About this item

Landed fresh from inshore boats, these crabs come in lively and heavy with water, with thin shells that crack easily in the hand and meat that steams to a clean, ocean-sweet finish. Most of the meat sits in the body, so they reward the simplest treatment: a ginger steam, a splash of rice wine, and nothing else competing with the sweetness. Buy them for a weekend lunch rather than a dinner party, because they are best eaten with your hands and a bowl of rice.

Key Features

• Lively stock, landed and packed the same day
• Thin shell that cracks without tools
• Clean, sweet body meat with little grit
• Best simply steamed with ginger
• Also good in a salted egg stir-fry

Product Information

• Net weight: 2 kg per pack
• Form: live, soft to medium shell
• Storage: keep moist and cool, cook promptly
• Do not store live crab in fresh water
• Origin: wild-caught, inshore