Salty dried sardines

1. Raw material selection. In the Far East, sardines, mackerel, and bream fish are used as raw materials. Most of the fish mentioned above are used in seasons with good freshness and low fat content. Raw materials with a lot of fat may easily cause deterioration in product quality due to deterioration. However, in some regions, raw materials with a lot of fat may rather be processed depending on the needs of the place of delivery. Frozen sardines can also be used as raw materials if they are of good quality. 2. Washed and salted. Wash the ingredients with clean water, drain the water, and marinate. The pickling process can be performed by dipping or semi-immersion. The former has a brine concentration of 5 to 15% and is soaked for several hours to one night. The latter is placed in a salted container with approximately one-third of the saline content of the equivalent container volume. About 15% of saturation), salt is spread on one side, and the fish is immersed in a container together with crushed ice (equivalent to 15 to 20% of fish body weight), and stored at low temperature (0 to 5°C) for several hours. one night. 3. Puncture, washing. The salted raw fish is subjected to puncture, cheek puncture, or puncture, and then washed directly, rinsed thoroughly, and drained. 4. Dry. Place the puncture on the tweezers or hang it with a dry hook and dry it with sun or machinery. In terms of fresh and salty dry products, drying in the sun (hours) is generally performed in the winter, and in the summer and other warm seasons, the use of coolers is more desirable (15 to 20°C, drying for several hours). In the case of a suitable salty dry product, if it is mechanically dried, it is generally dried at the beginning with hot air (about 30°C) for 1 hour, and after the cold air (20°C) is dried for 1-2 days. 5. Packing and storage. The salty dry products are packed in a foamed styrene container, and the semi-dry and dry salted products can be packed in paperboard containers, refrigerated and frozen. Appropriate taste of the product, from the outside, the fish body with a fresh blue-green silver, dry and dry products for the dry, there are small wrinkles, generally that the product quality is better.