Scallop is rich in fat, protein, vitamin A, unsaturated fatty acids, phosphorus, calcium, iron, iodine and other nutrients. Scallop has the effect of bodybuilding as well as strengthening the heart and tonifying the kidney, relaxing the tendons and activating the blood, eliminating inflammation and phlegm, clearing the brain and stopping diarrhea, eliminating fatigue, and lifting up the essence of the spirit. So how to wash frozen scallops? How to wash the viscera of the scallop?
How to wash frozen scallops bought in the supermarket
Methods are as follows:
How to wash scallop guts
1, in general, scallops bought back are frozen, bought in the supermarket and even ice, so the first thing we need to do is to thaw scallops.
2, and then the belly of the fish planing, you can use a knife to cut open or use a clean scissors (do not use rusty) cut open.
3, and then dig in with your index finger, thumb and index finger together to grab the pile of intestines and guts
4, and then carefully pulled out, to be a little lighter, do not pull off. After skillful a pull can be all the guts out
5, and then go to the gills, you can also start to go to the gills, Xiao Xiang used to go to the guts of the coworkers to get rid of the gills and chin together.
6, finally insert a sentence off-topic steps, scaling, do not forget to scale oh! With a special scaling knife or dishwashing steel brush can be.
How to clean the scallop
The scallop is a marine fish, is a very common seafood on the table, also known as the swordfish, skirt fish, tooth fish, belonging to the perch, scallop family. Scallop meat fat spiny, delicious flavor, rich in nutrients. So, how can you clean the scallops? I take you together to understand.
1, the scallop placed in a larger, deeper basin, remove the viscera and gills, if fried, you can use scissors to cut off the fins and tails, and then pour water to wash. If you put the fish in a bigger pot, it is not easy to splash the blood and other impurities on your clothes and the ground, and it is more convenient and clean.
2, scallops on the fishy and greasy larger, with the water is difficult to wash, the initial treatment of scallops with (about 70 degrees or so) a simple rinse of warm water, the steps are to put the scallops in warm water for 20 seconds and then quickly fished out into the cool water to be washed. Do not leave the fish in the warm water for too long, and rinse it quickly. Rinse with warm water is just the scallop body with impurities and mucus to wash away, do not wash away all the scales of the scallop, because the scales of the scallop and the silver-white layer of grease also contains an anticancer ingredient? 6 thioguanine, on the adjuvant treatment of leukemia, gastric cancer, lymphoma and other beneficial.
3, if you are afraid of fishy fish is too strong, you can not use warm water rinse, directly put the fish in the alkaline water soak (alkaline water slightly, not too thick, if too thick, scales and silver-white layer of oil on the fish is also easy to clean off), and then wash with water, it will be easy to wash, and no fishy flavor.
4, if the use of the above method to clean up after the scallop is still relatively dirty, more fishy, available rice water and then simply gently scrub again, so that not only can the fish clean, but also to avoid hand contact with the fish scales are sticking too fishy.
Notes on the scallop
If you are not too concerned about the fishy flavor, directly with the first and second method of cleaning can be done in the pot of fish.
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How to thaw frozen scallops
Freezer frozen whole scallops and at a loss, do not know how to effectively thaw and handle. I've summarized it, so come along and find out.
In fact, here is a simple trick, just buy back to the freezer fresh scallops sprinkled with some rice wine, and then put back in the refrigerator called high temperature freezer, you can quickly thaw, and will not come out of the water and no frozen fishy smell.
To be thawed, it will be placed in boiling water and drying temperature of the ginger soaked in water for half an hour and then scrubbed with a steel wool ball, it is very easy to wash the fish scales and dirt, and can remove the fishy freshness.
In most cases, it is not advisable to take out the scales because, even after a long time in the freezer, the scales are still very nutritious.
Scallops are processed for consumption. Frozen scallop is taken out of the freezer, thawed first, brushed off the fish scales on the surface of the fish body or left behind, head and tail, disemboweled and emptied of internal organs, washed with flowing water to clean the black membrane and blood stains in the abdominal cavity, strictly rejected spoiled scallop.
Cut the scallop into a certain size of fish pieces, it is best not to cover the fish pieces, the surface sprinkle some fine salt, after half an hour to taste, and then choose the practice.
How to tell if frozen scallops are spoiled
Often, in order to prolong the freshness period, some merchants will freeze the fish that has died. The eyeballs of frozen fish don't look as full as those of fresh fish, and the luster of the body surface is slightly worse. The muscle elasticity is poor and the muscle fibers are not clear after thawing. If the fish has not been frozen for a long time and is prepared properly, consumption of this kind of fish is not harmful to human health. However, if the fish is frozen and stored for too long. However, if the fish has been frozen and stored for too long, it may have adverse effects on the human body and therefore should not be consumed. Identify the frozen time is too long the method of fish: look at the head of the frozen fish has appeared brown spots, whether the abdomen has turned yellow, and even a foul smell, if so, it means that the fat of the fish has deteriorated. Not to be eaten again.