Snails need to be soaked in advance to get clean.
Before cleaning, it needs to be soaked in clean water so that it can expel its internal organs and sediment. The steps are as follows: Pour fresh snails into clean water and soak them for about 20 minutes to allow them to expel their internal organs and sediment naturally. Pick up the snails, put them into running water, and gently scrub them with your hands or a brush to remove the surface dirt.
Put the cleaned snails into clean water, stir them several times with your hands, and then soak them in clean water for about 30 minutes to dislodge any remaining guts and sediment. Fish out the snails again and rinse them well under running water. Scald the cleaned snails in boiling water for 3-5 minutes until the surface shells turn orange-yellow, then fish them out and serve.?
It should be noted that when cleaning snails, you should use running water and wash them several times until their surface is clean. In addition, snails should be scalded and boiled with enough water to ensure that they are cooked through, and care should be taken to master the cooking time, too long or too short will affect the taste.
Purchase of snails
1, appearance: snails should be shell intact, no breakage, cracks and rotting phenomenon.
2, vitality: you should choose a snail with stronger vitality, you can gently touch its shell to see if there is a reaction, or put it in the water to observe whether there is activity.
3, clean: the snail should be clean and free of sediment and odor. You can smell the snail to see if there is any odor or fishy smell.
4, specifications: according to their needs and uses to choose different sizes of snails, in general, the size of the relatively large snail taste better, but the price is also relatively high.
5, origin: you should choose snails from the formal origin to ensure the quality and nutritional value of snails.