Steamed Oysters with Garlic Sauce

Most seafood has high edible value, among which oysters are a seafood product loved by many people. Oysters are mainly a shallow-sea seafood product, so compared with other seafood, oysters are cheaper. When it comes to making oysters, steaming them with garlic is the most popular way. Because steaming oysters with garlic can effectively remove the fishy smell of oysters, let’s learn how to steam oysters with garlic.

Garlic Oysters Recipe

Oysters, scientifically known as Crassostrea gigas, are a very delicious marine creature with very high edible value. Oyster meat is rich in protein, multiple amino acids and vitamins. At the same time, oysters are also one of the foods with the highest zinc content and have unique health benefits. Oysters are a specialty snack in coastal areas and originated in Guangdong Province. They are delicious and well-loved by consumers, so we will specially introduce the method of making garlic oysters below.

Main ingredients: 650 grams of oysters, seasoning: salad oil, salt, 1 garlic, chives, pepper.

1. Peel the garlic and use a tool to grind it into puree for later use (pureed garlic tastes better than minced garlic, so try to grind it into puree if possible).

2. Use a screwdriver (I don’t have a special shell opening tool, so just make do with this) to pry open the oysters from the gap, take out the oyster meat and wash it.

3. Gather all the oyster meat together, marinate with seasoning for a while, and then put them back into the oyster shells (this step can be omitted if you like the taste).

4. Sprinkle appropriate amount of minced garlic on the oysters, steam them in boiling water for about 5 minutes and then take them out.

5. Sprinkle with chopped green onions and pour hot oil on it.

Nutritional value of garlic oysters

Oysters have very high nutritional value and can be used to make many delicious foods. Whether oysters are steamed, stewed, braised, or fried, they are always flavorful and nutritious. Oysters also have high therapeutic nutritional value. Let us now introduce the nutritional value of garlic oysters in detail.

1. Oysters also contain protein and amino acids necessary for the human body, and have extremely high nutritional value. If you want to have a tonic during the Chinese New Year, you must not miss this food. At the same time, garlic paste contains rich trace element selenium, which is an antioxidant with anti-aging effects. In addition, garlic paste has the effects of lowering blood pressure, diuresis, protecting the liver, and improving the phagocytic function of peritoneal macrophages. The combination of the two makes garlic oysters, which have extremely high nutritional value.

2. The sulfur-based compounds in minced garlic are effective ingredients for eliminating nitrites in the body and blocking the synthesis of endogenous nitrosamines. Therefore, garlic paste has the function of preventing cancer and prolonging life for many kinds of cancer. Oysters are rich in nucleic acids, which play an important role in protein synthesis and thus have the effect of delaying skin aging. The combination of the two can not only prevent physical diseases but also delay aging.