In fact, eating hairtail and eating with fish scales is the most correct! Because fish scales are the nutritional essence of hairtail. Therefore, it is necessary to use the correct cleaning method and try to keep the scales of hairtail, so as to absorb its nutrition!
What nutrition does hairtail scales have?
Hairtail has silver scales on its surface. The fresher hairtail is, the more metallic its scales are. In fact, this is not hairtail scales, but a layer of epidermis formed by special fat, called silver grease.
Silver fat is a kind of high quality fat with high nutritional value. It is not only rich in protein, iron, iodine and other common nutrients, but also contains more lecithin and a variety of unsaturated fatty acids.
Not only that, silver oil also contains a natural anticancer component-6-thioguanine.
Regular consumption of silver grease can increase skin elasticity, make skin delicate and smooth, make hair black, delay brain aging and protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems.
It can be said that this layer of silver grease on the surface of hairtail is the most essence and precious part of the whole hairtail.
How to clean hairtail correctly?
Now that we have understood the outstanding value of silver grease, we should be careful not to wash off this layer of fat when washing hairtail.
The first step is to cut off the head and fins of fresh hairtail, then cut open its belly and cut it into sections. If it is frozen hairtail, wait for it to thaw naturally before cutting.
Step 2, take out the viscera in the hairtail belly and throw it away, then put the hairtail under the tap and wipe off the black film in the hairtail belly by hand while washing. Finally, the whole hairtail section is washed clean.
Many people are used to brushing hairtail with steel balls, which is wrong, because the silver grease on the surface of hairtail is very nutritious and should not be removed.
It should be noted that silver grease is very afraid of hot water, which will melt it. So it is best to wash hairtail with cold water.
What if I don't want to keep the silver grease?
Although silver grease is rich in nutrition, it has a strong smell, and some people will not get used to it and want to remove it.
Another situation is that hairtail is exposed to the air for a long time. In this case, silver grease will be oxidized, yellow in color and smelly, so silver grease is not suitable for eating.
There are two simple ways to remove silver grease:
First, take a pot of cold water and add ginger slices and salt. First, put the hairtail section in hot water of about 80 degrees 10 second, then immediately soak it in cold water until the hairtail is completely cooled, and then scrub the fish body, so that all the silver grease can be easily removed.
Second, put a little alkaline noodles in clear water, and then soak hairtail in it for a while, and the silver grease will soon fall off.