Can you eat scallop skirts?

Scallops are a common shellfish food and also one of the most common foods on people’s daily tables. Scallops are rich in nutrients, but due to their harsh growth environment, they may contain a large number of bacteria. If eaten, they may have some adverse effects on human health. So can scallop skirts be eaten? Let us take a brief look at it today.

Can you eat the skirt of a scallop?

The scallop skirt is edible. It is the mantle of the scallop and tastes very delicious when eaten alone.

The skirt of the scallop is also called the scallop edge, which is the outer edge of the scallop.

The mantle is the edge of the shellfish with folds near the edge. Scallop skirts mainly contain polysaccharides, vitamin E and amino acids, and are high in calcium and zinc. The scallop skirts are edible, and some scallop skirts can be taken out and eaten separately.

Scallop skirt extract has a strong anti-atherosclerotic effect; current animal experiments have shown that scallop skirt does not increase blood lipids and is expected to become a health food for lowering blood lipids; the collagenase in scallop skirt has a strong ability to remove superoxide anions. Scallop skirts have great potential for development.

Homemade scallop skirt recipe

Scallop skirt salad

Ingredients: 200g scallop skirt; carrots; 1 stalk of coriander; half a green pepper; 10 Sichuan peppercorns; 1 dried chili pepper; salt, vegetable oil, MSG, sugar and mustard sauce as needed

step:

1. Cut carrots and green peppers into shreds. Cut the cilantro into sections and set aside. Clean the scallop skirts;

2. Boil water and blanch the carrots and scallop skirts separately, then rinse with cold water and drain;

3. Put the skirt, carrot shreds, green pepper shreds and coriander into a bowl, add soy sauce, vinegar, salt, sugar, MSG and chili segments and mix well;

4. Pour oil into the pot and add peppercorns and dried chilies when the oil is hot. After frying, pour it into the ingredients, mix well and eat. Add mustard if you like.

Stir-fried scallop skirts

Ingredients: scallop skirt, shredded carrot, celery, garlic, ginger, garlic, chili, shallot, soy sauce, chicken essence, sugar, black pepper

practice:

1. Drain the cleaned scallop skirts and set aside.

2. When the pan is hot and smoking, add ginger, garlic, chili, and shallots and stir-fry until fragrant. Add shredded carrots and celery and stir-fry. Directly put the drained scallop skirts in.

3. Finally, add green onions, light soy sauce, chicken essence, white sugar, and black pepper, and pour in sesame oil before serving.

Spicy Stir-fried Scallop Skirts

Ingredients: skirt scallops, green pepper, red pepper, onion, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, pickled pepper, Pixian bean paste, salt, sugar, pepper

practice:

1. Dice the green and red peppers and onions separately, and mince the ginger and garlic for later use.

2. Put the scallops into a pot of boiling water with cooking wine and blanch them, then take them out immediately.

3. Heat the pan with oil, add chopped ginger and garlic, then add green and red peppers and onion cubes, add salt and stir-fry until cooked.

4. Pour in scallops, pour in cooking wine, add pickled peppers, Pixian bean paste, a little sugar and pepper powder and mix well.