What are the methods of cooking river clams?

River clams are a kind of soft shelled aquatic animal. Because of their refreshing taste and rich protein content, they are deeply loved by everyone in life. There are many ways to cook river clams, the most common ones include braised river clams, river clams rolled in tofu, etc.

Braised River Mussels

Material

600g river clam meat, 80g red pepper, 50g pickled radish, 30g cucumber. Seasoning: 5g each of Totole chicken essence, water starch, and flour, 23g salt, 2g Lee Kum Kee steamed fish soy sauce, 25g salad oil, and 15g beer.

practice

1. Marinate the river clams with flour, beer and 20g salt for 1 hour, rinse with running water for 3 hours, cut into 5cm long and 0.3cm thick strips; cut the red pepper into 0.8cm long segments; cut the pickled radish into 5cm long and 0.3cm thick strips; cut the cucumber into 0.5cm square dices.

2. Pour boiling water into the pot, add the river clams and blanch for 20 seconds, remove and drain, add 20 grams of salad oil to the pot and heat it to 70%, add the ingredients and stir-fry for 0.5 minutes, add chicken essence, salt, steamed fish soy sauce, continue to stir-fry for 1.5 minutes until the ingredients are flavored, thicken with water starch, drizzle with 5 grams of salad oil and serve.

River Clam Rolled Tofu

Ingredients: several river clams, a box of tofu, some seasonings

practice

1. First, split the clam, remove the gills and take out the meat, rub it with salt to remove the sticky and fishy liquid, slice it, and rinse it with warm water.

2. Cut the salted tofu into thick slices and soak them in water.

3. Prepare shredded ham, shredded ginger, and shredded green onion (segments).

4. Add water to the tofu, ham and ginger, and cook together. Add cooking wine to remove the fishy smell.

5. Add the river clam slices after the pot is boiled for 5 minutes, add salt to taste, boil for 3 minutes and sprinkle with scallions. The soup is thick and white like milk, and tastes delicious. It is a specialty of farmers and must be tried.