Soaking method of dried shark fin
Soak shark's fin in clear water for about five hours, use a rice cooker to boil water, put shark's fin with a lemon or an orange in the cooker to make it smell, boil it for about twenty minutes, turn off the heat, turn on the heat preservation system, let the shark's fin soak in the rice cooker for about three hours, and then soak it in clear water for two hours, and it will be ready for use. If the shark fin is thin, the water time can be shortened to half an hour accordingly.
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2, when soaking, be sure to change the warm water frequently, at least 3 times, so as to avoid the deterioration of shark fins due to water odor.
3. The shark fin must be clamped with two pieces of bamboo basketry before stewing. To do this, one is to avoid the shark's fin from being smashed, and the other is to avoid the shark's fin from being deformed and rotted.
4. Pay attention to the time when simmering. The author's experience is that the old hard shark fin is usually stewed for 5-6 hours, and the soft shark fin is usually stewed for 4-5 hours. The time for stewing shark's fin should not be too long. If it is too long, the surface of shark's fin will easily get into the sand due to cracking. Of course, the simmering time should not be too short, otherwise the black outer film and sand grains will not be removed.
5, simmer system, should adopt the method of small fire pot simmer, can't open the pot. If the fire is strong and the water is boiling, it is possible to boil the surface of the shark fin, and the surface of the shark fin will become rotten, and sand will be mixed into the meat of the shark fin, so it is not easy to scrape the skin and remove the sand.
In addition, shark fins should be separated according to their size and tender degree before making, so that they can be made separately, otherwise, the small and tender shark fins are rotten, but the old and firm ones have not been thoroughly made.
6. You can't use iron pots and copper pots when simmering shark fins. Because shark fin contains sulfur protein, it will react with iron and copper to produce iron sulfide, which will cause black and yellow spots on the surface of shark fin and affect the quality of finished products. When making shark's fin, it is suggested that porcelain jar, stainless steel and other utensils should be used for stewing.
7. When the shark's fin is simmered, or after the shark's fin is made, it can't be stained with oil, alkali, salt and other substances, otherwise it will cause the skin of the shark's fin to melt and affect the quality of the dish.
8. After the shark's fin is simmered, gently pick it with a bamboo stick when removing meat and bone residue, and try to keep the shark's fin tidy, so as not to affect the beauty of the dish.
9. After removing bone residue and sand from shark fin, it should be washed repeatedly and washed continuously with clear water, one is to wash away bone residue and sand, and the other is to rinse off the fishy smell.