What is the best way to eat dried mussels?

Mussels are a common seafood. In order to facilitate storage, many people will dry fresh mussels. Dried mussels are also very convenient to cook. They can be used to make soup or porridge. The taste is very fresh and sweet. You may as well try it.

1. Stewed Dried Mussels

Material

10 dried clams, 10 chestnuts, 100 grams of pork belly, and appropriate amounts of chopped green onions and ginger slices.

practice:

1. Soak the dried clams in water for 60 minutes, peel the chestnuts, cut the pork belly into pieces and blanch them for later use.

2. Put the clams, pork belly and chestnuts into a casserole, add appropriate amount of rice wine, water and ginger slices and simmer over medium heat.

3. After the water boils, turn to low heat and simmer for about 90 minutes.

4. When the vegetables are cooked and tender, add appropriate amount of salt and chopped green onions.

2. How to clean dried mussels

Dried mussels are a common seafood. They are delicious and inexpensive, so they are popular among the public. However, the dried clams sold on the market must be washed and processed before they can be used in cooking. Moreover, compared with other seafood, the cleaning method of dried mussels is more troublesome. So how do you clean dried mussels? Let me explain it to you in detail below.

1. Wash the dried clams with clean water, then soak them in hot water for one or two hours until they swell. Remove them and wash them with clean water.

2. After washing the dried clams, remove the hairy black intestines in the center, remove the sand, and rinse them again in clean water.

3. When washing dried clams, please note that there is a "black thing" inside the dried clams. This is the "yellow" of the dried clams, and its nutrients are also concentrated here. Therefore, be careful not to break it when washing to avoid nutritional loss.

4. There are some small hairs growing on the outside of dried clams, which are the gills of the dried clams. They have a strong fishy smell and contain a lot of sand, so they must be peeled off. This is also one of the main steps in cleaning dried clams. Be careful not to tear off the dried mussel meat when peeling it.

5. After processing all the dried clams, wash them with clean water and they are ready for use.