Scallop (English name: Scallop) is an animal of Pinctada. Its appearance is shell fan-shaped, but the butterfly hinge line is straight, and there are wing-shaped protrusions at both ends of the butterfly hinge; The size is about 2.5~ 15 cm (1~6 inches) or more; The shell is smooth or has radial ribs, with smooth ribs and scales or nodules, and the color is bright red, purple, orange, yellow to white; The lower shell is lighter and smoother; There is a large adductor muscle. It is distributed in the world's oceans, inhabits shallow seas ranging from low tide zone to hundreds of meters, attaches to or lives freely, and mainly feeds on ephemera algae. ?

? Scallop is one of the most widely distributed species in tropical waters of China. Also known as "scallop" with sea cucumber and abalone. Three treasures in the sea? . The protein content of scallop is quite high, with about 1 1 g of protein per1g of scallop meat, and it is rich in trace elements such as sodium, calcium, phosphorus and potassium, and the vitamin E reaches 1 1.85 mg. Eating scallops often can significantly lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular diseases, which has the effect of beauty beauty.

Next, I recommend two scallop practices, which are simple and delicious. ?

? Stir-fried scallop meat, ingredients: scallop meat, green pepper, onion, ginger, garlic, oil consumption, light soy sauce. Step: 1. Wash the scallops bought in the market and soak them in a big bowl for half an hour. 2. Boil the water in the pot, remove the scallops when they are cooked, and take them out of the scallop meat for later use. 3. Chop onions, slice garlic and ginger, and shred peppers for later use. 4. Juice mixing: two spoonfuls of oil consumption, one spoonful of soy sauce and half a bowl of water are mixed evenly. 5. Heat oil in the pan, saute shallots, ginger and garlic, and then add peppers and stir fry. 6. Join scallop meat and stir fry a few times. 7. Pour in the prepared juice, collect the juice over high fire and sprinkle with chopped green onion.

? Steamed scallops with garlic vermicelli, ingredients 1. Soak dried vermicelli in water for 30 minutes, pat garlic flat and cut into powder, cut millet pepper into rings and cut shallots into powder. 2. Scallops remove sandbags with a knife, separate the meat from the shell, heat the oil in the pot, and pour in minced garlic and millet pepper rings. 3, add the right amount of oyster sauce, the right amount of soy sauce, a spoonful of sugar, put the washed meat in the shell and put the vermicelli on the shell. 4. Pour the fried minced garlic evenly on the vermicelli, put it in a steamer, steam for 5 minutes after the water is boiled, sprinkle chopped green onion after taking out, and pour hot oil.

Scallops belong to cold food, and people who love diarrhea had better eat them in small quantities. The fattest season for scallops is summer, so now, learn the recipes and invite friends to eat scallops.