Question 1: What is shrimp skin made of? I live in a coastal city. Shrimp skin is a kind of dried shrimp (so big). Because the shrimp is too small, it becomes pieces after drying, so it is called shrimp skin. Sprinkle some salt when drying and let it dry naturally. So it's a little gray. But the machine-dried one doesn't need to be washed.

Shrimp kitchen is a kind of very nutritious seafood (I have eaten fresh shrimp skin and think it is not as fresh as the shrimp skin in the sea). We often regard it as the first choice for calcium supplementation in food. For example, when eating pickles, when steaming egg cakes (adding shrimp skin such as chopped green onion), or when making stuffing, when putting dried seaweed in the stuffing. When it is sold in a shopping mall, it is sold as direct food. Generally do not wash before eating. However, some people are afraid that the ash will fall on their bodies, so just gently scoop it up with water. Be sure not to use blisters. After a long time, it loses its flavor.

Question 2: What is shrimp skin? Shrimp skin is made of shrimp and shrimp skin with meat, which is sold in supermarkets. The cleaner the shrimp skin, the higher the relative price, ranging from 6 yuan to 18 yuan! Because the shrimp is small and dry, it doesn't feel hard! Most people use it to make steamed buns and jiaozi with other ingredients. Or you can use it when making soup (it is best to put some vinegar); You can also take a proper amount of shrimp skin, wash it with boiling water (no matter how you cook it, hygiene is the first), and put some vinegar to eat directly, because vinegar can promote the absorption of calcium! After buying home, be careful not to tie the bag mouth tightly, try to keep the bag mouth open and put it in a ventilated place to avoid moisture backflow and deterioration of shrimp skin. When it is completely dry (after all, some shrimps are still a little wet when sold), you can put them in the refrigerator or other convenient places! I hope you live a healthy life every day!

Question 3: What's the difference between shrimp skin and shrimp? Shrimp and shrimp skin are made of sea shrimp.

Shrimp skin is generally white, because the shrimp that makes shrimp skin is white shrimp (also known as water shrimp), with thin skin and small meat. Shrimp skin is soft and the taste is mainly improved. If the shrimp skin is yellow, it means it is oily and has been stored for too long. It may smell like saliva.

What about shrimp? Many places are also called Kaiyang. In fact, there are two kinds of shrimp, red shrimp and golden hook shrimp. Generally speaking, the shell of red shrimp is slightly softer (harder than white shrimp), and the head is much bigger than white shrimp and much smaller than golden shrimp. Golden hook shrimp has a hard shell, strong meat and delicious taste, which is really the treasure of shrimp.

Shrimp skin is a dried product of shrimp, which is divided into raw and cooked dried products. Shrimp skin produced in Maoxia, China is of high quality. Shrimp is small and thin-skinned. After drying, it is easy to feel that it is just a layer of skin, hence the name of shrimp skin.

Shrimp skin, also known as shrimp skin, golden hook and Kaiyang. It is a cooked and dried product processed from Chipaw Shrimp, White Shrimp with Ridge Tail, Hairy Shrimp and Shrimp Week.

Shrimp, a food. Based on the principle of selecting live shrimp, wash the shrimp body with clear water and remove the head, tail and shell of shrimp. The pure shrimp meat after shelling is shrimp meat.

Question 4: What is shrimp skin? Anyone who has bought shrimp skin knows that shrimp skin generally has three colors besides different sizes: yellow, meat red and bright red. From the appearance, the bright red shrimp seems to be fresher, but as everyone knows, there are many hidden dangers in this shrimp.

The state stipulates that shrimp can't have colorants.

According to the national aquatic industry standard, no colorant should be added to shrimp during processing, but this is not the case.

In Shitang Town and Songmen Town, Wenling City, Zhejiang Province, a well-known shrimp processing and production place in China, according to a boss engaged in shrimp processing, the processing procedure of shrimp is not complicated: put the collected fresh shrimp in a pot and cook it, then dry it and shell it, and it becomes shrimp. Boiling shrimp is the most important step in shrimp processing. In this process, the processor usually adds a spoonful of pink dye. The boss said that with this "secret weapon", shrimp will turn red-more will make it brighter, less will make it lighter.

Pigmented shrimp is bright red and lovely.

Generally speaking, the freshly cooked shrimp will turn pale flesh red, but the shrimp red cooked with pigment is bright red and attractive, and will not fade for two or three months.

What exactly is this mysterious pink dye? Tested by Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Technology and Peking University Analysis and Testing Center, this pink dye is called "Brilliant Leucine", commonly known as "Acid Scarlet", which is mainly used for dyeing wood, wool, silk, paper and leather, plastics, spices and cement, and also for making ink.

This dye turns red when dissolved in water and cannot be used as a food additive. This dye has strong adsorption, solid color and strong carcinogenicity. It can be seen that shrimp dyed with this dye must not be eaten!

common sense

1. Fresh shrimp has a shiny surface, rough touch, flexible body and elastic muscles.

2. The river shrimp is cyan, and the sea shrimp is cyan, white or reddish.

3. After the shrimp goes bad, the surface loses luster, feels sticky and slippery, turns red, and the shrimp body has no flexibility and elasticity.

