Steam scallops for 7-8 minutes. Add a little water and steam the scallops over high heat, and wait until the scallops open up and are ready to eat.
How to wash scallops
1, buy back the fresh scallops, should be rinsed with water to rinse the shell on the sand.
2, with a small knife, recommended for Western food table knife. Stick the knife into the shell, and cut the shell into two, and at the same time, cut off the meat inside the shell. At this point you will see both sides of the shell with shellfish.
3. Using the table knife again, press the knife against the bottom of the shell to remove all the meat. It is important to keep the knife close to the bottom of the shell in order to remove all of the meat.
4. Separate the meat from the shell. We start by opening and cleaning the shellfish, using the knife to remove the guts, the dark looking stuff. Then put the intact shellfish into a large bowl. Add a little bit of salt and soak it in salt water for two to three minutes. Use chopsticks to rotate the shellfish clockwise, the purpose of doing this is to make the sediment on the surface of the shellfish sink to the bottom of the bowl.
5, the shellfish out, just now the water in the large bowl poured out, in the bowl into the appropriate amount of cornstarch, and then put the shellfish into the bowl, gently scrub the shellfish with their hands. Doing so the raw powder will take away the residual sediment in the shellfish completely. Finally, wash it again with water and the shellfish is processed.
6, if you do garlic vermicelli or steamed scallops in black bean sauce, we also need shells as a base, then we can choose a fine-bristle brush or toothbrush, and then the shells on the sediment thoroughly brushed off.
7, so, scallops will be cleaned clean. How do you want to eat how to eat, there will be absolutely no sediment to mess up.