Cooking sea cucumbers in cold water and hot water is fine

Cooking sea cucumbers in cold water and hot water is fine, and there is no big requirement, but cooking sea cucumbers in cold water will maximize the retention of moisture in the sea cucumber, the freshness retained more, and it takes a relatively long time, and if you cook sea cucumbers in hot water, it will make the cucumber cook faster and retain more nutrients, and you can cook it faster with hot water. The specific choice of which cooking method depends on personal preference.

How to cook sea cucumber

Materials

Dried sea cucumber, ice mineral water, pork, Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, sugar, pepper, green onion, wet starch, ginger, greens, cherries

Methods

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1. Method of making sea cucumber: put the dried sea cucumber into a basin of clean water (mineral water is the best) without oil and salt, soak for 7-12 hours

2. After soaking, cut open the belly (the opening should not be too big so that the shape of the sea cucumber will remain intact), and remove the internal organs and the sand sacs.

3. Wash it and put it into a casserole, fill it with water and heat it with low fire for 30-50 minutes until the body of sea cucumber becomes soft.

4. Fish out the sea cucumber and rinse it under water immediately. Put it into ice water (ice mineral water), soak it for 60-70 hours, and change the water once every 24 hours. (Do not pay attention to no oil and no salt in the whole process, as the oil will make the sea cucumber rot and dissolve, and the salt will make the sea cucumber not be able to develop. The sea cucumber can be wrapped up in a plastic bag and placed in the freezer to save, now eat now frozen)

5. Production process: hairy sea cucumber slices, into the boiling water boiling, draining water. The first thing you need to do is to cut up the pork and slice the green onions and ginger.

6. Take a pot to add heat, under the minced pork stir-fried until the minced pork crispy, add green onions, ginger. Then add shaoxing wine, soy sauce, sugar, pepper, sea cucumber slices stir fry. Add broth, change to low heat for 5 minutes, turn to high heat to collect the soup, thicken with wet starch thickening, pour a little sesame oil on the plate that is ready. (I use this broth is more special ~ is with scallions, Shaoxing wine, pork and other seasonings stewed slowly over low heat for 2 hours broth, rich flavor

7. plate is made with greens and cherries, greens with hot water with a little oil boiled, cooled, drained, and then take a lot of greens leaves, composed of flowers mounted in the middle of the cherries to do the core of the flower can be.

How to choose dried sea cucumbers

Origin

Generally the further north you go, the longer the growing period of sea cucumbers. The main sea cucumber producing areas in the northern waters of China generally refer to the Jiaodong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula. One of the largest producing areas is the Yantai Weihai area in the Jiaodong half-bird. The sea cucumbers produced in these areas have been famous for a long time.

Specifications

Extra-large sizes are about 30 heads per catty, large sizes are 40-50 heads per catty, medium sizes are generally 60-80 heads per catty, and small sizes are more than 100 heads per catty.

Shape

Sea cucumbers of good quality are cylindrical in shape, with a large body, neat and even head, complete body, fat meat, complete spines and no defects, clear lines in the skin, natural folds; openings are straight, no intestines and sediment in the chamber, and the suction cups are dense and numerous; they have a fresh luster.

Color

High-quality dried sea cucumbers often show authentic onyx color after soaking in water, with high elasticity, excellent taste, soft and glutinous, basically whole, not broken, and no peculiar smell.

Moisture

When selecting dried sea cucumbers, it is important to judge whether the sea cucumber is moist or not, the sea cucumber must be dry, the sea cucumber that is not dry is easy to deteriorate, and because it contains a lot of water the price is actually much higher.

Price

When buying dried sea cucumbers, don't just go for the cheap price, but combine it with the hydration rate of dried sea cucumbers to make a comprehensive comparison. A catty of good dried sea cucumber can send out 10 pounds of water-emerging cucumber, while a catty of poor-quality dried cucumber after water-emerging is not more than 5 pounds, and even broken and inedible.