How to clean scallops

Scallops have become a common ingredient on ordinary people's tables. Whether at home, in a food stall or a high-end restaurant, scallops can be found everywhere. It can be said that scallops have become a food suitable for all ages. What’s more important is that scallops are very nutritious and many people love to eat them. However, there are many things to pay attention to when eating scallops. If they are not cleaned properly, there are many parasites in them that may affect human health. So how do you clean scallops?

1. How to clean scallops

1. After buying fresh scallops, rinse the mud and sand on the shells with clean water first.

2. Use a small knife, a Western-style table knife is recommended. Insert the knife into the shell and split it in two, while also cutting the flesh inside the shell. At this point you will see flesh on both sides of the shell.

3. Use the dinner knife again, follow the bottom of the shell and completely remove the shell meat. In this step, the knife must be kept close to the bottom of the shell to remove the complete shell meat.

4. Separate the shellfish meat from the shellfish. We start by cleaning the shellfish meat and use a knife to remove the internal organs of the shellfish meat, which is the black-looking stuff. Then place the whole shellfish meat in a large bowl. Add a little bit of salt, soak it in salt water for two or three minutes, and rotate the shellfish meat clockwise with chopsticks. The purpose of this is to make the mud and sand on the surface of the shellfish meat sink to the bottom of the bowl.

5. Take out the shellfish meat, pour out the water in the large bowl, put an appropriate amount of cornstarch in the bowl, then put the shellfish meat into the bowl, and gently rub the shellfish meat with your hands. In this way, the cornstarch will completely remove the remaining mud and sand in the shellfish meat. Finally, wash it again with clean water and the shellfish meat is processed.

6. If you are making vermicelli with garlic or steamed scallops with black bean sauce, we also need shells as a base, so we can use a fine-bristled brush or a toothbrush to thoroughly brush off the mud and sand on the shells.

7. In this way, the scallops are cleaned thoroughly. You can eat it however you want, there will be absolutely no mud or sand to mess it up.

2. Value

Scallops usually do not appear when the tide goes out, so it is more difficult to catch them. Along the coast of my country, scallop fishing is mainly carried out in the north, and the two most famous places are Dongchu Island, slightly north of Shidao Island in Shandong Province, and Changshan Islands in Changhai County, Liaoning Province. Scallop shells have diverse colors and neat and beautiful ribs, making them a good material for making shell carvings. People who work, travel or relax at the seaside like to collect some scallop shells as souvenirs for friends. Scallops are delicious and nutritious. They are as famous as sea cucumbers and abalone, and are listed as the three major treasures of seafood. The adductor muscle of scallops is well developed and is the main raw material for making dried scallops. Since the 1970s, my country has artificially cultivated scallops in the coastal areas of Shandong and Liaoning. Artificial cultivation of scallops can shorten the maturity period of scallops, increase yields, and make harvesting easier.

After mastering how to clean scallops, it will be very helpful for us to make this delicacy ourselves. The method of cooking scallops is relatively simple. You just need to control the heat well so that the scallops taste better. Scallops are a delicacy that children love to eat very much. Giving them more food to children can supplement their physical constitution.