Steamed Octopus

Steamed Octopus

1. Prepare the materials, the frozen hairtail segment should be thawed in advance

2. Wash the hairtail and cut into lengths of about 3.5cm, evenly draw two slashes on both sides (convenient to taste), and then place them on the plate

3. Sprinkle salt and cooking wine on the surface of the octopus evenly, then spread the green onion and ginger (take 2 scallions and 2 slices of ginger) and marinate for ten minutes

4. Pour a small half pot of water into the pot, then put on the steamer, put the plate with the hairtail on the steamer after the fire is over, cover the pot and turn to medium heat and steam for about 8 minutes

5. When steaming the fish, chop the green onion, ginger and garlic and set aside

6. After the octopus is steamed, take out the plate, pour out the steamed water in the plate, discard the green onion and ginger, and re-spread the ginger, garlic and green onion

7. Put the oil in the pot and burn until it smokes

8. Pour the smoking oil evenly on top of the onion, ginger, garlic, and then top with steamed fish oil and serve.

9. The finished product is very delicious

Tips:

1. The steaming time depends on the size and thickness of the octopus. If the octopus is thicker, it needs to be increased by 5-10 minutes.

2. Do not remove the silver scales when cleaning the hairtail. It is the nutritious part of the deep-sea fish. The phosphorus and oil of the hairtail contains more lecithin and a variety of unsaturated fatty acids, which are useful for the auxiliary treatment of leukemia, gastric cancer, and lymphoma. Etc. useful.

3. Hairtail has more and thin meat, more fat and concentrated in the outer layer. It is delicious and has fewer spines, but there are free small spines on the abdomen. Children should pay attention to eating it safely.

4. People with eczema and skin allergies should take octopus with caution

5. Fresh hairtails are silver-gray and shiny; but some hairtails have a yellow substance attached to the silvery white luster. This is because hairtail is a kind of fish with high fat. When it is not well stored, the fat on the surface of the fish body will be oxidized due to the large amount of air contact. The product of oxidation will make the surface of the fish body yellow. When buying hairtail, try not to buy yellow hairtail. If you buy it, eat it in time, otherwise the fish will quickly rot and smell.

6. If you are using fresh hairtail you bought, put it in a basin, add water to the surface of the hairtail, and add a little salt. Wash the octopus repeatedly with your hands to wash off the mucus on the surface of the octopus, and remove it under water control (washing the octopus with salt water, one is to remove the mucus on the surface of the octopus, when the octopus is killed later, the octopus is not easy to slip and is easy to slaughter; To get rid of the fishy, this is one of the coup ways to remove the fishy). Then use scissors to cut off the tail of the hairtail, then use scissors to cut a small opening at the junction of the fin and the body of the fish, and gently tear the fin with your hand to tear off the fin. Use scissors to cut a small cut at the junction of the fish head and fish neck. Do not cut it. Hold the fish head in your hand and gently tear the fish viscera along the fish head to be easily removed.