How to soak dried sea cucumber, what are the tips

Sea cucumbers are delicious and nutritious. They are a good ingredient for making nourishing soups. Since sea cucumbers move slowly, they are easy to obtain. People often dry them and preserve them, and then soak them before eating. However, dried sea cucumbers are not easy to soak, and there are many problems in the soaking process. So, how do you soak dried sea cucumbers? What are some tips?

There are three main methods for swelling dried sea cucumbers:

①Semi-oily hair;

② Pure water hair;

③Evaporation. Regardless of which method is used, the container and water used in the swelling process must be free of oil and salt. Oil can dissolve the sea cucumber, while salt makes it difficult for the sea cucumber to expand.

Semi-oiled: First wash the skin of the sea cucumber with water, dry it, and heat it in a pan of cold oil over a slow fire. When the oil temperature rises and you hear a popping sound, turn the ingredients with a hand spoon while moving the spoon away from the fire. When the sea cucumber becomes soft, take it out and drain the oil. Wash off the grease with alkaline water, and finally simmer it in boiling water until it becomes larger. Remove the sand intestine and it is done. Generally, 500 grams of dry goods are sent as 2-2.5 kilograms of smuggled goods. This method of sending goods is rarely used now.

because:

①Small discharge;

② It is difficult to control the degree of sea cucumber oil boiling during the swelling process;

③ Even if you have mastered the key to frying sea cucumbers, it is still difficult to clean the oil on the surface of the sea cucumbers during washing, which often causes the sea cucumbers to swell and harden.

Pure water soaking: first wash the sea cucumber with clean water, then soak it in clean water for 8 hours until the sea cucumber becomes soft, then change to clean water and boil it slowly for 5 minutes, then simmer it off the heat for 8 hours, then use scissors to cut open the abdomen, take out the ligament in the abdominal cavity, wash it, change to clean water and boil it slowly for 5 minutes, then simmer it off the heat for 8 hours, after cooling, soak it in pure water (you can also add ice cubes or put it in the refrigerator to keep it fresh). Repeat this three or four times to completely remove the astringency and other bad odors of the sea cucumber. The sea cucumber can be fully expanded in about two days. Generally, 500 grams of dried sea cucumbers from Zhifu Island and Kongtong Island can be shipped as 3.5-5 kilograms of smuggled goods.