Sea cucumbers are made into dried sea cucumbers for better storage. We need to soak the dried sea cucumbers before eating them. Let’s see how to do it. How to soak dried sea cucumbers. The first step: Soak in pure water

Dried sea cucumbers are relatively hard and need to be soaked until soft. First, wash the dried sea cucumbers and put them into a container, and then add purified water or cold boiled water. The water can completely soak the sea cucumber, then put it in the refrigerator. Change the water every morning and every night until the sea cucumber has no salty taste. It usually takes 2 days (so long). Step 2: Remove the sand spit

Remove the sea cucumber from the refrigerator. There is a small opening in the belly of the sea cucumber. Cut it along the belly with scissors. There are sea cucumber teeth on one end of the sea cucumber, which are hard and white to the touch. For small particles, remove the sea cucumber teeth. There are a few white stripes in the cavity of the sea cucumber, which are sea cucumber tendons. They are highly nutritious and can be eaten. Use scissors to cut all the sea cucumber tendons into several sections so that the sea cucumber can grow bigger. Step 3: Boil in the pot (a key step for success or failure)

This step is the most critical. Purified water should also be used when cooking. The pot should be placed in cold water over low heat. After the water boils, cook for about 30-60 minutes. The specific situation of each sea cucumber is different, so you need to observe it frequently. When you pinch it with your hands, the body of the sea cucumber is very elastic and does not have a hard core. You can also use a rice cooker with a porridge cooking function, turn it to the porridge cooking setting, and cook for an hour. If it is not done yet, continue cooking. Cooked sea cucumbers should be taken out at any time. Soak the cooked sea cucumbers in ice water to make the meat more elastic. Step 4: Soak sea cucumbers

Place in a container filled with pure water and soak for another 2 days, changing the water in the morning and evening. The size of sea cucumbers has magically increased again. Note that sea cucumbers shrink when heated and expand when cooled (so amazing), adding ice cubes to soak them will have a better effect.

Note: Do not get oil in the container, otherwise the sea cucumber will easily melt and break the skin. What to do with dried sea cucumbers after soaking?

After the dried sea cucumbers are completely soaked, you can cook different dishes according to your own needs. ? Sea cucumber, fungus and pork ribs soup

Ingredients: dried sea cucumber, 460g of pork ribs, 40g of fungus, half a ounce of ham, one green onion, and two slices of ginger.

Method

1. Chop the ribs into pieces and boil them in boiling water for five minutes, remove and wash.

2. Wash the sea cucumber, put it into boiling water, add one scallion, one piece of ginger, and half a tablespoon of wine and bring to a boil. Cook for five minutes, remove and wash, cut into large pieces, and drain.

3. Soak the fungus in water until it grows big, tear it into small pieces, boil it in boiling water for five minutes, remove and wash.

4. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and bring to a boil. Place the ribs, ham, ginger and fungus in the pot and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat for 2 hours. Put in the sea cucumber and simmer for another hour. Season with salt according to taste. Sea cucumber lean meat and ginkgo porridge

Ingredients: one cup of rice, nine cups of water, one cup of bone broth, 10 ginkgo, two dried sea cucumbers, appropriate amount of meat, appropriate amount of chopped red pepper.

Method

1. After the water and soup boil, pour in the rice, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 15 minutes, add ginkgo and sea cucumber, hind leg bones, and medium heat. Cook for 15 minutes, stirring constantly.

2. Add salt, pepper, sesame oil, sprinkle in crushed red pepper, and remove from the pot. How to wash dried sea cucumbers

In fact, the steps of washing dried sea cucumbers are integrated into the process of soaking. When soaking dried sea cucumbers, you will clean the dried sea cucumbers very carefully, so you don’t have to do this in this regard. It requires a lot of effort, and the process of soaking dried sea cucumbers will be fully described and analyzed below.