How to wash fresh pork liver

Pork liver is a kind of internal organ of pig, and it is also a common ingredient in people's home cooking. Although pork liver is delicious and has high nutritional elements, it is also an organ that easily accumulates toxins. If it is not carefully cleaned, it will be harmful to people's health after consumption. So, how to wash fresh pork liver cleanly? The following are several methods for cleaning fresh pork liver.

Pork liver is a very nutritious food. According to research and analysis, in addition to containing a large amount of protein and vitamin A, pig liver also contains rich calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins B1, B2, etc. Pork liver is a very good food for supplementing iron and vitamin A.

However, since the liver is the largest detoxification organ in the animal body and easily accumulates toxins, many people are afraid to eat it. If not cleaned thoroughly, it may cause health hazards. So how do you wash pig liver cleanly?

It is best to "detoxify" the pork liver before cooking: first soak it in light salt water for 2 to 3 hours, and then soak it in clean water for a while; you can also cut the pork liver into slices, gently scrub it in a basin, and then rinse it before cooking. Below, the editor will introduce you to two steps to "detoxify" so that you can eat pork liver with peace of mind.

Step 1: Choose healthy, fresh pork liver

1. Fresh pork liver: purple-red in color, shiny,

The body color is uniform, there are no blisters on the surface, and the indentation can recover quickly after light pressure by hand, and it is very elastic.

2. Stale pork liver: dull in color, dry and wrinkled on the surface, and has a peculiar smell.

3. Diseased pig liver: There are lumps, edema, and small white spots the size of rapeseed on the surface. Such pig liver should never be bought.

Step 2: Soak and rinse to detoxify the liver

1. Rinse the surface of the whole piece of pork liver under running water. Pour clean water, add a little white vinegar into the water, soak the whole piece of pork liver in the white vinegar water, take it out after about 30 minutes, and rinse it repeatedly with clean water.

2. Cut the liver into 5 mm slices and rinse repeatedly with running water until no blood seeps out. Remove toxins remaining in pig liver.

3. If there is not enough time to soak, you can also directly slice the liver and rinse it repeatedly with running water until no blood seeps out, then soak it in white vinegar water for about ten minutes, then take it out and drain it.

The above are the steps for cleaning fresh pork liver in detail. I believe that now everyone should have a better understanding and knowledge of how to clean fresh pork liver. Pork liver has high nutritional elements and has the effect of replenishing blood. However, there are a lot of toxins in pork liver. If you don’t clean it thoroughly and eat it, it will endanger people’s health.