1, boiled and washed.
If you think the first method is too time-consuming, let's learn a quick method to remove sediment. First, fill the pot with water, add clams, and boil in water. When the water in the pot boils, the clams' shells basically open. At this time, pour out the water, rinse the clam with water once, and clean up the sediment.
However, this will easily affect the umami taste of Meretrix meretrix. We can cool the boiled water and filter out the sediment deposited on the bottom, and wash the clams with clear soup to keep some fresh flavor.
2, warm salt water bubble
First, put the Meretrix meretrix into a basin of warm water, and add salt and oil to the warm water, depending on the water in the basin. This practice can imitate the growth environment of Meretrix meretrix and make it open its shell and spit sand. The function of refueling is to form an oil film on the water surface, so that the water is isolated from the air, so that Meretrix meretrix is deprived of oxygen in the water and its breathing is accelerated, thus speeding up the progress of sand spitting.
Then, we need to let the clams stand for two to three hours. Next, we will see that most clams have opened their shells and the water will become turbid. At this time, the process of spitting sand is completed. Of course, if you want to shorten the time for Meretrix meretrix to spit sand, you can stir the water in the basin back and forth by hand and change the water in time, so that the sand that feels like Meretrix meretrix can be quickly washed away.
3. Heating and washing
First, wash off the sediment on the bought clam shell with clear water. Then put the clams in an anhydrous wok and heat them for 3 minutes. When the clams are opened one after another, immediately pick out the opened clams and wash them under the tap to clean up the sediment inside.