【Changshu】Assorted razor clams in casserole

Overview

Although razor clams are not a specialty of Changshu, Changshu people still like these small shellfish seafood! Ever since my brother Xiaoyuan knew how to eat, my mother would prepare some small seafood such as clams and razor clams for every festival, either stir-fried, steamed or boiled in soup. Not just because my kids love it, but because shellfish has a special meaning. My mother said that when this kind of food is scalded in boiling water, the shells will open and look like flowers, so it has the meaning of wealth and prosperity. Especially during the Chinese New Year, everyone wants to get good luck. Economical and nutritious razor clams are a must-have dish for my family’s New Year’s Eve dinner! Because the second baby is due on New Year’s Eve, I might miss a New Year’s Eve dinner this year, so I’ll make an assorted razor clam casserole to warm it up before unloading the goods! It’s very delicious~ Dear! Must try!

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• clear water
• cooking wine
• dried red chili pepper
• king oyster mushroom
• potatoes
• winter bamboo shoots
• carrot
• garlic leaves
• ginger
• razor clam
• salt
• vegetable oil

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Clean the surface of the razor clam, then put it into clean water, add a little salt, and soak it for about 4 hours to make it spit out the sand.

   

2. 2 Put an appropriate amount of water into the pot, add razor clams, ginger slices and 3 teaspoons of cooking wine, bring to a boil over high heat until the razor clams open, then turn off the heat.

   

3. 3 Rinse the blanched razor clams with clean water again to remove the remaining sand.

   

4. 4 Peel the ginger and winter bamboo shoots and slice them into slices for later use.

   

5. 5 Wash the carrots and slice them into slices for later use.

   

6. 6 Also wash the king oyster mushrooms and cut into slices.

   

7. 7 Peel and wash potatoes and cut into slices.

   

8. 8 Add water to the pot, bring to a boil, add winter bamboo shoot slices, carrot slices, potato slices, and king oyster mushroom slices, blanch for 1 minute, take out and drain some water.

   

9. 9 Put the razor clams, winter bamboo shoot slices, carrot slices, potato slices, and king oyster mushroom slices into a large basin, sprinkle in an appropriate amount of salt, and mix gently.

   

10. 10 Prepare a small casserole and place a layer of vegetable slices on the bottom.

    

11. 11 Then put all the remaining ingredients into the casserole.

    

12. 12 Add ginger slices and 1 dry red chili to the noodles.

    

13. 13 Pour in remaining 2 teaspoons cooking wine.

    

14. 14 Pour in the vegetable oil again, try to pour it in a circle and don't pour it in the same place.

    

15. 15 Sprinkle with a little white pepper.

    

16. 16 Then add 50ml of water, cover the casserole, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium to low heat and continue cooking.

    

17. 17 While cooking, you can prepare garlic leaves. Wash the garlic leaves and cut into segments.

    

18. 18 When the soup in the casserole dries up, turn off the heat (about 5 minutes), add the garlic leaf segments, cover with the lid, and simmer for 1 minute until the garlic leaves are fragrant.