How to Clean a Blue Claw Crab
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- This video shows how to clean a blue claw crab (Callinectes sapidus).
-Please put your crabs in ice water to numb them so this is as humane as possible. Then just follow what is done in the video. It is easy...
There is a recipe at the end of the video and below:
water
vinegar
1 dozen live blue crabs
1/2 cup OLD BAY Seasoning
DIRECTIONS (from the old bay website)
In a pot with a raised rack (minimum of 2 inches high), add equal quantities of water and vinegar to just below level of rack. Bring to a boil.
Carefully layer crabs on rack; sprinkle each layer with OLD BAY. Cover and steam for about 10 minutes depending on size of crabs or until crabs turn red.
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Can you do a video on a cold air intake on a crab?
ClickClack99 thanks for making my day
Lol you win UA-cam.
nice
Yeah that would be nice
Well that's not very likely... Lmao
It's pretty hilarious that the guy I watch to repair my jeep is also the guy I watch to make my dinner! LOL!!! Great vid!
He's the full deal :D
Hey Guys! ChrisFish here...
TheNoisePolluter I love that
Hahaha
... annnnd today I’m gonna show you how to shove a knife humanely into a crab’s face!
Lol
😂
I hope you are kidding. The whole idea of the ice and the rupturing of the brain is to numb them then kill them instantly (aka the total opposite of torture)... Throwing them into boiling water alive is torture.
It's a crab, bro.
Dem some nice crabs
But, it allows for the freshest crab before cooking...
U could kill it right before tho too
Your rediculous! Torturing a crab? What's the world coming to, sissy.
@@dpitt9195and you’re just a human, bro. No reason to torture a living being if you can just do it humanly and achieve the same result
You know you're tired when you read the title as "How to Clean a Blue Crew Cab". xD
dont forget to use a wide angle on the hose! dont want to scratch the shell with the high pressure
+Deniz Plays lol
@@chrisfix his name is a dead gaming channel
@@XTRMXPRTKILR he likely changed it
I guess all the subscribers would like to see Chris starting another channel chrisfish. That would be great. I am definitely gonna love that.
Does anyone agree with this???
He hearted ur comment lol
That is a good idea too! My new method is to actually rip the top part of the shell off really fast which kills them instantly.
They gonna die anyway. Kepp them alive and boil them whole.
@@dpitt9195 you could do that, but boiling crabs whole makes the meat taste really fishy and unpleasant at least on my end. So it's better to just get rid of unnecessary parts
If it doesn't taste right then you are not seasoning them right.
haters:I hate this video! poor crab!!!
Haters:*goes to red lobster*
GhastlyGirl _ Oh right. Cause Red lobster is frozen and not fresh = taste horrible for way to too much money! I'll eat my seafood fresh and kill them JUST like the processing plants do for your overpriced seafood. 👍☺️
Semper Fi wh i don't even remember saying this???
Semper Fi plus I don't eat seafood
"i don't eat seafood" comes to video on how to clean crabs
we all know what you've got, missy!
Yep. That's dumb america for you
Hi Chris! This time you didn’t make a list of the tools you used, how can we do this without the right tools?
Yea man, It kills them instantly and since they are on ice, they dont feel anything (they are cold blooded so the external temp is directly related to how they feel). When they are cold, their body slows and they go dormant (so hopefully they dont feel a thing)
How to super clean a crab YAY! You should paint rims on Driftstang white
Lol
ChrisFix anyway when youre comming back? Im 16 yo and i am buying a toyota celica as my first car and thanks for motivation ;)
@@Fathom324 good car, especially the st205
*Just caught my first crabs, and was feeling like a monster. Thanks for teaching me how to do this the kind way*
Thanks for the video. Worked like a charm. Didn't tell my friends that I had watched it. They were amazed at how quickly and easily I was able to clean them.
My mom is from Maryland and hasn't been back in a super long time. She burst into tears when she saw the crabs in the pot because it brought back happy memories of her childhood. Thanks for sharing.
I got here from searching "Teaching crabs how to read"
my crab is missing it’s gills, can you make a how to replace gills on a blue claw crab please? thank you
I'd recognize that voice anywhere 😂 thanks for the vid Chris
Glad you enjoyed it!
