Does loach need to be gutted before eating? Quick slaughtering, benefits and price

Loach, also called mud fish or loach fish, is known as “the ginseng of the water”. It lives in lakes and ponds and is a fish with very high nutritional value, feeding on various small animals.So does eating loach require removing the internal organs? How do you kill it fairly quickly? What benefits does it have? What is the market price per jin? According to national agricultural product information published by the Ministry of Commerce, the loach price at the Tongzhou Baliqiao Agricultural Products Center Wholesale Market in Beijing is 35.0 yuan/kg; at the Zifang Agricultural and Sideline Products Comprehensive Trading Market in Changzhi City, Shanxi, 26.0 yuan/kg; at the Nanhuanqiao Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market in Suzhou, 23.0 yuan/kg; at the Weihai Aquatic Products Wholesale Market in Shandong Province, 32.0 yuan/kg; and at the Beiyuanchun Wholesale Market in Urumqi, Xinjiang, 42.0 yuan/kg.

Does eating loach require removing the internal organs?

Loach is generally not cut open before eating.

1. Before eating loach, keep these loach in clean water for several days without feeding them anything, and keep the water clean. After a few days the dirty matter in the loach's belly will have been fully expelled, and then it can be cooked.

2. Put the loach and a whole block of tofu in a pot with cold water; at this point the loach is of course still alive. Then heat over low heat, and the water warms slowly. When the loach cannot bear the heat, it will burrow into the tofu by itself, and when it is finally cooked through, all the loach have burrowed into the tofu. This is the famous dish - loach burrowing into tofu.

How do you kill loach fairly quickly before eating?

1. Prepare a leak-proof plastic bag, put the live loach into the plastic bag and tie the opening, leaving a small opening through which to sprinkle in a spoonful of salt. After two or three minutes the loach stop moving.

2. Take out the loach that are no longer moving, cut open the belly with scissors, remove the internal organs, then rinse off the surface slime with water, and it is ready for cooking.

What benefits does eating loach have?

1. Loach is a “high-protein, low-fat” food. It is neutral in nature and sweet in taste, and has effects such as warming the middle and boosting qi, and removing dampness and promoting yang, and is effective in improving diabetes symptoms.

2. The calcium, phosphorus, zinc, selenium and other components that loach is rich in not only help lower blood sugar, but also help prevent and treat osteoporosis associated with diabetes.

3. Loach is also a tonic for men; it can have the effect of securing essence and strengthening yang, and tonifying the spleen and kidneys.