On a hot three-volt day, many people will suffer summer, because the high temperature leads to no appetite, and the body loses water and nutrients due to sweating! As the saying goes: one summer without disease and three points of deficiency. We should eat more foods with high protein content to supplement the body’s nutrients. Now we have pork here for 20 yuan and 1 pound, and now octopus is only about 20 yuan 1 pound, as the saying goes: can eat water swim, do not eat the ground to run! Today I will share with you the delicious method of octopus, steamed casually, tender and crispy, really satisfying!
Octopus is very rich in nutrition, rich in protein, a variety of minerals, vitamins, taurine and other nutrients needed by the human body, has anti-fatigue, anti-aging, lactation, blood pressure regulation and other benefits. When we choose octopus, we should remember 2 important points, (1): Be sure to buy fresh octopus to taste delicious and delicious. Look first and then touch to see if they will run, touch them if they will move. Those who do not move are definitely dead, and it is recommended not to buy them.
(2): Look at the legs of the octopus, the thinner the legs, it means that such an octopus has no water, and the octopus that does not hit the water is the original flavor, and it is delicious when eaten. Conversely, if the legs of the octopus are particularly thick and the color is very white, then such an octopus should not be bought, it is definitely water.
Octopus whether boiled or braised first, first of all, to ensure that it is tender and crisp, if you don’t understand anything, as soon as you do it is old, quite large octopus, out of the pot into a sea hare, bite like a skin band can not bite, not delicious and waste money. Do you want to learn the secret of the crispy octopus? In fact, it is very simple, as long as you learn these 2 points, to ensure that novices can also succeed at one time, let’s learn it with me.
1: Octopus directly under the pot to do it is wrong, because octopus has a lot of mucus, if not treated, then it will be very fishy, so we before making octopus, first add some salt, salt has a bactericidal effect, pour a little vinegar, vinegar and salt with can condense the protein on the surface of octopus, do not peel when doing, more effective to remove mucus, pour some cooking wine, ginger shreds to remove fishy, no need to add water, give octopus a full body massage, fully catch the mucus on the octopus.
2: About 3 minutes of scratching, the mucus of the octopus will come out, and then put it in clean water to wash, especially the suction cup of the octopus to scrub well, because octopus is a reptile, bacteria and dirt will be adsorbed on the suction cup, until the water is washed. If you don’t wash it, you will be shocked, and you will find that the water that washes octopus becomes particularly turbid and black. The washed octopus is translucent, and this step is the key to the octopus not being fishy.
3: Wash the octopus, neatly placed in the bowl, turn on the water steamer, the pot is cooked in 3~5 minutes, remember not to take too long, too long, the octopus is easy to age. If you are not worried, pinch the head of the octopus with your hands, if the head becomes hard, do not spit juice outward, it is good. Octopus does this, does not peel or fade, tender and crisp.
To sum up, the first point is that we need to dry rub the octopus with salt and vinegar, which is the key to the octopus not peeling and crispy. The second point is to master the time, according to the size of the octopus, the time is mastered between 3~5 minutes, which is the key to crispness and age. Octopus is old as soon as it is done, many people make the first step wrong, keep these 2 points in mind to ensure that it is tender and crisp.
Finally, we mix a soul dipping sauce according to our taste. Steamed octopus, remove the teeth, dip in the sauce, one bite, don’t mention more enjoyable, this method of steaming octopus, retains the original taste of octopus, and retains the nutrients lost in boiling and braised water, it tastes more delicious, the method is simple and tasteful, typical lazy practice, like to eat octopus just try this method. Three volt days, eat less pork and eat more of this meat, the protein content is extremely high, steamed casually, tender and crispy, really satisfying!
