Soak clams with this “water”, clean clams and no sand

Clam is a dish that many people like, very good for health, but many people do not know how to cook it properly, making the dish gritty and not delicious.

Here are a few tips to help you cook simple and clean clams.

Prepare ingredients: Clams, white wine, garlic, ginger, green onions, oyster sauce, soy sauce, starch.

Making:

Step 1: Wash the clams, then soak with white wine. At that time, the clams will begin to release sand to clean the intestines. Then, wash the clams, pour in water and soak for 60 minutes to remove the sand in the clams.

Step 2: During the soaking process, let’s prepare some ingredients: finely chop the onion and garlic, slice the ginger into thin slices, cut the scallions, and chop the dried chili. Place these ingredients on a plate.

Step 3: Wash the clams, then take them out and put them in a basket to drain. Do these steps enough, the clams will be clean and free of sand.

Step 4: Put the pot on the stove, add chili and scallions and stir-fry first (you can skip this step if you can’t eat spicy), then pour in the clams. Add to the pot a suitable amount of cooking wine, the wine can eliminate the fishy smell and help the clams to smell good. Cover, simmer for one minute, until all the clams open, remove to a plate and set aside.

Step 5: Heat oil in another pot, add chopped ginger and garlic and sauté until fragrant, add a spoonful of soy sauce, a little oyster sauce. Then add a little cooking wine to eliminate fishy odors and improve freshness. When the water boils, we add the starch, stir well. Finally, add chopped ginger, scallions, and prepared clams to the island for a while to enjoy on a plate, do not stir-fry for a long time because it will lose the sweetness and freshness of the clams.