Oct 18, 2016
Cleaning Crab
1 Crab, whole
1 Blanche the crab in boiling water for 60 seconds. Immediately transfer to ice water to stop cooking.
2 Pry the shell off, pulling from the back of the crab first. Remove the gills and scoop out the guts inside the body of the crab. A good rule of thumb is to remove anything that’s not pure white.
3 Rinse out the body of the crab and pry off the abdomen.
4 Cut into quarters by splitting down the middle from head to tail, then cutting each side into halves. Leave the front half with the pincher (if still attached; they sometimes fall off during cleaning), and the back half with the last two or three legs. Reserve cold until needed.