Can we have a video on how to install a turbo on a snail?? 😁
Good idea!
"Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?”
+interstagtegar, blue crabs are free if you know how to catch them ;)
ChrisFix this is all wrong
ChrisFix im sorry but watch some videos how to do it
ChrisFix We have a house in Manahawkin, NJ and we keep crab traps off the dock in the back. All summer we can just pull them up and have fresh crabs whenever we want. All we pay for is bunker which is only like $5 per dozen. Places sell blue claws for around $20 a dozen. We can get around 40-50 crabs on 5 bunker so the bunker more than pays for itself.
I clean the crabs the same way you do. Then I just sprinkle on some Old Bay and steam 'em. It's better than steaming or boiling them with the shells on because you get the flavor of the spices throughout the whole crab instead of it being just on the shells. Sometimes I'll make a butter, lemon and garlic sauce and brush the crabs after they're steamed just to change it up.
+Steven C I miss the Blue claw crabs now.? When I lived in the city I could buy them all over.? Now where I live no one has them at all.?
LBI here
Chris, noticed you are hosing them off but where? I do that and I'm going to bring all sorts of flies and other vermin running. I've done the sink and it makes for an easy clean up.
+Scott Neuman We live in Whidbey Island, WA and for dungeness crab we just gut and rinse them in the ocean. Less mess in the kitchen or the driveway. Also for killing them we just hit them on the belly at the tip of the triangle with whatever you can find (small 1x1 piece of wood or stick), it kills them instantly.
Scott Neuman Clean them on the boat or at the dock. Every dock I've been to by the Chesapeake has a hose. I clean on the docks so all waste goes in the water to continue the cycle.
Def ask questions, that is what this is all about! Fresh crabs taste really great. Cleaning them isnt about being fun, it's about looking forward to eating them! It's fun/interesting the first few times, but after that it is work. My friends and I sit around on the back porch eating these guys after they are cooked and just have a blast talking and chilling. That is what is all about! This is def a good animal to start with to learn how to clean.
Yea, Joe's crab shack is pretty good!
I really admire you making sure the crab don’t suffer and asleep before this happens.
This guy can explain anything! Chris you have such an awesome natural way of talking and explaining things. If you were a teacher you could explain rocket sience and make it seem easy and understandable.
Thanks a lot!
Hey! Guys ChrisFish here❤️
Yessss
Yea, you are definitely correct. That is another great way to get the shell off!
Wtf... this is so random! Here I am looking for fishing channels on how to clean crabs... and low and behold ChrisFix here is teaching me about crabbing! Never expected this! Awesome man!
great way of fast crab cleaning!! you know, if you are fishing, those gills would come in handy for bait
Thanks! And yea, they are great for catching minnows for fluke, and to catch white perch.
We steam them live in Old Bay for about 20 minutes and then pick them apart. Not that we can absolutely claim to be the one right way to do it, but most of us cranky Marylanders think that leaving all the innards inside adds to the flavor. And half the fun is drinking beer as you pick them apart methodically.
Did you use any thread-locker?
Thanks for that tip on how to wash the guts and gills away with a sprayer. I had just cleaned some, cutting the gills out, before I watched your video. Some viscera still clung to the inside of the crab, so I was looking for tips on how to most easily take care of that problem. It would have saved me considerable time if I had found your video before I even started cleaning them.
Haha, well now you know! I would love some crabs right about now!
What kind of torque specs are from the factory for the butterknife?
This wasn't sponsored by autotempist, was it?😂
The twitching is going to happen no matter what. They are such simple animals that even when their brain is severed from the rest of their body they twitch. At least you know they are not in pain. When you just boil them, they suffer. Plus, have you ever had crabs that were not cleaned? For some people they are hard to eat because the inside is gooey. In addition to that, you dont get the flavor from the old bay and whatever you cook them in when you dont clean them. Thx for the comment!
He power washes the crabs 😂😂😂
The only non-car video by Chrisfix
HEY GUYS CHRIS FIX and today I’m going to be showing you how to completely engine swap a blue crab using common hand tools at home in your drive way!
