Are peony shrimps high in calories? How to tell if peony shrimps are fresh?

I believe everyone has eaten sea shrimps. Today, we are going to talk about the top sea shrimps that foodies cannot miss - peony shrimps, also known as spotted shrimps. Peony shrimps are expensive seafood and have the reputation of "shrimp king". Because they are processed by freezing technology at sea, they have an unparalleled freshness of similar products and melt in the mouth. Therefore, it is best not to bite them when eating. Just put them in a fresh-keeping layer at 0-5 degrees to let them thaw naturally, and then dip them in a little mustard to feel the fresh and soft taste. Peony shrimps are mainly eaten raw. The shrimp meat is plump, very elastic, fresh, sweet and rich, and has a long aftertaste. Peony shrimps are an excellent delicacy for sashimi. They are very popular among Chinese in western Canada and are called "Vancouver shrimps" and "BC shrimps", which shows their representativeness. Peony shrimps are expensive and belong to high-end sea shrimps. They are well-known in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other places.

Contents of this article

1. Is the calorie content of peony shrimp high?

2. How to cook delicious peony shrimp

3. How to judge whether the peony shrimp is fresh

Is the calorie content of Peony Shrimp high?

Not high.

The calories of peony shrimp are 46 calories/100 grams, which is a very low-calorie food. "Peony shrimp" is a cold-water shrimp that has gradually been recognized by people in the domestic aquatic product market in recent years. Because of its bright red color and sweet shrimp meat, peony shrimp is very suitable for raw sashimi, so it is very popular in the market.

How to make delicious peony shrimp

Ingredients: 4 prawns, some green and red pepper, minced garlic, Yangjiang ginger, dried chili peppers, breadcrumbs, and salad oil.

Seasoning: appropriate amounts of rice wine, garlic oil, salt and chicken powder.

practice:

1. After the prawns are thawed, drain the water and set aside.

2. Rinse the Yangjiang ginger and fermented black beans, dry them, cut them into small pieces and set aside.

3. Cut the dried chili into small pieces and set aside.

4. Heat the oil in a pan until it is 40% hot. Add the breadcrumbs first and fry them on low heat until golden brown. Remove from the pan and place on oil-absorbing paper, cut it open, and let it cool for later use.

5. Add the minced garlic and fry it over low heat until it is half golden brown. Then put the dried chili peppers into the oil pan. When the minced garlic is fried until golden brown, remove them from the pan and place them on oil-absorbing paper. Cut them open and let them cool for later use.

6. Raise the oil temperature to 80% (about 240-250 degrees), put in the prawns and fry for 5 seconds to tighten the meat (not fully cooked yet), then quickly pour out and filter out the oil.

7. Pour proper amount of garlic oil into a clean pot, sauté black bean cubes, green and red peppers over low heat, then add prawns, fried minced garlic and dried chilies, add more rice wine, stir-fry for a few times and add seasoning, then turn to low heat, slowly stir-fry the prawns until fully cooked and well-flavored (if the food is a little dry, add more rice wine to keep it moist), finally pour the fried breadcrumbs into the pot, stir-fry evenly and serve.

How to judge whether peony shrimp is fresh

1. Look at the shape

If you want to taste the sweetness of peony shrimp, you should not only choose to eat it raw, but also choose fresh peony shrimp. It is difficult to keep peony shrimp fresh. Generally speaking, the peony shrimp that we can buy on the market are all preserved at ultra-low temperatures of minus 50℃-60℃ and slowly thawed. Live peony shrimp can only be seen in some top restaurants, and the price is very expensive. After thawing, if the peony shrimp is fresh, its shell should be complete and elastic, the shrimp tail is slightly curled, and the shrimp meat is firm. When you find that the shell of the thawed peony shrimp is dull and matte, the head and body, the shell and meat are loosely connected, the head and tail are easy to fall off or separate, and it cannot maintain its original curvature, then this means that the peony shrimp is not fresh, and it is likely to have died before the ultra-low temperature preservation.

2. Smell

From the smell, we can get hidden information about the quality and freshness of the prawns. When eating prawns raw, the most feared thing is to encounter prawns of poor quality and not fresh. Because such prawns not only give us a bad experience in taste, but also cause harm to our body such as diarrhea and abdominal pain. Good quality and fresh prawns should smell like a light salty taste from the deep sea and a light fishy smell unique to seafood. If you smell a strong fishy smell or a rotten smell, it means that such prawns are not fresh. Generally speaking, we do not recommend buying such prawns.

3. Touch it

We can directly detect the quality and freshness of the prawns by touching them. The meat of fresh and high-quality prawns is firm and elastic. When we touch it, we can try to press it. If it is a fresh prawn, it will recover quickly after being pressed. Some particularly fresh prawns will have an instinctive reaction of the prawn muscles when pressed, and will bounce slightly. On the contrary, if it feels soft to the touch, and there is some mucus on the outside of the prawn meat or shell, it means that the prawns are no longer fresh.

4. Taste

The key moment to test whether the quality of peony shrimp is high-quality and fresh is when tasting it. The meat of good peony shrimp is firm and plump, sweet, sticky and smooth, very elastic, and the refreshing sweet taste will make people unforgettable for a long time. This sweetness comes from the natural good quality of peony shrimp, which can only be felt when eaten raw. Peony shrimp from deep sea and cold waters have very active protease to effectively decompose food at lower temperatures. When the shrimp is caught, these enzymes will break down the protein in the shrimp meat into amino acids such as glycine, which becomes the source of the sweet taste. If you find that the shrimp meat has no sweetness when tasting it, it means that it is not authentic peony shrimp. But if you find that there is a strange fishy smell in the shrimp meat, it is also very soft and tastes sticky, then it means that such peony shrimp is not fresh, and it is best not to eat it.