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Hairy crab meat

Hairy crab meat is the delicate flesh of hairy crab, commonly served steamed or incorporated into regional seafood dishes.

Hairy crab meat — illustrative ingredient image

About Hairy crab meat

Hairy crab meat is the cooked, picked flesh from a hairy crab, most commonly referring in culinary usage to Chinese mitten crab. It is served after steaming or boiling and may be folded into seafood fillings, dumplings, noodles, soups, or other regional dishes.

The meat is pale cream to white, delicate, and fibrous, with a sweet marine flavour. It occurs mainly in the claws, legs, and body cavities, with yield limited by the crab’s shell and small size.

It may be sold as freshly picked cooked meat, chilled meat, or frozen meat. The ingredient is separated from the shell by picking; it should be distinguished from the orange or yellow internal material separately marketed as crab roe or crab paste.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Hairy crab meat

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Hairy crab meat nutrition & diet

Hairy crab meat nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Crayfish / lobster, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
89kcal
Protein
19.2g
Carbs
0.7g
Fat
1.0g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Confirm the hairy crab species and whether this entry is cleaned cooked meat only, with shell fragments, roe, or other tissues excluded. Steamed, chilled, canned, frozen, and seasoned forms should be separated. Record sauces, fillings, and mixed dishes outside the crab-meat portion.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to identified hairy crab species and cleaned edible meat, using the same cooked, frozen, canned, or seasoned form.

Diet considerations

Hairy crab meat is animal-derived crustacean flesh. Plain meat differs from seasoned, canned, filled, or mixed seafood preparations. Compatibility changes with egg, dairy, cereal coatings, sauces, and broths; accompanying rice, noodles, or dough introduces a portion-dependent carbohydrate pattern.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Typically incompatible
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
Seafood fits this pescatarian definition. Added meat-based stock or other ingredients would need checking separately.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies shellfish, which does not meet the kosher fish criteria.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.3.4.2_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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