Why stew the shell together with abalone?

Many people habitually throw away abalone shells when making abalone. In fact, abalone shell is a precious Chinese medicinal material, also called Jua Ming, which has certain heat-clearing, liver-calming, and nourishing properties. It has the function of strengthening yin and yang, and it also contains relatively rich nutrients. Proper consumption is beneficial to human health, so when cooking abalone, you can also cook it with the shell.

How to cook abalone in shell

When making abalone soup, many people like to use only abalone meat and throw away the abalone shell. In fact, the most correct way to make abalone soup is to make the soup with the abalone shell. Because the abalone shell itself is a precious Chinese medicinal material, it is called Shi Jue Ming, also known as Senecio, etc. in Chinese medicinal materials. Abalone shell not only has a very good eyesight effect, but also calms the liver and clears away heat.

So when we make abalone soup, we can wash and crack the abalone shells, boil them in water for more than 40 minutes, then take out the abalone shells and use the boiled abalone shell water to make soup. You don’t have to throw away the abalone shells you fished out, they can be used to make soup many times.

How to choose abalone

1. If you choose fresh abalone, make sure it is moving when you touch it; press the meat. If it is soft, it means it is alive, and if it is hard, it means it is dead. of. If the abalone meat completely covers the shell, it means the meat is thicker.

2. When choosing dried abalone, you must first look at the appearance. The body shape is intact, the fish has a round waist, a thick back, plump and moist flesh, even bead edges, no chips or cracks, the best quality, and the wide bottom plate is of better quality than the slender one.

What are the benefits of eating abalone?

① Improve immunity

A bioactive substance called Baolingsu can be extracted from abalone meat. Experiments have shown that , it can improve immunity, destroy the metabolic process of cancer cells, increase the tumor suppression rate, but does not damage the normal cells of the body, and has the effect of protecting the body's immune system.

②Regulate menstruation and moisturize the intestines

Abalone can regulate blood pressure in both directions. The reason is that abalone can "nourish yin, calm the liver, and strengthen the kidneys" and can adjust adrenal secretion. Abalone has the effects of regulating menstruation, moistening dryness and relieving intestinal inflammation, and can treat irregular menstruation, constipation and other diseases.

③Promote growth and development

Abalone is rich in vitamins, the most outstanding of which is vitamin A, which protects skin health, vision health, strengthens immunity, and promotes growth and development. of key nutrients.