1 Choose whether a big octopus or a small one is better?
The octopus has a short oval body and no fins. There are 8 arms on its head, so it is also called "Eight Hairtail Fish". There are membranes connecting the wrists, which may be equal or unequal in length. There are 2 rows of stemless suckers on the wrists. The head and trunk of the octopus are about 7 to 9.5 centimeters. The wrist length of the short octopus is about 12 cm, the wrist length of the long octopus is about 48.5 cm, and the wrist length of the true octopus is about 32.5 cm. It usually crawls with its wrists, and sometimes swims by stretching and contracting the membrane between its wrists, or sprays water from the funnel at the bottom of its head to quickly retreat. Select octopus with a complete body shape, bright color, fatness, thick claws, persimmon red with pinkish-white body color, fragrant, dry enough and light taste as the top grade, while purple-red color will be slightly inferior. 2. Can octopus be eaten raw?
Octopus can be eaten raw, but there are some things to pay attention to.
There is a risk of suffocation when eating raw octopus, because if you accidentally bite the octopus when eating it, it is very likely that the octopus will suck the trachea and cause suffocation, so those must People who want to eat octopus raw should be very careful and chew it into pieces before eating. 3 How to deal with raw octopus
After cleaning the octopus you bought, remove the head, straighten all eight claws of the octopus, and then tie all the claws together. Put it on a pair of chopsticks, and then put it directly into your mouth. Of course, in order to enhance the taste, you can dip it in some hot sauce before putting it into your mouth. After putting it into your mouth, you must chew it slowly with the soles of your feet, otherwise the octopus will It's enough to have the various suction cups sucking randomly in the mouth. 4 How to cook octopus to make it delicious. Sauce-flavored octopus
Method: Blanch one kilogram of octopus. If it is fresh octopus, blanch it and then fry it.
Wash the octopus and cut it into even shapes. Heat the oil and add a little onion, ginger, garlic, dried red pepper and Sichuan peppercorns and stir-fry. Add all the octopus and stir-fry. Stir-fry three tablespoons of cooking wine, then add sweet noodle sauce, salt, and sugar until fragrant. Immediately before finishing, add green and red peppers, and a little chicken essence, stir-fry until evenly distributed and serve.
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Method: Prepare 350g of octopus, tear open the body, remove the internal organs, wash them, run them through boiling water, then cut them into pieces, cut the ginger and garlic into pieces, put them in the pot Heat the oil until it is 60% hot, stir-fry the onion, ginger and garlic, then add the octopus, add an appropriate amount of cooking wine and light soy sauce, simmer for a while, and then dry the water in the octopus. When there is no water in the bottom of the pot, add oil, then add Sichuan peppercorns and stir-fry until fragrant. Add salt to taste, add red pepper, add sugar, add dark soy sauce and stir-fry until even. When the octopus is colored, sprinkle with MSG and it is ready. Pot.
Efficacy: Octopus can regulate the blood pressure balance in the human body. It is a good tonic food for people who are weak and sick. It has a very obvious effect on skin beautification. It is also a good supplement for women after childbirth. , nourishing milk and promoting lactation. Zanthoxylum bungeanum is mild in nature, has analgesic effect, and has a delicious smell, which can remove the fishy smell of meat. Its presence can promote our saliva secretion, thereby increasing appetite. Eating Zanthoxylum bungeanum can also dilate our blood vessels, thus Can play a role in lowering human blood pressure.