The Best Way to Pick Crab | ChefSteps

How do restaurants and seafood counters churn out crab cakes, crab rolls, and crab Bennies without getting tons of complaints from people about crab shells messing up their meals? They make like a freshman with posters of Jimi on the wall: They use a black light.

Shine an ultraviolet light on a tub of crab meat and any shell fragments will “glow” white, making them incredibly easy to remove.

What you’ll need:
- Black light flashlight
- Sheet pan
- Dark room
- Tweezers (optional)

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[peterheinzo]

soo happy youre back to posting again chefsteps. i cant afford another subscription but your stuff is always good and new

[willphy]

Common fish parasite Anisakiasis also glows under black light. So in Japan here it's actually recommend to blow black light on unsafe fish before eating raw

[Allan_Urban]

Even though this was a crab video, I liked it.

[foxbritten]

This is something we had to do in the walk-in with the lights out before service whenever they’re was crab on a dish

[joaosinho]

Good afternoon, how are you ?!


What is the best ???

Smart multifunctional pressure cooker for a single man with a budget of +/- 100 dollars and he lives in a kitnet with energy at will (included in the rent) has to be a tool to solve my cooking life

[omgitsjulian]

I was like - eh... that's a bit OD for something I rarely eat... BUT ya'll won me over with pin bones.

Blacklight headlamp - all the way.

[normp]

The brown meat in the crab is the most flavorful and the most delicious to me

[finkalo]

you guy taking crab rave a lil to literal

[willcookmakeup]

Step one: afford crab meat
Step two: afford black light *and shipping and handling

Bahah. Jokes aside great tip!

[BiggMo]

Technically you want a UV light, black lights are done with filters… Take it with you when traveling… you’ll be able to see how clean your hotel bed & bath are….warning, you probably won’t like what you find

[wolfingitdown]

I may cook in the dark, but I think I'll just buy soft shelled crab lol

[xophyrvaio]

So all I have to do is turn off all the lights in my kitchen. Great hack.

[EdLau]

Your mistake is using scissors. Get one of those shell crackers and you'll break the shell without shattering them into a million pieces.

[ivegotheblues]

Am i the only one who can't see the difference?

[vilijanac]

I don't eat crab, but not need light, just blanch (1/3 cook), then crack. Finish cooking.

[Sage_String]

You only needs cracking tools for the claws and joints ( if you really wanted to get the meat from those)
better crab cracking and eating techniques just dont produce shell fragments