1 How to clean razor clams Rinse in clear water

Put fresh razor clams under clear water and rinse a few times, this will remove the dirt on the shell of the razor clams, for the dirtier razor clams you can also use a small brush to scrub their shells.

Soaking in salt water

Razor clams will stick their heads out when they come into salt water, so you can rinse the razor clams you've bought in water and then soak them in salt water for about half an hour, which will help them spit out the sand from their bodies.

Oil cleaning

When soaking razor clams, you can add a few drops of cooking oil to the water, which can form a membrane on the surface of the water to reduce the amount of oxygen in the water, thus speeding up the razor clams' breathing and allowing them to spit out the sand more quickly.

2 razor clams which parts can not be eaten viscera

razor clam viscera may contain many razor clams undigested food as well as sediment, if you do not take off to eat will greatly affect the taste of razor clams, in addition to which there may also be harmful substances to the human body, after consuming the health is not conducive to razor clams on the black part is viscera.

Shell

Before eating razor clams, you need to remove the shell, because razor clam shells are relatively hard, and can not be digested after eating.

3 How many minutes does razor clam steaming take

5-6 minutes or so.

Razor clams are often small, and the main component of protein, so it is relatively easy to cook, it will be placed in a pot of water in the water vapor comes up on the fire steam 5-6 minutes or so, pay attention to the time should not be too long, otherwise the razor clams will be steamed old, old razor clams steamed to eat the texture will be very hard to eat, and will lose its original tender texture.

4 razor clams are not suitable for those who eat protein allergy crowd

razor clams are rich in proteins, there have been protein allergies in the crowd should be careful to eat, otherwise it is easy to cause a series of symptoms.

Gout patients

Razor clams are high purine food, not recommended for gout patients, otherwise it is easy to lead to uric acid in the body, which aggravates the gout disease.

Razor clam meat is sweet and salty, cold, into the heart, liver, kidney meridian, belonging to the cold food, so the spleen and stomach cold people eat with caution, so as not to increase the burden on the spleen and stomach.