be green, the crab belly should be white and not black, and the crab tail is raised high, the navel is protruding, and it is relatively full to pinch it by hand.

2. Take the crab through the sun or light, look at the edge of the crab cover, if there is a gap visible in the translucent, the crab is relatively empty and has no meat.

3. Look at the vitality of the crab, turn the crab over, and it can be quickly flipped back, indicating that the vitality is strong and fresh. You can also touch the crab's eyes with your hands, the eyeballs rotate flexibly, or spit bubbles in your mouth, indicating that the crab is relatively fresh.