How To Dispatch, Cook And Dress A Fresh Crab.

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🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

Dijon mustard

🥗Healthier: yellow mustard

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crab meat

🥗Healthier: imitation crab

💰Cheaper: canned crab

Canned crab is more affordable and still flavorful.

Purchase two fresh brown crabs from a fisherman.

Dispatch the first crab humanely by inserting a screwdriver into the hole in the apron and wiggling it to kill it quickly.

Place the dispatched crab into a pot of boiling water and simmer for 10-15 minutes depending on its weight (10-15 minutes for 1 kg).

Dispatch the second crab using the same method as the first, ensuring to kill it quickly and humanely.

Simmer the second crab in boiling water for about 12 minutes.

Once cooked, remove the crabs from the pot and let them cool.

Turn the first crab over and pull off the legs and claws, placing them on a plate.

Remove the crab's 'purse' by pushing it off from behind.

Take off the outer shell of the crab to reveal the brown meat inside.

Scrape out the brown meat and place it to one side of the shell, smoothing it out as you go.

Pick the white meat from the claws using a crab picking tool, being careful to extract all the meat. Repeat for all claws.

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