The first method: blanch the whole live sea cucumber in boiling rice water, take it out quickly, rinse it with water, cut open the abdomen, remove the sea cucumber’s internal organs, and clean them with water , put the second rice washing water into the pot, add the sea cucumber and bring to a boil, steam over low heat for about four or five minutes, remove and drain the water, and you can cook the dishes directly.

Notes: ① It needs to be boiled with rice washing water, which not only softens the meat of sea cucumbers, but also eliminates the fishy smell of sea cucumbers and makes them fragrant. ② After boiling the live sea cucumber, it should be allowed to cool slowly while fishing, and then cut into shape. ③ Live sea cucumbers processed by this method are generally suitable for cold dishes (such as stir-fried, soy, drunken and other cooking techniques). Representative dishes include cold live sea cucumbers, boiled golden live sea cucumbers, drunken live sea cucumbers, etc. wait. ④The advantages of this method are that it is easy to process and the heat is easy to control. The disadvantage is that the taste of live sea cucumbers is relatively simple, so care must be taken when seasoning.

Second method: Add egg whites and sugar to live seaweed, beat for a few minutes, then wash with water, put into a pressure cooker, add stock, star anise, green onions, and ginger slices and bring to a boil, heat for 10 Serve in about minutes. Take out the live sea cucumber and soak it in hot alkaline water for about 4 hours, then take it out, rinse it with clean water, and then put it into pure water and refrigerate it in the refrigerator for about 5 hours. Take out the sea cucumber, open it, remove the internal organs, and rinse it with boiling water. Take it out and cut it into shape.

Notes: ① Live sea cucumbers processed in this way are suitable for hot dishes. Generally, techniques such as roasting, frying, and boiling are used. Representative dishes include: roasting live sea cucumbers with green onions, and grilling the flesh. Live sea cucumbers and more. ② Mastering the length of time for heating live sea cucumbers in the pressure cooker is the key to the success of this method. ③ Live sea cucumbers processed in this way should be processed and cooked immediately. Do not store the processed live sea cucumbers for a long time, otherwise the live sea cucumbers are prone to dehydration, rot, etc., resulting in waste.

The role of preliminary cooking of live sea cucumbers is to first remove the strong fishy and astringent smell of live sea cucumbers and highlight their umami taste, and secondly to master the texture of live sea cucumbers. If the heat is too high, the sea cucumbers will taste like Rubber strips are also difficult to chew and are shriveled and dull; if the heat is insufficient, the texture of live sea cucumbers will not reach the level of soft, glutinous and tender meat, and the effect is not ideal. Below, we will give a comparative introduction to two methods of preliminary cooking of live sea cucumbers.