Many people’s impression of eel should be based on Japanese food. In fact, eel can also be cooked in many Chinese ways, and the taste is very good. So what are the taboos when eating eel?

What should not be eaten with eel?

1. Eel + plum meat: The two are incompatible foods, so they cannot be eaten together, otherwise they may be poisoned.

2. Eel + beef liver: When the two enter the stomach, they can easily trigger certain biochemical reactions, and the products of biochemical reactions are not good for human health.

3. Eel + Ginkgo: Suffering from soft wind, because the two are mutually exclusive foods, it is not suitable to eat them at the same time.

4. Eel + vinegar: prone to poisoning.

5. Eel + orange: easy to be poisoned.

6. Eel + sheep liver: The two produce a substance that is not conducive to the body’s absorption of nutrients.

Can eel heads be eaten?

Yes.

Although the eel head has little meat, its nutritional value is not low. It is rich in protein, lipids, vitamins, and mineral elements such as calcium and zinc. In addition, the eel head is flat in nature and sweet in taste. It is non-toxic to the human body and tastes delicious after cooking, so eel heads are edible.

How to make eel

Ingredients: eel, blueberries, white sesame seeds, rice wine, garlic, Korean hot sauce

How to make:

1 , prepare the garlic and blueberries, chop the garlic, mash the blueberries and strain out the juice.

2. Put crushed garlic, blueberry juice and Korean hot sauce into a bowl, stir well and set aside as eel sauce.

3. Clean and debone the eel, wash and drain.

4. Preheat the oven to 100 degrees. Place the eel skin side down on the grill, preferably with a baking sheet wrapped in foil under the eel for easy cleanup. Brush the fish with rice wine and bake in the oven for 5 minutes.

5. Take it out, turn it over, brush it with a layer of rice wine, and bake it in the oven for 5 minutes.

6. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, put the eel skin side down, brush with eel sauce, and bake in the oven for about 10 minutes.

7. Take out the eel, turn it over, brush with sauce, and put it in the oven for another 10 minutes.

8. Turn over again, brush with sauce, sprinkle with white sesame seeds, bake for another 5 minutes, and serve.

The nutritional value of eel

1: Eel contains a lot of calcium, and its skin and meat are rich in collagen. The collagen contained in eel can beautify the skin and is good for protecting the skin.

2: Eel contains a very rare Xihe Locke protein, which has good effects on strengthening the essence and kidneys. It is a good health product for young couples, middle-aged and elderly people. Therefore, it has the effect of tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the body, and has a very good effect on improving the body's immunity.

Three: Eel meat is rich in high-quality protein and various essential amino acids for the human body. The phospholipids contained in it are indispensable nutrients for brain cells. Eels can supplement these amino acids needed by the human body, which is good for preventing diseases, and can also have a brain-tonifying effect. In addition, eel also contains DHA and EPA, which are commonly known as "brain gold", and the content is higher than other seafood and meat.