4. Peel off the rotten shrimp shell, the internal organs are reddish, and there is no intestinal mark on the back edge.

5. Normal shrimp skin should be light red or yellow. If the shrimp skin is old yellow, it means that the shrimp skin is not fresh. Shrimp is bright red if it is dyed with pink dye.

Question 5: What do you mean by shrimp skin? Happy.

Question 6: Where is the best shrimp skin? Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea and East China Sea. These places are where China lives and produces shrimp skin. So we must have good quality. The shrimp skin in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province is the best in both size and nutritional value, because Zhoushan is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River and is rich in trace elements and minerals, which plays a very important role in the growth and nutritional value of shrimp skin. Zhoushan fishing ground is a world-famous fishing ground.

Question 7: What is salt-free shrimp skin? To explain in detail, there are two kinds of shrimp skins sold in the market, one is raw shrimp skin and the other is cooked shrimp skin. The former is salt-free, rich in flavor, good in taste, not easy to be damp and moldy, and can be preserved for a long time. Pay attention to the color when buying. Bright white color is better. If the color is dark yellow, individual pieces are soft, dull and of poor quality, it is not suitable for buying and eating. The latter is cooked and dried shrimp skin, with reddish luster, moderate texture and delicious taste. Note: Shrimp skin is not shrimp skin, but a kind of food made from dried shrimp (Maoxia, China), which is soft and delicious. This kind of shrimp has little meat, and the meat is even less obvious after drying, giving people the feeling that there is only one layer of shrimp skin. Shrimp skin can be used to enhance the flavor of various dishes and soups, and it is an indispensable seafood condiment in Chinese and western dishes.

Question 8: What do you mean by dried shrimps? It is shrimp skin processed by cooking, drying and other processes.

Question 9: When is the best time to eat shrimp skin? Shrimp skin is mainly made of dried shrimps.

Shrimp production is large and the population is concentrated. The catch is always shrimp. Generally, it is dried and processed into shrimp skin on site. The dried shrimp with small head and solid meat easily makes people feel like shrimp skin, so it is named.

Shrimp skin has high nutritional value. In terms of protein content, the content of shrimp skin per 100g is 39.3g, which is much higher than that of aquatic products such as large yellow croaker, yellow croaker, prawn, hairtail and pomfret, and meat products such as beef, pork and chicken.

Another major feature of shrimp skin is that it is rich in mineral quantity and variety. Besides iodine, it is also rich in iron, calcium and phosphorus. The contents of calcium and phosphorus in shrimp skin per100g are 99 1 mg and 582 mg respectively. Therefore, shrimp skin element is called "calcium bank".

In fact, there is also an important nutrient in shrimp skin-astaxanthin, which is the strongest antioxidant found at present, also called super vitamin E. The redder the shrimp skin, the higher the astaxanthin content, and the astaxanthin content in shrimp skin is about 400-800ppm.

According to the recent research results of Japanese scientists, blood pressure is negatively correlated with calcium content. Appropriate supplementation of calcium-rich shrimp skin can control blood pressure for some patients without any drugs, just by increasing calcium intake. The National Center for Health Statistics of the United States has reached the same conclusion through investigation and study. Several studies have also shown that calcium also helps to lower blood cholesterol and improve premenstrual syndrome in women. According to the American magazine New Scientist, supplementing calcium in diet can directly inhibit the proliferation of colon cancer cells and make them return to normal after 2-3 months.

In addition, calcium is especially important for women in reproductive period. The third trimester of pregnancy is an important stage in the development of fetal bones, teeth and nervous system. Once calcium deficiency, it is easy to cause osteomalacia, hypocalcemia convulsion, pregnancy fatigue and hypertension syndrome, as well as premature delivery or fetal underweight.

There are many ways to eat shrimp skin. Take a handful of shrimp skin, add chopped green onion and sesame oil, add some laver, and rinse with boiling water to make a bowl of fresh soup with good color and fragrance. Shrimp skin tofu, shrimp skin leek, shrimp skin shallot and shrimp skin radish soup in home cooking are all delicious dishes. When used to wrap wonton, it not only adds freshness, but also has higher nutritional value. Shrimp skin is indispensable for every meal of ginger soup in Japan, and even well-made sushi uses shrimp skin as ingredients.

There are two kinds of shrimp sold in the market, one is dried shrimp and the other is cooked shrimp. The former is salt-free, rich in flavor, good in taste, not easy to be damp and moldy, and can be preserved for a long time. Pay attention to the color when buying. Bright white color is better. If the color is dark yellow, individual pieces are soft, dull and of poor quality, it is not suitable for buying and eating. The latter is cooked and dried shrimp skin, which is red and shiny in color, moderate in hardness, fresh and obscure.