Many of my friends mistakenly believe that the yellow throat in hot pot is the trachea (larynx) or something, in fact, the yellow throat has nothing to do with the so-called "throat". The yellow throat is actually the large blood vessels of pigs, cows and other animals, which come out of the heart. It is usually the aorta, which is often called the "heart tube" on our side.

If you have to ask why it's called "yellow throat", it's actually very easy to explain, firstly, the color of yellow throat itself is yellowish, secondly, it looks like trachea (larynx), the yellow throat of pig is short about 70cm, the yellow throat of cow is longer about 10m, and one side is thick and one side is thin.

There are two kinds of common yellow throats, one kind of water hair, one kind of fresh goods

Water hair yellow throats: it is common in the hot pot store, spicy hot pot, or hairy blood wanton and other dishes, and the yellow throats and the duck intestines and the tripe are often three big must have dishes in the hot pot store, and the main characteristic is crispy.

Water hair yellow throat is fresh yellow throat cleaned up, add rich phosphorus union (a food hydration additive) and a certain proportion of water, marinated to penetration, and then put into warm water, cooked to seven mature, turn off the fire and then simmer to the rise of the hair and become. The yellow throat can satisfy the crispy characteristics, the pig yellow throat is relatively thin can be directly hit centipede knife, or oblique knife cut circle use. Beef yellow throats are thicker and often divided into large slices and then sliced into smaller slices. Regardless of which method of cutting, water yellow throat in the cooked process do not need too long, or easy to become old, shrinking bite.

Fresh yellow throat: common in barbecue restaurants, grilled heart tube is. This heart tube needs to be put into the pressure cooker in advance and then cut, rather than using the water yellow throat, because the water yellow throat in the high temperature fire grill, it is very easy to shrink, the finished product looks not only unattractive, but also not delicious. Fresh yellow throat in the process of pressing can add spices, salt and other seasonings into the bottom flavor, generally need to be pressed for about 15 minutes.

The main component of the yellow throat is smooth muscle, belonging to the protein, relative to the liver, intestines, stomach and other organs of nutritional value to be higher, so you can eat some of the appropriate. But water hair yellow throat is not recommended to eat, after all, is added to the food additives, there are some small workshops water hair yellow throat will also add sodium hydroxide (soda ash), formaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide and other non-food substances, so water hair yellow throat or eat less for the benefit. The above is about the full answer to this question and answer, I hope to give small partners have a reference role, the inadequacy of the family's own words are welcome to leave corrections in the comments section.