Tips for choosing fresh and delicious mantis shrimp

(Baonghean.vn) - Mantis shrimp is also known as "sea mantis" or mantis shrimp, mantis shrimp. This is a very popular seafood because of its fresh, sweet meat and rich in nutrients. Below are tips for choosing fresh mantis shrimp and how to peel them safely for housewives:

» Nghe An mantis shrimp is in high demand

1. Choose the live ones

The appearance of mantis shrimp looks quite strange with many legs, blue-white or opaque white, with two claws like shrimp claws. If you want to choose delicious mantis shrimp, skillful housewives often avoid full moon days. Like some other crustaceans, mantis shrimp are prone to blisters on those days. There are several types of mantis shrimp. Usually, women still whisper to each other to choose the type of mantis shrimp with thin shell, bright color, thick meat that feels heavy when picked up.

Mantis shrimp has thin, bright shell and thick meat. Photo: Internet

2. Choose mantis shrimp with eggs

When choosing mantis shrimp, hold the mantis shrimp and turn it belly up. If you see a red streak on the tail, you must choose it immediately because those mantis shrimp have eggs. If used to prepare boiled or fried dishes, they will be very fragrant and fatty.

3. How to peel mantis shrimp

Mantis shrimp meat is very delicious, sweet with a hard and sharp shell on the body. Therefore, during the processing, they can cut your hand if you are not careful. So how to peel mantis shrimp easily? You can follow the instructions below:

* Prepare:Scissors and mantis shrimp

* Perform:

Step 1: You can use scissors to cut off the head of the mantis shrimp (or keep it if you want).

Step 2: Turn the mantis shrimp belly side up

Step 3: Use one hand to hold the mantis shrimp at a slight angle, and use the other hand to hold scissors and cut one side of the shell along the body of the mantis shrimp.

Step 4: Hold the mantis shrimp body with one hand and peel off the hard shell with the other hand.

Step 5: Use your hands to peel the mantis shrimp meat off the belly shell.

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