Oysters are a common seafood food in life, it's more ways to eat, you can eat steamed, you can also eat baked, etc., the flavor is very good. Oysters will have a thick layer of shell outside, before eating generally need to open the shell, you can use the oyster knife to pry open, you can also use high temperature to open.

How to open the shell of oysters simple method a

1, first wash the oysters.

2, the flat side of the oyster facing up, with a special knife to cut the oyster, from the narrow side of the oyster along the 45-degree angle deep.

3. After inserting the knife into the oyster, gently turn it from side to side and then deepen it. When the knife is inserted 1 centimeter into the oyster, turn it sharply once in order to use the knife to cut off the ribs at the internal connection; the oyster shell will collapse automatically after the ribs are cut off.

4. After opening the oyster, use the knife to slowly pull out the meat that is connected to the oyster shell, without letting the juice flow out.

5. Drop some lemon juice in the opened oyster and start cooking.

Method 2

1. Steam the oysters in a steamer basket for two minutes.

2. Bake the oysters in a 200-degree oven, and when you hear a soft thud, the oysters will start talking. Remove and pry open with an oyster knife. To pry the oyster, turn the oyster back side up, then cut down the right side top towards the back and pry the scallop off the oyster. Remember to cut from the back.

Method 3

1. Locate the lower opening of the oyster from the tip of the oyster and insert the scissors.

2. Then slowly turn the scissors and pry hard.

3. Finally, you can gently crack the oyster meat with your hand to get the complete oyster meat.

Method 4

1. Boil the water first, then put the oysters in for a while. Within a minute, it is enough. Then you can easily open the shells with an oyster knife.

2. No matter using any of the above methods, remember to wear gloves. Oyster shells can easily cut your hands.

3. Oyster shucking is actually not as difficult as expected. There are many ways to shuck, such as knife, scissors, microwave heating, boiling water and so on. You can choose the right method according to the conditions.

How to open oysters without an oyster knife 1, open oysters at high temperature

Put fresh oysters in the microwave and heat them at high temperature for 15 seconds. The muscles connecting the oyster shells will contract and the oyster will open.

Although this method is simple and convenient, some of the water in the oyster meat has been lost during the heating process, and the oysters are already cooked, so the flavor is not as fresh as fresh oysters.

2. Open oysters with a screwdriver

If you don't have an oyster knife and you don't want to open oysters at high temperatures, you can pry open oysters with a screwdriver instead of an oyster knife.

However, it takes a lot of effort to open an oyster because the screwdriver is not sharp enough, which is relatively laborious.

Oyster shucking precautions

1. Oysters have sharp shells. Use a towel or gloves not to protect the oyster, but to protect your hand.

2. When inserting the knife to rotate, the knife must rotate in a small range. If the range is too wide, it will produce a lot of broken shells.

3, after opening the oyster, you'd better turn it over. Flip the oyster because the meat in the flat shell is flat, while the oyster meat in the groove on the other side is full and curved. This is just for beauty.

4. You can open the oysters as often as you like. It's best not to open them very far in advance.

5. When you open an oyster, it is important to keep the flat side of the oyster facing up so as not to waste the juice.