The excitement of summer food must be inseparable from crayfish, and with cold beer, the taste makes many people dream. Thirteen spices, spicy, garlic, fragrance ... Have you started to drool after talking about so many flavors of crayfish?
As the "online celebrity" of summer food, crayfish has also experienced many rumors, and many people are puzzled. For example, is the head of crayfish edible? And crayfish are so dirty that there will be no parasites? And what's that yellow thing after you break your head? Can I eat it? ……
Indeed, every time I see you order crayfish, I throw away the shrimp head. Whether the shrimp head can be eaten or not is also a concern of everyone. Maybe many people don't know why they throw shrimp heads, but just watch others throw them away and throw them away with them. Here, I would like to tell you that unlike other fish, the main internal organs of shrimp are concentrated in the head, and breathing, food processing and digestion are all carried out in the head, so you can imagine how dirty it will be. In addition, shrimp heads gather heavy metals and other substances, which is not good for people's health, so many people do not eat shrimp heads.
Crayfish, also known as Procambarus clarkii, originated from the Gulf Coast of North America, and was introduced to China by the Japanese. Perhaps the Japanese who introduced crayfish didn't think that one day it would become a delicacy on the table of China people, and it could be eaten from south to north, and it was eaten differently in different regions. This is also due to the fact that China people like to ponder and eat, and have developed many ways to eat crayfish.
Crayfish is dirty in the body, so it needs to be cleaned before eating. The consistent practice is to use clean water, add some vinegar and salt, let the crayfish spit out the dirt on the cheeks, and then wash the dirt off the crayfish with a toothbrush after standing for a while. The last step is to remove the shrimp line and internal organs, and cooking can only be done after all the steps are completed.
Although it takes a lot of time to clean up crayfish, the taste in the mouth is different. According to statistics, the most popular way to eat crayfish is thirteen flavors, and the practice is relatively simple. Heat the oil in the pot to 50% heat, pour the crayfish into frying 10 second, and then remove and drain. Put a little oil in the pot again, add garlic and ginger to saute until fragrant, and then put cinnamon, star anise, angelica dahurica and fragrant leaves into the pot and simmer until fragrant.
Stir-fry the prepared bean paste and dried pepper in a pot, then add the fried crayfish, add beer, proper amount of water, salt, sugar, pepper, oyster sauce, thirteen spices and other condiments, and cook for 20 minutes on low heat. It is fresh and spicy, with bright red color, which is absolutely delicious in the world.
This is also the reason why people like it, especially in summer, which is simply a must-have food for parties.