1 How long does it take to steam oysters

It depends on the cooking method.

How long to steam oysters is based on the cooking method to decide, if the oysters are all meat or with half shell into the steamer, generally only need about 10-15 minutes to cook through; if the whole shell of the oysters into the steamer, it will take a little longer, generally in about 15-25 minutes to cook through.

Secondly, what tool is used to steam, the time of its steam is not the same, if it is used in an ordinary steamer or other similar to the way the steamer to steam, its time between 10-25 minutes. But if you use a pressure cooker to steam oysters, its steaming time will be greatly reduced, generally only need 8-15 minutes or so. So steaming oysters should be judged according to the actual situation.

2 Steaming oysters in cold water

Both can.

Steaming oysters in cold water or hot water is fine, both have their own benefits. Cold water pot steamed out of the oyster taste will be better, the meat will be more q elastic, its own fresh flavor will be retained more fully, so it is generally recommended to cold water pot steamed oysters.

But the hot water pot steaming oysters can also be, and hot water pot steaming oysters than cold water pot with a shorter time, because less time to heat the water, so it is very suitable for the need to quickly steamed oysters crowd. However, it should be noted that the hot water steaming frozen oysters need to increase the steaming time, so as to avoid the situation of half-baked.

3 oysters bought how to deal with

oysters bought back when it is generally not recommended to cook directly to eat, you can oysters to deal with:

1. bought back oysters can be placed at home first 1-2 days, so that it excreted the body of digestive matter, feces and sediment and other substances, so that oysters to eat will be more delicious.

2. The next step is to clean the oysters, oysters will have a relatively sharp shell, so bring gloves to clean; if the oysters are half-shelled, then do not use a large stream of water to rinse oyster meat.

3. Finally, it is deodorized, you can add an appropriate amount of salt in the water, and then put half a lemon juice and lemon peel, the oysters will be soaked for a period of time, you can achieve the effect of deodorization, and then cooking flavor will be much better.

4 eating oysters taboo

1. should not eat too much: oysters are a kind of high protein food, for the human body is to take time to digest and absorb the food, and eat more may cause indigestion, so it is recommended not to eat more.

2. should not eat half cooked, dead oysters: oysters, although it is a seafood product, generally eaten raw are not a problem, but for half cooked, dead oysters, can not be, it is easy to appear indigestion, which can cause diarrhea.