Eating in China
A steamed orange-red crab with an opened shell section showing pale meat and a little orange-red roe.

Crab

蟹Xiè

Shellfish whose cooked meat is pale; the Hele example has firm flesh and orange-red roe.

Type
Fish and seafood

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Crabs have a broad shell, jointed legs and a pair of claws. Shell color and size vary by species.

In the kitchen

Steamed Hele crab.

Hele crab can be rich in roe, but not every crab is guaranteed to contain roe.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有蟹吗?

Does this dish contain Crab?

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