Seafood trivia

1. Why do everyone love to eat crayfish?

Crayfish is not only delicious and inexpensive, but also has high nutritional value !

1. The protein content is high, the meat is soft and easy to digest, and it is suitable for people who are weak and recovering from illness.

2. Rich in magnesium, zinc, iodine, selenium, etc., it can lower cholesterol and has an important regulatory effect on heart activity.

3. Contains astaxanthin, which has antioxidant effects and helps regulate jet lag.

4. Crayfish also resolves phlegm and relieves asthma, and promotes muscle growth in postoperative wounds.

2. Immortality - Crayfish

Crayfish is a very magical creature. If it is not polluted by the surrounding environment, fished by humans and hunted by natural enemies, it will It can live forever.

When crayfish cells divide, the chromosome end structure always maintains the same length and can continue to divide without limit. It can be said that crayfish have immortality.

3. The crayfish’s bladder grows on its head?

Crayfish are born with amazing bones. The bladder grows on their brain. To be precise, it is under the eyes and brain, that is, the mouth. nearby.

In nature, it is generally male creatures that woo female creatures, but in the crayfish world it is exactly the opposite. Female crayfish will deliberately put urine on the head of male crayfish mainly to attract the opposite sex. Female lobsters will choose male shrimps that spray far away, have a strong smell and a sufficient amount.

4. How to select crayfish

1. Crayfish treated with shrimp powder are easy to lose their claws and look particularly clean and bright. Choose carefully.

2. Look at the skin color. Old lobsters are usually red and black, while young lobsters have a natural and healthy luster.

3. Check whether it lives in clean water. The back is bright red and clean, and the villi on the abdomen and vellus hair on the claws are white and neat. They are basically raised in clean water.

4. Those with elastic nails are those that have just grown up and molted their shells. Try to buy soft-shelled crayfish.

5. How to eat crayfish

1. Kaoh lobster tail

Preparation materials: lobster tail, onion, carrot, curry powder, cooking wine, oil , salt, milk, garlic.

Step 1: Heat oil in a hot pan, sauté a little minced garlic and stir-fry curry powder until fragrant.

Step 2: Pour in the onion pieces and carrots, stir-fry a few times, and add the lobster tails. Add a little cooking wine and salt and stir-fry evenly.

Step 3: Add appropriate amount of milk or coconut milk and simmer over low heat until the juice is reduced.

2. Salt and pepper crayfish

Step 1: Wash the crayfish and pull out the intestines from the middle flap of the shrimp tail.

Step 2: Heat the oil in the pan, put the crayfish in the pan and fry slowly over low heat, take it out and drain the oil.

Step 3: Leave a little oil in the pot, add ginger, onion, garlic and red pepper and sauté until fragrant.

Step 4: Add crayfish, stir-fry for a few times, then add salt and pepper and stir-fry slowly until the salt and pepper are evenly coated on the crayfish, place on a plate, and sprinkle with white sesame seeds

3. Thirteen-spice crayfish

Preparation materials: crayfish, rice wine, ginger, garlic, Laoganma, thirteen-spice and vinegar.

Step 1: Put the purchased crayfish in the water for 1 hour to spit out the dirt, and then scrub it clean.

Step 2: Remove the shrimp yellow from the shrimp head and the sand line from the shrimp tail, and fry in hot oil until red. Add ginger, garlic, thirteen spices, Laoganma, salt, vinegar and rice wine and bring to a boil.

Step 3: Add water to cover all the crayfish, cook for 10 to 15 minutes, turn off the heat and simmer for 2 minutes, plate and serve!