Before handling hairtail, prepare these things: a vegetable basin, a pair of scissors, a rubber waterproof glove, a plate and a small steel ball. Bought hairtail, all frozen. Everyone agrees that hairtail should be thawed before processing. In fact, after the hairtail is thawed, it will become soft, which is more troublesome and inconvenient to handle. If the hairtail bought home becomes soft, it can be frozen in the refrigerator for a while.

But make sure hairtail and hairtail don't stick together. Put on rubber waterproof gloves, hold the frozen hairtail, and then cut the hairtail's head obliquely with scissors. Then cut the belly of hairtail along the place where it was cut off, and then take out all its internal organs. Attention should be paid when eviscerating: take out the internal organs carefully, and don't be stabbed by the stinger of hairtail.

The next step is how to clean hairtail! The outermost layer of hairtail has a layer of silver-gray powder, which is very troublesome to clean and easy to get. Therefore, put the processed hairtail into the vegetable basin, then pour hot water, put on rubber waterproof gloves, and clean the appearance of hairtail with steel balls. It should be noted that steel balls are very sharp tools, so in the process of cleaning, it is necessary to gently wipe the appearance of hairtail with less force, and the silver-gray powder is easy to fall off. Hairtail itself smells fishy and greasy.

So we need to soak hairtail in alkaline water for a period of time, about half an hour, and then wash the head, abdomen and appearance of hairtail with running tap water several times. The black membrane of the abdomen should also be washed clean. After the hairtail is washed, we can cut it into sections and put it on a plate for later use.