Scallops are a common shellfish in the daily diet, it is rich in nutrients, high nutritional value, is a class of seafood that many people are very favorite.

Scallops contain nutrients

Scallops are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, these fatty acids can maintain the normal physiological function of the cells, improve brain cell activity and enhance memory, reduce blood viscosity and improve blood circulation and other roles; at the same time, the scallops also contain a large number of vitamin E, inhibit the aging of the skin, to prevent hyperpigmentation has a very great effect; in addition, the scallops are rich in vitamin E, which is very important for the prevention of skin aging. Scallops are rich in zinc, selenium and other minerals, for the normal development of the human body, antioxidant, enhance immunity, etc., has a positive maintenance effect.

Scallops should be how to clean

Because of the scallops of the living environment, if the cooking is not clear before clean, eating will occur when the phenomenon of "gritty", thus affecting its taste. But how can scallops be cleaned thoroughly?

Buy back the fresh scallops, first of all, with water to rinse the shell on the sand, and then with a knife (recommended Western dinner knife) will be a shell open for two, at the same time also cut off the shell inside the shell meat, so at this point, we will see the shell on both sides with the shell meat. Then, using the table knife again, press the knife against the bottom of the shell to remove all the meat, this step must be close to the bottom of the shell, in order to remove all the meat.

After separating the shellfish from the shells, we start cleaning the shellfish first, using a knife to remove the internal organs of the shellfish, that is, the black-looking things, and then put the complete shellfish into a large bowl, add a little bit of salt, and soak it in salted water for two to three minutes, rotating the shellfish clockwise with chopsticks, which is done to make the sediment on the surface of the shellfish sink to the bottom of the bowl.

After fishing out the shellfish, pour out the water in the bowl, put a proper amount of cornstarch in the bowl, and then put the shellfish into the bowl, and then gently scrub the shellfish with your hands, so that the cornstarch will completely take away the residual sediment in the shellfish. Finally, wash again with water, so that the scallops are cleaned clean. Finally, according to personal taste, how you want to eat how to eat, there will never be mud to mess up.