【New Year’s Eve Dinner】You must have raw pickled blood clams

Overview

In Chaoshan, during the Chinese New Year, what we attach most importance to is the New Year’s Eve dinner. As soon as the Little New Year is over, every household has already begun to prepare the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner. After a hard year, the family is busy together, so they must have a good meal. Some customs and habits left by our ancestors must be followed. Eating blood clams with good intentions is a must for New Year's Eve dinner. The more blood clams you eat and the more clam shells you peel, the more money you will have in the coming year. Clam shells are also called clam shell money, just like ancient people used shells as a means of exchange during transactions, and they are still used today. Therefore, you must peel a lot of clams during the New Year's Eve dinner, so that you can have more money in the New Year. Boiled blood clams with simmering sauce are a classic Chaoshan meal. This year, we changed the way of eating. The pickled blood clams were fresh and not fishy. Everyone enjoyed the food more and accumulated more clam shells.

Tags

• cold dishes
• chinese banquet
• old man
• new year’s eve dinner
• summer recipes
• spring festival
• aged vinegar
• blood clam
• coriander
• fresh chili
• garlic alone
• light soy sauce

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Clean the blood clams.

   

2. 2 Place into a large bowl.

   

3. 3 Pour in boiling water.

   

4. 4 Wait for tens of seconds; drain the water and set aside for later use.

   

5. 5 Have garlic and fresh chili ready.

   

6. 6 Peel the garlic and mince it into minced garlic, mince the fresh chili pepper.

   

7. 7 Place minced garlic and chili pepper on top of blood clams.

   

8. 8 Mix vinegar and light soy sauce into sauce.

   

9. 9 Pour the sauce over the blood clams.

   

10. 10 Add washed and chopped coriander.

    

11. 11 Mix thoroughly and store in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

    

12. 12 Take it out, peel it and eat