In coastal cities, seafood is the daily dietary choice of most people, especially the following 30 products, which are the favorites of coastal city people.
Winter crab
Winter crab, in fact, is the winter three-wart pike crab, is the largest crab in China. It is better to eat winter crab in the cold winter, fish and shrimp have entered a dormant period, winter crab is the best choice for eating seafood in winter, and the winter crab at this time is very fat, the taste is very good, and it is very popular with foodies. There is a lot of meat, fat paste, delicious taste, rich in nutrition.
Cantonese and Fujianese have a light taste and prefer to eat steamed winter crab
Blue-footed crab
The blue-footed crab, or barracuda crab from the far seas, is named after the pattern on its shell. Flower crabs are sometimes referred to specifically as orchid crabs (male individuals of the pelagic pike crab).
The blue-footed crab is also a rare wild good crab, with a fresh and sweet flesh and a thin shell! It's delicious, and the girls like it the most.
Fried green-footed crab with green onions is also a favorite dish among diners
Three-eyed crab
Red star pike crab, also known as three-point crab, three-eyed crab, is a cheaper crab in the pike crab, red star pike crab taste delicious, rich in nutrition. The crabs that have crossed their tails and matured their ovaries but have not laid eggs have higher nutritional value and richer protein, fat and vitamin content, which is comparable to river crabs in autumn and winter.
In the Chaoshan area, there is a raw pickled three-eyed crab that guarantees that it will not be eaten the first time it is seen, and after eating it, it will not stop.
Safflower crab
Safflower crab, also known as June white, scientific name rusty spotted crab, striped crab, the whole body has reddish brown and dark brown markings, is the most eye-catching feature. On both sides of the stomach area, there are protruding cross-shaped stripes, as if carrying a cross, so some people call it a cross crab.
Safflower crab is a relatively high-end pike crab, the price is relatively expensive, and the price is not stable.
Among the famous dishes of Chaoshan Province, there is a Chaoshan frozen crab, and the crab selected is this high-end safflower crab.
Green crab
Green crab, also known as sturgeon, divides the sturgeon into two kinds, the vegetable sturgeon is an ordinary sturgeon, the red sturgeon is the female sturgeon in the breeding season, also known as the cream crab.
On the southeast coast of China, blue crabs are rich in resources and are one of the important fishing targets.
In the old streets of Xiamen, you can sometimes find one or two ancient seafood flavors, including a cream crab stewed duck soup, which makes people hang down three feet.
Nine shrimp
Nine-section shrimp, that is, spotted shrimp, the shell is relatively hard, the meat is refreshing and elastic, and the calcium content is high.
Gangfish is one of the more common shrimp species in the market, with different sizes and sizes, and the price difference is not small. Wild-caught Spotted shrimp are generally large in size, and the method of caught is mainly bottom trawling. Artificially reared penneus shrimp, due to slow growth and long farming cycle, are generally small in size when they are listed.
In many seafood hot pot restaurants, it is the best choice to take nine shrimp to blanch the hot pot, and the large spotted shrimp is refreshing and elastic, delicious and sweet.
prawn
Shrimp, also known as white shrimp, is one of the economic seafood varieties in China. Its flesh is thick, delicious and rich in protein.
It is also the most farmed shrimp in coastal areas, and most of them are intensively farmed and cheap.
White-seared shrimp is a home-cooked dish that every coastal family will cook, and it can be served with boiling water, which is convenient and fast.
Shrimp mushrooms
Shrimp mushrooms are also called shrimp maggots, pippi shrimp, shrimp crawlers, pee shrimp, pee shrimp, spoon shrimp, different names in different places.
There are about 400 species in the world, most of which are distributed in tropical and subtropical coasts, the meat is more watery, the meat taste is sweet and tender, light and soft, and has a special attractive umami taste.
Pretzel shrimp mushrooms are an extremely delicious dish, but eating shrimp will be relatively laborious, and if not handled properly, the shell of the shrimp girl will be easy to cut the mouth.
squid
Squid, body conical, pale, light brown spots, large head, front of the raw tentacles 10, tail fins in a triangular shape, common squid there are two kinds: one is a larger trunk of the squid, its name is "gun squid".
It is a kind of seafood with high nutritional value and is a valuable seafood.
A dish of steamed tofu is the most common way to cook squid, which is chewy and tender.
tubule
The small tube, which is actually a smaller squid, is also known as "Nizai" in the Chaoshan region.
Abundant in Nan'ao Island and Dongshan Island, the small pipe fishing method is also very special, this is because the small pipe has a preference for light, the local fishermen learn to use this feature, with light illumination to catch, and once the fifteenth lunar calendar, basically less fishing, because the moon is too bright, shining on the sea, everywhere is the light source, so the small pipe is scattered.
In the morning, make a small pipe stew with oil and a bowl of light white porridge, and the day's work begins.
Looking out for the tide
Wangchao, also known as short slug, is a small octopus, cantonese people call squid flower branches. The meat is delicious, and the tide is more special in taste and texture, crisp and tender.
The white searing tide is a common pre-dinner side dish in most seafood restaurants.
Sea oysters
Oyster oysters, also known as oyster yellow or oysters (oysters) and oysters, are most fertile after the winter solstice and before the Qingming Dynasty of the following year.
Sea oyster is a high-quality seafood farmed shellfish, which not only has the edible value of delicious meat, but also its meat and shell can be medicated, which has high medicinal value.
The most famous is the sea oyster frying, and the sea oyster frying varies from place to place, and the best thing to eat is the sea oyster frying in shantou. Paired with unique fish sauce, it tastes great.
