How to clean small white shrimps? How to store small white shrimps

White shrimp, also known as spinal tail white shrimp, is an important aquatic product of Taihu Lake. White shrimp is white in color, has a relatively soft shell, and tastes very delicious. White shrimp is very rich in protein, vitamins and various trace elements. It is the most commonly eaten in people's daily life. This kind of shrimp contains a lot of protein, iron, magnesium and other trace elements that are beneficial to the human body. Long-term consumption of this food can effectively improve the body's immunity!

Contents of this article

1. How to clean the small white shrimp

2. How to store small white shrimps

3. How to remove the fishy smell of white shrimp

How to clean small white shrimps

The cleaning work of white shrimp mainly includes removing the shrimp brain, cleaning the shrimp intestines, and cutting off the shrimp tail. Let's take a look at the specific steps below:

1. Cut the shrimp head at a 45-degree angle, cutting from the shrimp brain downwards.

2. Use scissors to pick out the shrimp brain. The black brain and red blood will come out.

3. Next to the front of the shrimp brain is the shrimp roe, which is a good thing. If there is roe, be careful when picking it and try to keep the shrimp roe.

4. Gently pull out the shrimp brain, and part of the shrimp intestine will be pulled out.

5. Cut off the shrimp tails. If you don’t want to keep them looking good, just cut off the shrimp tails. When cutting, leave a little bit of the meat at the tail, because there may be sphincters here, and if you don’t cut a little, you can’t squeeze it out, and instead the shrimp will be crushed.

6. Squeeze the shrimp intestines. Pinch the shrimp's back with your index finger and thumb, and push towards the tail. The shrimp intestines will come out. Continue and see the mud intestines that come out.

How to store small white shrimp

1. Dry-raising small white shrimp in refrigerator: This method is the most common. Nowadays, most people have refrigerators at home. If you can't finish eating something, you can put it in the refrigerator. It's very convenient. We take out a plastic box, put some wet paper towels or wet towels in it as a bottom, put the shrimp in it, and then put a layer of wet paper towels or wet towels on it. This is to use the cold air in the refrigerator to keep the wet paper towels or wet towels at a certain humidity to keep the shrimp fresh for a long time. But everyone should remember that you can't put the plastic box directly in the refrigerator, which will freeze the shrimp to death and have a counterproductive effect.

2. Water culture method for small white shrimps: The simplest method is of course to use a shrimp box or shrimp bag plus an electric pump; but this method of water culture is not the best, because during the period from buying the shrimp to officially fishing, the shrimp will swing around in the water (some people say that the shrimp will become dizzy because of this. Although this statement has no scientific basis, it is certain that the shrimp will lose energy if they swing around, so some high-quality shrimp boxes have a layer of net for the shrimp to catch). Before arriving at the fishing ground, the raw shrimp have already consumed a lot of physical energy and greatly reduced their ability to move. A shrimp box with cold-keeping ability is better than an ordinary shrimp bag because low temperature is more beneficial to shrimp.

How to remove the fishy smell from white shrimp

When marinating shrimps before cooking or during the cooking process, adding a little lemon juice can remove the fishy smell and make the taste more delicious. Or boil the shrimps in boiling water before cooking and put a cinnamon stick in the water to remove the fishy smell of the shrimps without affecting the freshness of the shrimps. Or wash the shrimps and boil them in boiling water, and add a few slices of pork to cook at the same time to remove the fishy smell of the shrimps. Or wash the dried shrimps and soak them in warm water with Shaoxing wine and vinegar to remove the fishy smell of the shrimps.