After the turtle is bought, ask the staff to help cut off the blood (that is, just cut a knife at the neck and bleed).
2. After taking it home, rinse the whole body with cold water (the back, belly and limbs can be washed by hand, and the head should not be washed by hand, but washed with water. Because the turtle won't die if it breaks its belly, be careful of being bitten. Boil some boiling water for use when washing the turtle (ensure that the turtle is soaked in boiling water all over).
3. Put the washed soft-shelled turtle in a basin, and pour the boiled water on the soft-shelled turtle. If you are afraid of scalding, you can use chopsticks to help turn over, so that all parts of its body can be scalded, so that the epidermis of all parts of its body can be erased smoothly, that is, a soft and thin layer of skin.
4. Make sure that all the epidermis has been wiped clean (including the nails on the four claws should be removed), then you can gut the belly (you can cut it from the neck to the tail with scissors), and take out its internal organs (discard the inedible, leave the edible ones such as liver and heart, rinse and store it well). Turtle's lungs are difficult to get at this time, but they can be taken in the later procedure. At this time, prepare some boiled water for use in the pot.
5. Put the washed turtle shell (meaning no internal organs) into the prepared boiling water and put it on the stove to boil. Just boil it (don't burn it too much). Next, you can dismember the turtle.
6. When dismembering, if the water is hot, you can have less cold water (not too much) or stay for a while. At this time, you can peel off the deck on your back first, and at the same time peel off the "skirt" along the edge of the deck; Then remove the white deck of the abdomen; Finally, it can be divided into five parts according to its four legs and tail. At this time, you can see that there is a purple-black, soft thing at the junction of the two legs in front, which feels like no muscle. This is the lung (take it off). The tail can be divided into four parts without being divided separately.
7. (This procedure can be combined with the above procedure.) Wash each divided copy. The hard beak on the head and mouth can be removed with scissors (removal); There are pieces of smooth, tender yellow oil in the middle of the muscles of the four legs, which should be carefully peeled off, otherwise it will smell fishy.
8. Next, you can make soup. Onion, ginger, and turtle are put into the pot at the same time, and the pre-soaked black fungus can also be put down. When the soup boils, turn off the small fire and continue to burn (at this time, the pre-stored and washed internal organs can be put into the soup to cook). Time depends on the size of the turtle. A kilo of soft-shelled turtle is about two hours. It may take a little longer in the wild. Put the wine when the soup is almost ready, and the salt before the pot.
Next, record the experience of our actual operation today as follows:
1. At present, when buying soft-shelled turtles in this season, it is best to choose a male soft-shelled turtle of about a kilo.
2. With regard to the timing of cooking wine, grandma and I do not do the same thing. We add cooking wine when the soup is boiled for the first time, that is, when the soup reaches the boiling point for the first time. By comparison, it is proved that when cooking wine is added at this time, the soup is more delicious and has no fishy smell, and the nail fish tastes more tender and refreshing.
3. We put the salt a little earlier than grandma did, but it must be cooked with slow fire for a long time.
4. Before cooking, add a little chicken essence or mushroom essence to improve the taste, but not too much.
5. The time of simmering soup is not as long as possible. As it is today, it is enough for a male turtle of about a catty to be boiled over a slow fire for more than an hour.
All interested and greedy bloggers may wish to try the above method, because it is quite accurate and almost standardized, so it can ensure that the actual operation results will not be too biased.
However, in the end, we must solemnly remind:
1. Beware of "the turtle will not die after laparotomy", especially its mouth, and don't be bitten suddenly!
2. During this operation, it is necessary to deal with boiling water repeatedly, so as to prevent burns!
Name of dish: Braised turtle soup
manufacturing process
1 Ask the staff to help cut the blood after the turtle is bought (that is, just cut a knife at the neck and bleed).
2. After taking it home, rinse the whole body with cold water (the back, belly and limbs can be washed by hand, and the head should not be washed by hand, but washed with water. Because the turtle won't die if it breaks its belly, be careful of being bitten. Boil some boiling water for use when washing the turtle (ensure that the turtle is soaked in boiling water all over).
3. Put the washed soft-shelled turtle in a basin, and pour the boiled water on the soft-shelled turtle. If you are afraid of scalding, you can use chopsticks to help turn over and burn all parts of its body, so that the epidermis of all parts of its body can be erased smoothly, that is, a soft and thin layer of skin.
4. Make sure that all the epidermis has been wiped clean (including the nails on the four claws should be removed), then you can gut the belly (you can cut it from the neck to the tail with scissors), and take out its internal organs (discard the inedible, leave the edible ones such as liver and heart, rinse and store it well). Turtle's lungs are difficult to get at this time, but they can be taken in the later procedure. At this time, prepare some boiled water for use in the pot.
5. Put the washed turtle shell (meaning no internal organs) into the prepared boiling water and put it on the stove to boil. Just boil it (don't burn it too much). Next, you can dismember the turtle.
6. When dismembering, if the water is hot, you can have less cold water (not too much) or stay for a while. At this time, you can peel off the deck on your back first, and at the same time peel off the "skirt" along the edge of the deck; Then remove the white deck of the abdomen; Finally, it can be divided into five parts according to its four legs and tail. At this time, you can see that there is a purple-black, soft thing at the junction of the two legs in front, which feels like no muscle. This is the lung (take it off). The tail can be divided into four parts without being divided separately.
7. (This procedure can be combined with the above procedure.) Wash each divided copy. The hard beak on the head and mouth can be removed with scissors (removal); There are pieces of smooth, tender yellow oil in the middle of the muscles of the four legs, which should be carefully peeled off, otherwise it will smell fishy.
8. Next, you can make soup. Onion, ginger, and turtle are put into the pot at the same time, and the pre-soaked black fungus can also be put down. When the soup boils, turn off the small fire and continue to burn (at this time, the pre-stored and washed internal organs can be put into the soup to cook). Time depends on the size of the turtle. A kilo of soft-shelled turtle is about two hours. It may take a little longer in the wild. Put the wine when the soup is almost ready, and the salt before the pot.