1, the main procedures for soaking dried shark's fins are:

Soak, cook and simmer, according to the thickness of different shark's fins, old and young and the differences in the fin products, the method of rising, time and fire are also different.

2, dry shark's fin soaking method

Soak the shark's fin in water for about five hours, half a pot of boiling water with rice cooker, put the shark's fin with a lemon or orange one into the pot together with the pot, in order to eliminate the fishy flavor, roll about 20 minutes after the fire, open the heat preservation system, so that the shark's fin in rice cooker for about three hours, and then change to clear water immersion for two hours, that is, good hair can be spare. If the shark's fin is fine, the water time can be shortened accordingly to half an hour.

Two, dry shark's fin soaking tips

1, pay attention to the selection of materials, no matter what grade of shark's fin, can not use moldy and deteriorated shark's fin.

2, when soaking, be sure to change the warm water diligently, at least 3 times, so as not to deteriorate the shark's fins due to the water odor.

3. Before simmering in the pot, the shark's fins should be tightly clamped with two pieces of bamboo fence. This is to avoid the shark's fin burnt pot, the second is to avoid the shark's fin deformation, scattered rotten.

4, pot simmering should pay attention to time. The author's experience is: the old hard shark's fins generally boil simmering 5-6 hours; soft shark's fins generally boil simmering 4-5 hours. Boiling simmering shark's fin time should not be too long, if too long, the surface of the shark's fin is also easy to rupture and drill into the sand. Of course, the simmering time should not be too short, otherwise the black membrane and sand particles can not be depleted

5, simmering, should be used in a low-fire simmering method, can not open the pot. If the fire is boiling, the surface of the shark's fins may be boiled, the surface of the shark's fins will become rotten, and the sand particles will be mixed into the shark's fins, and it will not be easy to scrape the skin and remove the sand.

Additionally, the shark's fins should be separated according to their size and the degree of tenderness, so that they can be developed separately, otherwise, the small and tender shark's fins will be rotten, and the old and firm ones will not be developed yet.

6, pot simmering shark's fin can not use iron pot and copper pot. Because the shark's fin contains sulfur protein, meet iron, meet copper will occur chemical reaction, generate iron sulfide, etc., so that the surface of the shark's fin black, yellow spots, affecting the quality of the finished product. The best choice is to simmer the shark's fin in a porcelain pot or stainless steel vessel.

7, pot simmering shark's fin, or shark's fin hair good, can not be stained with oil, alkali, salt and other substances, otherwise it will cause the shark's fin meat skin melting, affecting the quality of the finished dish.