This slots into the bottom of the body so a small tool to help push it out is useful. The male crabs have a small apron like thisįlip the blue crab over and remove the apron of the crab. Don’t worry about the little bits of guts left. Once everything has been removed it should look like this. Blue Crab with everything removed except for the mustard All the gills and mouth parts removed from the blue crab body. These parts along with the stomach will hold grit and sand.
Make sure to remove the mouth parts and filaments along with the gills. The blue crab’s mouth should be removed at this point as well Now that the gills – also known as dead man’s fingers – are exposed, they can be removed easily by hand and the little leftovers can be scrubbed away later. The top shell off now you can clean all the guts and gills out of the blue crab The top shell should just pop off easily with a lot the guts attached. Just grab one side of the shell and then the legs and claw under that side and pull. Once they’re dispatched it should be relatively easy. To start cleaning the crabs take the top shell off. You can use other methods of dispatching the crabs like cutting them in half with a heavy kitchen knives/blades/ knives.html" 15179 target="_blank">knife, or putting them in a freezer. This will kill the crabs out right or chill them out so you can break them down easily. Blue crabs dispatched and ready to cleanīefore I start cleaning the blue crabs, I ice them all down for a couple of hours. It could be different up north where the water temps aren’t as high or if they’re catching them in deeper water, but here I think it’s better to just clean them out before cooking. I know that’s sacrilege for many people, but when the water temperature is 88 – 89F, I just don’t like the flavor of the mustard and head fat they hold. With these summer crabs caught from the bay, I generally don’t cook them whole instead, I will do a blue crab cajun boil. They seem plumper and sweeter than the ones you get from the store. There’s just something different about fresh-caught blue crabs. While not the most adrenaline-pumping way to catch your dinner, using crab pots to get a mess of crabs is very rewarding. The best part of catching blue crabs has to be eating them.
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