Fresh sea cucumber does not need to be soaked.
The soaking process of dried sea cucumber is as follows:
1. Prepare sufficient amount of pure water or mineral water, clean and oil-free container. There should be no cosmetics (hand cream, nail polish, etc.) on your hands during the operation.
2.? Place the sea cucumber in a container with pure water and soak it in the fresh layer of the refrigerator for about 24-36 hours, changing the water every 12 hours until the sea cucumber is soft.
3. Cut the softened sea cucumber lengthwise with scissors from the abdomen, remove the hard teeth at the front end of the sea cucumber, cut off the white tendons inside the sea cucumber, and rinse the inside of the sea cucumber with clean water.
4, after washing, add pure water on the oil-free pot with a lid and boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-low heat and cook for 40-60 minutes, the sea cucumber can be pinched through, feel like a human palm tiger's mouth soft when off the fire.
5, change the new cool pure water , put the refrigerator 0-5 degrees in the fresh layer, soak for about 36-48 hours,
change the water every 12 hours.
6, soak well, fish out can be eaten. After draining the water, put the sea cucumber in a separate food bag and store it in the refrigerator freezer, so that you can eat it as you like in the future.
Expanded Information
1. Instant sea cucumber refers to sea cucumber products that can be consumed directly after processing or can be consumed after simple moderating treatment. According to the actual production process and product conditions, edible sea cucumber is divided into water-developed edible sea cucumber and non-water-developed edible sea cucumber.
2. Aquafortified instant sea cucumber refers to instant sea cucumber products made from fresh sea cucumber and salted sea cucumber, which have been desalted or non-desalted, pre-treated by boiling, then aquafortified, flavored or not with food seasoning or food additives, and finally processed by packaging and sterilization. Non-hydrated instant sea cucumbers do not have the process of hydration.
References
Sea cucumbers should not be soaked more than twice their own weight - People's Daily Online