I have seen so many videos about how to kill and clean blue crab and this one is by far the BEST. Thanks and you've also got a new subscriber:)
Watching this in anticipation of CHRISFISH I am not even into Marie stuff but I love Chris fix content
Great! Glad we could teach you how to clean crabs! Enjoy!
On vacation near Fenwick island and used this video to learn how to process the crabs me and the boys were catching. While watching, thought... Man that voice sounds familiar. Doh! It's Chris from chrisfix! Small world. BTW, the crabs were great! First ever catching and eating blue for me.
You guys got to remember that this is ChrisFix. We need a remastered version of this video!
Short and sweet. None of that "Hey guys it's ya boy on another episode etc."
Well done, the fastest and easiest method I found on UA-cam.
William McKnight Thanks!
I'm sitting here watching a video I found on Google after looking up how to clean a blue claw crab and the whole time I'm here thinking "man this guy sounds just like Chrisfix I wonder if anyone ever tells him that" lol then I looked who posted it.
he's doing a great job and A+ is the local birds are probably loving those pieces left behind
+Carlo Rizzo thanks
The most satisfying feeling in the world is the hose cleaning off the crab❤
ok so how do i install a turbo on the crab?
Stay tuned ;)
i dont know if it matters but i appreciate you killing it first, cause ive seen people boiling them alive, and numerous times eating 'seafood' alive while its moving in your plate... its like a torture... i respect people who have the decency to kill the animal in the fastest way possible, so it wont suffer further...
some times the animal is dead and the body keeps moving due to reflexes, but I assume that your re talking about sadistic stuff as Ikizukuri
But does it matter really? It's family won't feel bad about it, it's gonna be dead soon anyway so... yeah... who cares?
Right, so would you rather die by having a knife slit your entire back and you bleeding out for hours, get it infected, and be in constant pain for a week before you die, slowly? Or would you rather have a painless and quick death where you wouldn't even notice? Monster.
yo0smiley they die instantly when you boil them alive just like shrimp
Taste better boiled alive
That's a good idea. Im gonna try it! Does it kill them right away when you chop them in half?
This should be the first upload on chrisfish.
Do you live near saltwater? Can you catch them yourself? Crazy cheap if you do that lol. Plus it is fun! They dont feel pain if you put them on ice and then separate the top shell from the bottom one (a little different than in the video). It kills them instantly.
I did this yesterday with 16 of them and it was not fun. They were iced but a knife through the brain and a crack down the front did not kill them outright (the nerve twitching of the legs did not help either) and then having to clean out the guts with the hose (and all the gunk splattering everywhere). Oh and the flies today. I think I will just throw them in a pot whole next time. Glad I'm not a butcher by trade. But thanks for the vid as the blue crab thing is new to me.
Tutorial for changing crab claw fluid please
Do the crabs have ti be cooked right away after this or can they be put on ice for some time
Kyle Jenkins drain them after you clean them and you can store them in the freezer. I wouldn’t store them for more than a month or two tho.
You've come a long way in 8 years, congrats! Road to 10 million!
I'm a long time chrisfix subscriber . I randomly searched "how to clean blue crab" and when this started playing I got extremely confused
Hey guys, ChrisFix here and today I'm going to show you how to clean your 2012 Blue Claw Crab. As you can see, you just need a few simple tools, so let's go ahead and get started.
Good video bro. Fellow mechanic here. Lessss goooo
I was looking for another video, but I found how to Super Clean your crab instead :D
we boil them
then peel the headshell off
remove the lungs
and use for menu items
all his talk of "crabs" in the comments is making me itchy. hahaha
Good thank you for showing me this because i'm terrified😂
So did you remove the bottom plate too?
“Hey guys, ChrisTheCook here. And today we’re gonna learn how to clean blue crab”
😂😂😂
Nice! How much horsepower is the crab pushing??
I pop the shell from the keeping the crab intact. Then boil in water with old bay and some olive oil for a couple minutes. Remove and immerse in cool or better even, cold water. That cause the meat to release from the shell mush easier. Just add good beer and enjoy.
