Although the clams are cheap and delicious, there is a disadvantage, that is, if they are not handled well, there will be sand, and when they are eaten, they will eat sand, which will affect the taste, so no matter what the method is, the most important thing is to clean the sand in the clams;
It is not recommended to blanch the clams to remove sediment, you can try the following 2 methods, they are very simple, the meat of the clams made after removing the sediment is tender, there is no fishy smell, and the taste will not be affected by eating sand;
[Method 1]
The method of removing sediment from clams is very simple, rinse the clams you buy home, pick out the empty shells, and then put the clams in a large basin, add an appropriate amount of water, 2 tablespoons of salt, a little cooking oil or sesame oil, and stir well;
After stirring evenly, put it aside and let it stand for about 1-2 hours, at this time the clams will take the initiative to spit out the sand, 1-2 hours later, take the clams out of the pot, you will find that there is a lot of sand precipitated at the bottom, these sand are spit out by the clams, rinse them a few more times after the clams are fished out, and you can do it;
[Method 2]
This method is simpler, an experienced old stall owner told me, when buying clams in the vegetable market, you can ask the stall owner to soak the clams in water, their water is all modulated, put the clams in, you can automatically start to spit out sediment, no need to add salt and oil yourself, very simple, buy back and put the water and the nails together in a large basin;
After the clam mud and sand are spit clean, you can start to make, there are many ways to make the flower nails, the most common is the spicy fried clams, the spicy fried clams pay attention to the fire, fast frying, slightly stewed, these 3 points are the essence of the spicy fried clams, so that the fried clams are tender and tender, and very tasty, friends who like them can try!
【Ingredients】clams, beer, ginger, garlic, millet spicy, dried chili, shallots, coriander, Pixian bean paste, salt, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar;
【Preparation of spicy fried clams】
1. The clams bought home should be removed from the sediment according to the above method, and if there is no water from the stall owner, you can use method 1, add salt and cooking oil, stir evenly and put aside to spit out sand for 1-2 hours;
2. Prepare the ingredients for spicy fried clams, slice the ginger, peel the garlic, cut the millet into rings, and add an appropriate amount of dried chili peppers and green onions;
3. After the clam spits out the sand, take it out and wash it several times, drain the water after cleaning, and then you can start stir-frying;
4. Heat the pot, add an appropriate amount of cooking oil, the oil temperature is 5 into the heat, add ginger, millet spicy and garlic, stir-fry to bring out the fragrance, after stir-frying the fragrance, add 2 spoons of Pixian bean paste and prepared dried chili peppers and green onions, and stir-fry the red oil;
5. After stir-frying the red oil, add the prepared drained water is the clams, stir-fry on high heat, this is the key to the deliciousness of the clams, be sure to fry on high heat, the time of frying is not too long, the bean paste and the clams can be stir-fried evenly;
6. After stir-frying evenly, add an appropriate amount of beer, start seasoning, add a little salt, light soy sauce, oyster sauce and sugar to enhance freshness, stir-fry evenly, cover and simmer over high heat;
7. The simmering time does not take too long, and the shell of the clams is fully opened, it is almost simmered, and the time of simmering on high heat must not be too long, so as to avoid boiling the meat for too long, the clams are not fresh and tender, and the taste is not good;
8. After the shell of the clam is opened, finally add an appropriate amount of coriander and green onions, stir-fry evenly and it will be out of the pot;
9. Add a little coriander to garnish after cooking, and the spicy fried clams are ready to be tender, without sediment, and it tastes more refreshing;
Summary of the practice of spicy fried clams:
1. This method can also be used to spicy stir-fry other seafood;
2. The spicy fried clams made in this recipe are relatively spicy, and those that are not very spicy can be eaten without dried chili peppers or millet spicy;