Do I need to remove the shell when cooking abalone?

Abalone is a very precious food with extremely high nutritional value. In addition to seeing abalone in restaurants, you can also cook abalone at home. Many people also want to know whether abalone should be shelled before cooking. Most people think that it should be shelled. In fact, cooking abalone with the shell is also very nutritious.

1. Abalone Shell

When making soup with abalone, many people like to use only the abalone meat and throw away the abalone shell. In fact, the most correct way to cook abalone soup is to cook it with the abalone shell. Because abalone shell itself is a precious Chinese medicinal material, it is called Lijueming in Chinese medicinal materials, also known as Qianliguang. Abalone shell not only has a very good effect on improving eyesight, but also can calm the liver and clear away heat.

2. How to make soup

Therefore, when we make abalone soup, we can wash and smash the abalone shells, boil them in clean water for more than 40 minutes, then remove the abalone shells, and use the boiled abalone shell water to make the soup. The abalone shells do not have to be thrown away, they can be used repeatedly to make soup.

3. The edible effects of abalone

① Improve immunity

A biologically active substance called abalone can be extracted from abalone meat. Experiments have shown that it can enhance immunity, destroy the metabolic process of cancer cells, and increase the tumor inhibition rate without damaging the body's normal cells. It has the effect of protecting the body's immune system.

②Regulate menstruation and moisten the intestines

Abalone can regulate blood pressure in both directions because it can "nourish yin, calm the liver, and strengthen the kidneys" and adjust adrenal secretion. Abalone has the effect of regulating menstruation, moistening dryness and promoting bowel movements. It can treat diseases such as irregular menstruation and constipation.

③Promote growth and development

Abalone is rich in vitamins, among which vitamin A is the most prominent. Vitamin A is a key nutrient for protecting skin health, vision health, enhancing immunity, and promoting growth and development.