How to eat wet sea cucumber

If you go to a sea cucumber counter, you can see various forms of sea cucumbers. The most common are dried sea cucumbers, and there are also bagged ready-to-eat sea cucumbers, boxed fresh sea cucumbers, etc. Everyone knows how to eat dried sea cucumbers, but not much about how to eat wet sea cucumbers. In fact, the ways of eating wet sea cucumbers and dried sea cucumbers are similar. They can be fried or eaten with dips. Let’s learn how to eat them in the most nutritious way.

1. How to eat fresh sea cucumbers most nutritiously

1. Sea cucumber porridge: For breakfast, sea cucumbers can be chopped and cooked into porridge. Before making sea cucumber porridge, cook the rice porridge first, then put the chopped sea cucumber into the porridge, add a small amount of salt and sugar, an appropriate amount of shredded ginger, and then cook for 5 minutes before serving. Sea cucumber porridge retains the nutrients of sea cucumber, and the addition of shredded ginger has a warming effect on the stomach. This way of eating is more suitable for elderly people who usually eat sea cucumbers. Not only is the nutrition absorbed well, but the taste is also softer and it will not hurt the stomach. It is very beneficial for the weak and cold elderly, weak postpartum women, or people who need tonic after surgery.

2. Sea Cucumber and Egg Custard: Chop the sea cucumber and a small amount of black fungus and put them into the beaten eggs to steam the egg custard, which has a good effect of nourishing yin and blood.

3. Dip: Eat one every morning. You can dip it in honey and sugar (this method of consumption is not recommended for diabetic patients). You can also put it in milk and take it. It has the effect of strengthening the body if you take it regularly all year round.

4. Cold-mixed sea cucumber: Wash the boiled sea cucumber thoroughly with cold water, cut into thin slices or small cubes, add appropriate amount of salt, sugar, vinegar, MSG, mashed garlic and coriander, mix well and it is ready to eat. It is light, cool, crispy, tender, fresh and delicious.

5. Sea cucumber soup: chop the sea cucumber, put it into a pot and bring to a boil, take a little instant noodle seasoning and adjust according to personal taste.

6. Sea Cucumber and Mushroom Soup: Use sea cucumber, mushroom, magnolia slices and dried shrimp to make soup, which is an ideal tonic for middle-aged and elderly people.

2. Home-cooked Ways to Eat Fresh Sea Cucumber

1. Eat fresh sea cucumbers directly

Steps: Wash the fresh sea cucumber, remove the internal organs, blanch it in boiling water, slice it, and eat it with mustard, vinegar or other condiments. This way of eating is absolutely simple, but it should be noted that if the sea cucumber is not processed well, it will become hard and difficult to chew.

2. Fresh sea cucumber stew

Steps: Wash the fresh sea cucumber and remove the internal organs. Slice the fresh sea cucumber after blanching it in boiling water. Put it into a pressure cooker and simmer it over low heat for a long time until it is soft. This fresh sea cucumber soup has a delicate texture and delicious taste, and the human body can absorb the sea cucumber polysaccharides in the soup. However, many active ingredients of sea cucumbers will be destroyed during the long-term simmering process.

3. Cold-mixed fresh sea cucumber

Steps: Wash the fresh sea cucumber and remove the internal organs. Blanch it in boiling water and then slice or cut it into strips. Add it together with seasonings such as cabbage core or radish and mix it cold. It has a refreshing taste and delicious flavor.