How to cook sea cucumber

Although people’s living conditions are better nowadays and they have tasted many delicacies in the world, if they are asked to cook them themselves, they may not know how to make them delicious. Sea cucumber is a very precious seafood. How to make it delicious? There are many ways to eat sea cucumbers, especially for pregnant women. If you use sea cucumbers to make porridge, it can not only help absorption but also is very good for the fetus.

1. How to eat sea cucumber for pregnant women? Cooking porridge

Pregnant women can eat sea cucumbers by chopping them into pieces and cooking them into porridge. This way of eating is not only convenient and nutritious, but also more conducive to the gastrointestinal tract's absorption of sea cucumbers.

2. Sea Cucumber Porridge

Ingredients: 100 grams of polished rice, 30 grams of sea cucumber (dried).

practice:

1. Soak the sea cucumber, cut open its abdomen, remove the intestines, scrape and clean it, chop it into small pieces, and cook it in water until it is soft.

2. Wash the polished round-grained rice and put it in a casserole together with the sea cucumber.

3. Add clean water, boil it over high heat first, then simmer over low heat for 20-30 minutes until the rice is cooked.

Note: You can add an appropriate amount of shredded ginger to the porridge. Adding shredded ginger can warm the stomach better.

How to eat sea cucumbers for pregnant women? Steaming

Pregnant women can eat sea cucumbers by steaming them. This way of eating ensures the maximum nutrition of the sea cucumbers, although they may not have much taste.

3. Steamed Egg with Sea Cucumber

Ingredients: eggs, dried sea cucumber, shallots, carrots, vegetable oil, salt, light soy sauce, and broth.

practice:

1. Soak the dried sea cucumber for 48 hours in advance, cut it with scissors and clean the internal organs, then cut the sea cucumber into half and dice.

2. Beat 2 eggs in a large bowl, stir the eggs first, then add appropriate amount of salt and warm water and stir again. After the eggs are foamy, use a spoon to remove the foam.

3. Heat water in a pot, seal the bowl with plastic wrap before putting it into the pot, and steam it for 10 minutes.

4. Add appropriate amount of vegetable oil to a hot pan, stir-fry the sea cucumber, add broth over medium-low heat and cook for 3-5 minutes.

5. After the sauce in the pot has dried up, pour the sea cucumber onto the egg custard and sprinkle with chopped green onions.

How to eat sea cucumber for pregnant women? The best way is to make soup

Pregnant women can put sea cucumbers together with chicken, pork bones, pig trotters, etc. to make soup, which is nutritious and delicious.

4. Sea cucumber chicken soup

Ingredients: 2 soaked sea cucumbers, half a free-range chicken, 1 onion, ginger, salt and star anise.

practice:

1. Wash the chicken, drain and cut into pieces.

2. Cut the sea cucumber into strips, slice the ginger, and cut the green onion into sections.

3. Pour a little oil into the pan, add the chicken pieces when the oil is hot and stir-fry until they change color.

4. Pour the fried chicken pieces, onions, ginger and star anise into a casserole, add 1 liter of water, and simmer over medium heat until the chicken is cooked.

5. Add the sea cucumber and cook over low heat for about 20 minutes.

6. Finally, add appropriate amount of salt.