Thanks for the tip!
Bruh the things in the center are amazing
Bruh I have officially reached the deepest pits of UA-cam 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I always wanted to learn how to do this .
Thanks Chris 👍🏼
Sooo this is a weird question & I’ve tried to find videos on UA-cam & get these videos.
My family recently went to the ocean our first time & my son found an already detached blue crab claw (not the whole crab just one pincher) well he wanted to keep it “forever”. Obviously it stinks like a different level of stink! Does anyone know how to “cure” them or preserve them in a way they won’t smell & that doesn’t ruin them? (He is 5)
Yep, just as you showed. I'm on it Sir. Thanks.
Hi how long can you keep them after you iced them? Overnight ok?
i wonder how good royal purple would do on this application
Stir fry Blue crab with eggs for Dinner tonight. Happy New Year Chris!😄
Just throw them on ice as you catch them...It keeps the meat fresh, keeps the crabs alive (make sure they dont go in water bc they will drown), and it will numb them. Good Luck! Let me know how you do! And you can skip the knife through the brain part if you can separate the top and bottom of the shell fast. That will kill them instantly too!
If you ever run out of car content i would not mind seeing more of this.
What dont you know how to do! 🙌🏽 can you sell chrisfix decals!!😍
I give away decals at meetups and events!
i cant believe you took out the best part lol
Wasn't expecting to see this XD
I've watched a gazillion crab cleaning vids and your the only one that peals them front to back. Maybe you should take some lessons yourself
Can I use soapy wooder to clean them nicely?
lol I wouldnt
Ok Chris i see ya... this video go way back i was looking for a better way to clean blue crab got a tone of em here in south Carolina
Thankyou this really helped
is it same boiling time after clean ?
or boil it then clean it better ?
if i boil it is it easy to clean ?
I dont boil them, I steam them, but it will be a little faster because they are open. Just check to see when they turn orange/red. I prefer cleaning them first because it is easier to clean and you remove the organs that carry toxins. This is a good idea if you eat crabs multiple times a month.
Didn’t your driveway stink for a while after spraying all of the crab innards all over the place? Few things smell worse than rotting crab. I only make crabs on trash night so I can get rid of the evidence before it starts stinking really bad. Chris
I just hosed it all down the sewer.
The real crime here is the washing away of all that crab butter. A travesty I say! For shame!
That crab butter holds all of the toxins so it isnt worth it. Especially when you eat these guys 2 times a month. But it sure is tasty!
Toxins?! As a molecular biologist I demand you cite evidence before I call it silly superstition. I agree I would avoid the "dead man's fingers" ie the lungs, but the rest of the world doesn't have the aversion to eating organs Americans have.
I thought you were talking about the orange stuff. That is loaded with toxins. The gills are fine to eat. I am a marine biologist so you have no worries about your source of information ;)
ChrisFix the orange stuff is fine to eat, it's the roe.
+ChrisFix A marine biologist that fixes cars. Well that's a combo. :D
I hope nobody else does this other then these guys
Dang, dude! No mercy! lol. Practically gave those two crabs the finger XD
Lmao i was like wait this guy sounds familiar....
Thanks for sharing your technique!
I prefer the side method but nice never used a knife to open a crab 🦀 😅
thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...... my boyfriend was making Mr. Crab suffer. thnk u
crabe blues. en Tunis
I love that you kill it humanely and clear out the fecal matter first before boiling. Then the boiling water is not contaminated with fecal matter and you can use it for boiling pasta too, or making soup. But please don't use alcohol. God Said. I ask God humbly to Bless you.
Thogujt this was gonna be some kind of taxidermy video 😂
Gotcha... I like the old bay soaked in (via the open/cleaned crabs. I also do not like to boil crabs or lobsters alive... But Maryland is big with crabs so...
Thank you for being so humane. I was tormented by watching someone rip their little legs off while they were alive. I about cried.
Be nice to your food and it will taste better. :3
Now, what do blue crabbies like to eat?
Crabs in general tend to be bottom feeders; they eat a combination of vegetation, clams/mollusks, and dead stuff.
Hey Guys! Chris' Crabs here!