Tiny crustaceans, so small you can barely make them out, are considered a valuable food resource and are harvested on an industrial scale. Then many people make the popular canned food called "krill meat" from them. You'll find recipes with it in this catalog, and step-by-step photos will clearly show the whole cooking process.
By the count, krill meat comes from about eighty species of planktonic crustaceans ranging from 9 mm to 6.5 cm in length. Naturally, no one is going to clean such tiny creatures, so all their parts go into the canned food whole. Aromatic additives improve the taste. And don't turn up your nose — krill meat is, in fact, an eco-friendly product, one of the few, since these crustaceans don't absorb the harmful substances that end up in the water one way or another.
Krill meat most often appears in recipes with these five ingredients:
| Product | Number of recipes with the combination | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucumbers | 4 | 15 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| Rice | 3 | 344 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 78.9 |
| Chicken eggs | 3 | 80 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.3 |
| Green onion | 3 | 19 | 1.3 | 0 | 4.6 |
| Eggs | 3 | 157 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.7 |
The calorie content of krill meat is 97 kcal. Protein, fat, and carbs: 17.5, 1.8, and 2.8 respectively. It contains vitamins D, B, and A, plus phosphorus, iodine, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium, calcium, and healthy omega-3 fatty acids. This dietary product is recommended as a preventive against a number of conditions such as diabetes, tuberculosis, and obesity.
So what can you make from krill meat? First and foremost, salads, pâtés, sandwiches, and other cold appetizers. It makes a very tasty filling for pastries, pies, dumplings, and pancakes. Shape it into cutlets or meatballs. Cook a fragrant soup.
Crustaceans of different sizes are packed into jars. Some look like grains of rice. Others are larger, from Antarctic shrimp. This meat is really a decent meal in itself. You can serve it with fresh vegetables and herbs for a quick snack.