What are the methods for preserving sea cucumbers

The sea cucumbers we buy in our daily life are generally of two types: fresh sea cucumbers and dried sea cucumbers. The shelf life of fresh sea cucumbers is generally short, and we can only use refrigeration or salt drying methods. For dried sea cucumbers, the methods we preserve them in our daily life are air drying, sand drying and refrigeration. Let us now learn about how to preserve sea cucumbers.

After the sea cucumber is caught, the internal organs are removed, the mud and sand in the cavity are cleaned, and it is boiled in appropriate salt water for about 1 hour. It is taken out and cooled. When it is exposed to the sun or baked until it is 80% to 90% dry, it is then briefly boiled in the liquid of the pampas grass leaves until the color turns black, and then taken out and dried. Sea cucumber is not only a delicacy at banquets, but also a precious tonic for the human body, and its medicinal value is also high. Sea cucumber is as famous as ginseng, bird's nest and shark fin, and is one of the eight treasures of the world.

The storage method of dried sea cucumber is as follows:

1. Dried sea cucumbers can be stored in a dry and ventilated place. Because the flesh of the sea cucumber has dried up, the layer of salt on the outside isolates it from the air and prevents it from going bad.

2. In order to avoid affecting its quality and taste, if you want to keep it for a short period of time, it is best to refrigerate it. If you want to store it for a longer period of time, it is best to freeze it and thaw it before eating. This is the safest storage method.

How to keep fresh sea cucumbers fresh. Please note these simple steps:

Step 1: Clean the sea cucumber. Use scissors to cut open the fresh sea cucumber from its mouth, remove the internal organs, and clean it thoroughly.

Step 2: Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, take out 5 to 10 cleaned fresh sea cucumbers, immerse them in boiling water, then turn down the flame, scoop out the sea cucumbers with a spoon after 2 minutes, put them on a plate, and let the sea cucumbers cool naturally.

Step 3: Bring the water in the pot to a boil again over high heat, then repeat step 2 until all the sea cucumbers are cooked.

Step 4: After all the sea cucumbers have been processed, place them evenly in the freezer tray and distribute the soup in the pot evenly in the freezer tray. The soup has high nutritional value, so do not pour it away. Then place the freezer tray in the refrigerator to freeze. If you want to eat it, you can take it out and thaw it at any time.

This article introduces several common methods of preserving sea cucumbers. I hope that friends who are good at housekeeping can learn about them. Generally, when we buy too many sea cucumbers in our lives, we can use the sea cucumber preservation method introduced in the article to preserve the sea cucumbers we purchased, which can reduce the loss of nutritional value of the sea cucumbers.