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Fill a large pot with water, and season to taste. They will not be spicey because somehow, the spicy seasoning manages to avoid the inside of the shell. Season for taste and not spice. Place the pot on the stove with the temperature set to boil the water. Step 2 After the water comes to a boil, take your live crab and drop them in one by one by lifting them from the sink or ice chest. If they all clamp on to each other, they rarely let go so just throw them all in at once. Let them boil for about 15 minutes. Turn the stove off, let them sit in the water about 10 more minutes. Then remove them and place them in another container because they have to be cleaned. Step 3 Let them cool on the counter covered up for about an hour. If you are not ready to pick and clean them, you can freeze them as they are by placing them in a freezer bag and then into the freezer. I hope this helped!
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoMany commercial operations, crab houses, middle men, and seafood restaurants & take-outs DO in fact "re-steam" blue crabs - they claim you can only re-steam them once - if you do it more than that, they turn to mush and are terrible. Frankly I don't think its that fair to people to re-steam previously cooked crabs - I say this because when they first steam the crab, say at the crabhouse or some seafood outlet/store, they put the steamed (cooked) crabs in cold storage - here in lies the issue - they can literally leave these cooked crabs in cold storage for a long long time. I have seen them stored for 1-3 weeks, then taken out of the walk-in frig, and re-steamed when the customer comes in to buy some "fresh" steamed crabs (NOT!!) - or eat some fresh hot cooked crabs at a restaurant, buffet, etc. My point is, its just not completely upfront and honest - I feel its unfair and deceiving to the person buying "fresh steamed" blue crabs. Also I don't think the re-steams taste anywhere near as good, the meat gets dried out, chewy and can get a not-so-fresh taste to it as time goes by. Beware of this practice.
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∙ 10y agoYes, you can microwave a cooked blue crab.
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Does crabs have protein?
Crabs has protein. In every 100g of blue crab (canned, raw, or cooked), it has 18g protein. Highest protein number is with queen crab (cooked) with 24g protein per 100g.
Is crab in crab cocktail cooked?
Yes. Nobody serves raw crab.
Is a colour crab real?
If you mean coloured crabs, then yes. There are soft shelled blue crabs, and of course the red cooked crabs.
What is the group name of Blue Crab?
You need to be more specific in what type of blue crab you are referring to. There are at least three different species of crab commonly known as blue crab.Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)Blue Crab (Portunus pelgaicus)Japanese Blue Crab (Portunus trituberculatus)
Is a crab blue?
The size of ya mam
Are Florida stone crab claws eaten raw or cooked?
Cooked.
Is imitation crab stick cooked?
Yes, the crab stick, as it is commonly known, is made from surimi, which is cured. Within the curing process this is all cooked.
What animal eats the blue crab?
the blue crab is eaten by us and other blue crabs
Is bacon already cooked?
Most bacon has been smoked, but not cooked. Microwave bacon is partially cooked.
What is a food that is usually cooked in a microwave?
Popcorn.
Is a blue crab an omnivore?
Neither. It is not a vertebrate, so it cannot be either. A crab is a crustacean.
What food can't you put in a microwave oven?
salad can not be cooked in the microwave.
