Source: Four Seasons Food
Everyone loves to eat prawns, but going to the shrimp line is a technical job, many people either don't know, directly let the aquatic shop owner help deal with it, or pick it with a toothpick at home, and the result is broken, and the cleaning is not thorough enough, which is very annoying. Today I will share with you 2 ways to remove the shrimp line, which was taught to me by the proprietress of the seafood restaurant I frequented, which is simple and easy to use, and the shrimp line is really fast and clean.
The picture above is the structure of the prawns, you can learn about it first.
When you buy the prawns, you will see the yellow head of the shrimp, and you don't know if it is shrimp yellow or shrimp feces. We all know that shrimp head is a concentrated distribution area of the stomach and liver, and it is also a gathering place for heavy metals, and there is a shrimp intestine running through the head and tail on the back of the shrimp, which is also a gathering place for bacterial filth, so if you want to eat shrimp healthily, the treatment method of prawns is very important.
The first way to remove the shrimp line
Holding the shrimp head in one hand, holding the shrimp body in the other hand, you can see that there is a gap between the shrimp head and the shrimp body, first take off the hard shell on the shrimp head, the hard shell has a spear-like forehead, touch it with your hand, it feels very sharp, and it is particularly hard, you should pay special attention when handling it, if you are accidentally poked, it is very painful, and there are many bacteria here, if you puncture the skin, it may lead to infection, and even endanger life, there is no shortage of such sensational real things happening on the Internet.
Next, pinch the shrimp head and gently squeeze it from the bottom to the top, and a complete black mass will be squeezed out of the shrimp head part, which is the internal organ of the shrimp, which is what everyone calls the shrimp bag, which is very dirty.
The shrimp bun and the shrimp line are connected together, pinch the shrimp line and pull it out slowly, and a complete shrimp line is taken out, is it particularly simple? You don't need any tools, just a simple operation.
Next, peel off the shells of the first two sections of the prawns.
Then pinch the shrimp meat with one hand, pinch the shrimp tail with the other, and pull with a little force while twisting, shake the shrimp tail gently, and the rest of the shrimp shell will be easily peeled off.
Finally, use scissors to cut off the shrimp whiskers and shrimp legs.
In this way, the shrimp will be processed very cleanly, and it can be safely cooked for the elderly and young children.
After processing, some shrimp have some yellow things on their heads, which are actually shrimp yellow, which can be eaten and are very delicious, just like crab roe, so you should keep them.
Once again, I will show you a complete one, as shown in the figure below, go to the shrimp bun, go to the shrimp line, remove the shell and other steps in one go, you can watch it a few more times, you can learn.
Many people will also ask, there is still a black line on the belly of the shrimp, why not remove it? In fact, this black line is the shrimp tendon, and the reason why shrimp can bend its body and have the ability to bounce is because it relies on this black line on the abdomen, so we don't need to remove it when cooking.
The second way to remove the shrimp line
Place the prawns flat on the cutting board, press the shrimp body with one hand, and make a cut in the middle of the shrimp back.
Break the incision and you can see that there is a black shrimp line, which only needs to be gently pulled by hand to make this shrimp line come out.
This is also a particularly easy method, and the shrimp line taken out is also complete.
Then use scissors to cut off the shrimp whiskers and shrimp corners.
Then cut off the forehead horns of the prawns.
The end of the forehead angle of the prawn is where the shrimp stomach is located, which is what we usually call the shrimp bun, and you can pick it out with scissors.
Although these two methods of going to the shrimp line are different, but the result is the same, the shrimp line can be cleaned clean, the operation is also very simple, it will not take long to finish a large plate of fresh shrimp, and there is no need to trouble the owner of the aquatic shop to help in the future, besides, it is not a time to return home from the aquatic product store, and it is obviously not as fresh and delicious as processing it at home.
The prawns processed by the first method are more suitable for boiling for the elderly or small babies to eat, and there is no need to peel the shell when eating, which is very convenient, and can be used for boiling, stir-frying shrimp or making jade shrimp, which is very good. The prawns processed in the second method can be used to make boiled prawns, braised prawns, spicy prawns, and salt-and-pepper prawns, which are suitable for all ages.
Next, I will use the second method to prepare the prawns to share a dish with you.
First, clean the processed prawns, put them in a large bowl, add a small amount of cooking wine and ginger slices, and set aside to marinate for about 15 minutes.
Prepare a clove of garlic and a small piece of ginger, all cut into slices and put on a plate for later use.
Cut the two shallots into sections, separate the white onions from the green onion leaves, and put them on a plate for later use.
Heat the oil in the pan, after the oil temperature is moderate, pour in the garlic and ginger slices, stir-fry over medium-low heat to bring out the fragrance, friends who like spicy food, you can also add a few dried chili peppers into it.
After stir-frying until fragrant, add the marinated prawns, turn on high heat and stir-fry until the prawns change color.
When the prawns change color slightly, add a spoonful of light soy sauce or steamed fish soy sauce to the pot, then add the green onion and stir-fry evenly, and the excess seasoning is not needed, so as to better maintain the freshness and sweetness of the prawns.
Stir-fry the prawns until they are completely discolored, add the green onion leaves, and finally add an appropriate amount of salt, stir-fry evenly.
The salt must be added when it is almost out of the pot, if it is added early, the protein of the shrimp will solidify in advance, so that the fried shrimp will be old and woody.
A plate of salty and fragrant stir-fried prawns is ready, and the prawns that come out of this way are very beautiful in color, which makes people very appetizing at first glance.
This method is also very simple, spicy and appetizing, with wine and rice, friends who like it can collect it and try it according to the above method.
Today I will mainly share 2 ways to deal with prawns, teach you how to remove shrimp lines for prawns, I don't know if you have learned it, if you have any questions, you can leave me a message at the end of the article. If you think the article is helpful to you, remember to give me a like, thank you very much.