Oysters
Oysters are one of the larger oyster varieties, a large shell can be more than a pound, it is generally grown or cultivated in the river and the sea where the blend, in the salty and half-light inner bay shallow sea.
All coastal cities have farmed oysters, perhaps because barbecue stalls everywhere have the name of Zhanjiang oysters, and actually fried the local oysters, but the best oysters in Guangdong should belong to the South Australian oysters and Hengqin oysters. In Fujian, Xiamen Xiang'an's oysters are also more famous.
Some people say that there is nothing that a meal of garlic grilled oysters can't solve, if not, two meals.
clam
The clam, also known as the clam, has a rounded, slightly triangular shell and a porcelain white interior. Wen clams have delicious meat, are the top products of clams, and enjoy the reputation of "the freshest in the world".
Clams contain 18 kinds of coded amino acids, which contain all 10 essential amino acids needed by the human body.
A simple steamed egg with clams, poured with sauce, you can make a special meal.
scallops
About 45 species of scallops have been found in China, the most famous of which is the southern luxury ctenophore scallop, commonly known as the South Australian golden shell. The meat is delicious and nutritious, and its closed shell muscle is "dried scallops" after drying, which is listed as one of the eight treasures.
Nan'ao Jinbei now has demonstration breeding bases in Xiapu and Dongshan in Fujian, and Raoping, Shanwei and Shenzhen in Guangdong.
A golden vermicelli steamed scallop makes the population dripping and full of appetite.
Turtle feet
Turtle feet, also known as chicken feet, grow in slippery crevices in the reef and are shaped like the little paws of a turtle. Rich in iodine, calcium, protein and vitamins, it can restore and enhance the function of body tissues, promote blood circulation and metabolism.
It is a barnacling creature, and coastal residents often use the muscles of the handle as an ingredient, which is delicious and juicy.
Marinated chicken feet are a very special delicacy.
Mud snails
The shell of the mud snail is oval, the shell of the juvenile is thin and brittle, the adult body is hard and white, the surface seems to be carved with a spiral ring, the inner surface is smooth, and there is a yellow-brown outer skin.
The mud snail in the third month of the lunar calendar is the most suitable season for consumption, and the grain is large and fat, which is extremely delicious. At the same time, the mud snail is rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and a variety of vitamins.
The pickled mud snail is a special delicacy of our country.
General Hat
The general's hat, which mostly lives in the sea and along the coastline, is a shellfish whose flesh is sucked tightly on the stones and moves, with no hard cover at the bottom protected.
The meat is crisp, elastic, and tough as abalone, so it is also known as "small abalone", and the nutritional value is quite rich.
Steamed general hats are a good way for many coastal people to eat and entertain friends and family.
Thin shell
Thin shell is the size of the shape of pumpkin seeds, is a small aquatic product grown on the beach, hence the name sea melon seeds.
The meat is delicious and nutritious, rich in protein, iron, calcium and other nutrients, and is one of the wild edible shellfish of coastal people.
The best way to eat sea melon seeds must be to fry sea melon seeds in the nine-story tower, stir-fried with other chili pepper shreds, and soy sauce water sea melon seeds are all slag.
Bitter snails
Bitter snail is commonly known, belongs to the bone snail family, the scientific name wart lychee snail, also known as lychee snail, some places called spicy snail.
After cooking, the meat is plump and delicate, first bitter and then sweet, so it is called "bitter snail". It is a relatively cool seafood, and when eaten, it is advisable to dip it with ginger vinegar mustard.
Flower snails
Flower snails, also known as Dongfeng snails, sea pig snails and South Wind snails, the meat is delicious, crispy and refreshing.
Flower snail can clear heat and cool blood, moisturize, used for epistaxis, hemoptysis and dry stool.
Flower snails are generally used as seafood double spells and are served together.
mussel
Emerald mussels are also called mussels, because they do not add salt when exposed to thousands of hours, so they are called mussels. It is a bivalve mollusk with a black-brown shell that lives on coastal rocks.
Mussels contain 8 kinds of essential amino acids needed by the human body, which is much higher than the content of essential amino acids such as eggs and chicken, duck, fish, shrimp and meat.
Stir-fried mussels, delicious enough to make people drool, even the family praised.
Blood cockles
Blood cockles are named because their juices are like blood. It has the effect of replenishing qi and nourishing blood, warming and strengthening the stomach. It is often used for paralyzing, stomach pain, dyspepsia, diarrhea pus blood.
Blood cockles to winter months, is the most fertile time, people like to drink and eat cockles at this time, it is natural. There are some places where people who have not seen cockles, when they first saw it, they saw that the shell of the cockle was dripping with blood and smelled fishy, which was difficult to enter, but after eating one or two, they could not stop.
Ice-cold blood cockles, the wine is more refreshing, and the fishy taste will be slightly reduced.
Clams
The scientific name of clams is chamomile, the shell is brittle and thin in a rectangular shape, from the top of the shell to the ventral edge, there is an oblique groove, so it is called a clam.
Contains protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine and other components, the individual is large, the meat is tender and fat, the color is white and delicious.
Salt-baked clams are an authentic appetizer that is easy to use.
abalone
Abalone is known as the first of the eight treasures, delicious taste, rich in nutrients, known as the "soft gold" of the ocean. Abalone is a valuable marine edible shellfish, known as "table gold, the crown of sea treasures", its flesh is tender and nutritious
Abalone is not only rich in nutrients, but also has extremely high medicinal value. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is recorded that abalone is flat, sweet, salty, can be blindly tonify deficiency, clear heat and nourish yin, nourish blood and stomach, and tonify liver and kidneys, so it is called "blind fish".
A bowl of abalone stewed chicken soup can make men more man and women more beautiful!