Cockles should be boiled for at least 5 to 10 minutes before eating. Because the cockles are grown in the shallow sea soft mud or sandy seabed, so, the cockles will accumulate some toxins or pathogenic bacteria, therefore, the best way to eat the cockles will be cooked, so as to avoid the disease into the mouth. Some people like to eat cockles in boiling water or directly eat raw, this simple treatment or no treatment, can not effectively kill hepatitis A and other viruses, food safety risk is still high. In fact, to kill the hepatitis A virus, it needs to be cooked at 100 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes.

2, arkshell cooking method

boiled arkshell

Main ingredient: 400g of arkshell

Accessories: cilantro, salt

Steps: buy back the arkshell, wash, soak in water gauze for 30 minutes (you can put less salt) in order to let the arkshell spit clean. Boil water, put green onion, ginger, star anise, pour into the soaked cockles, cooking time can put a little salt. When the cockles open their mouths, they will be cooked. Fish out and put some cilantro on the plate.

Shipping arks

Materials: 2 pounds of arks, a cucumber, a cilantro.

Seasoning: one cup of mixing juice (supermarket), green onion, ginger, wine, salt,

Practice: arkshells rinsed repeatedly with water. Onion, ginger a little, cooking wine, fine salt added to the cockleshell, flavored for 1 hour. Cucumber julienne, shallot julienne, cilantro minced standby. Boil water, when the water boils, put in the cockleshells, cook them for 5 minutes after opening the mouth. Fish out the arkshells, take out the meat and pour in the sauce. Put shredded green onion, cilantro and cucumber on top of the arkshells and mix well.

Features: Sweet and sour, cool and refreshing, rich in nutrients.

3, the effect and role of cockles

Immunity: protein is the most important nutrient to maintain the immune function, for the composition of white blood cells and the main components of antibodies.