Reading guide: "The north wind is whistling, the cold is coming, the temperature falls", every year the cold season, is the coldest time of the year, because at this time between 29 and 39, as the saying goes: "2939 frozen pigs and dogs", you can imagine, 2939 how cold it is!
In the 15 days of Xiaohan every year, I will often eat "3 treasures" for my family, because these 3 treasures have the effect of lifting yang qi and dissipating cold qi, and they can be eaten by every household, and they can be seen everywhere in vegetable farms or supermarkets!
The first treasure: loaches
Loach is the most suitable fresh food to eat in Xiaohan, especially when burning a plate of loaches in Xiaohan, not only to satisfy hunger and rice, but also it has the effect of benefiting the kidneys and helping yang, replenishing the middle and invigorating qi, people with weak physique can eat more loaches in winter.
[Recommended way to eat]: Roasted loach with lettuce
[Preparation of raw materials]: 2 lettuce, 400 grams of loach, 5 grams of Sichuan pepper, 10 grams of bean paste, 10 grams of dried chili, a can of beer, light soy sauce, salt, garlic seeds, chicken essence, ginger shreds, and an appropriate amount of chopped green onions.
【The practice of roasting loach with lettuce】:
Step 1: Peel and rinse the lettuce, then cut the lettuce into medium-sized hob pieces for later use.
Step 2: After the loaches are cleaned, sprinkle a little salt into the loaches and mix well, then rinse the loaches and wash the loaches with salt to better remove the muddy smell of the loaches.
Step 3: Put an appropriate amount of oil in the pan, and when the oil temperature is heated to 3, put all the loaches into the pan, and fry the loaches on both sides are light yellow.
Step 4: Put the shredded ginger, garlic seeds, Sichuan pepper, bean paste, salt, and chicken essence into the pot and stir well, then put a bottle of beer into the loach.
Step 5: Then put the lettuce, salt, light soy sauce, and all into the pot, simmer the loach for 6-7 minutes on high heat, then turn off the heat, and finally sprinkle a little green onion and serve.
Second Treasure: Makama Kana
Fennel coriander is a particularly fragrant vegetable, every year Xiaohan is when it is listed in large quantities, fennel can not only raise yang, but also it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, people with bad appetite can eat more fennel properly.
[Recommended way to eat]: fennel beef dumplings
[Preparation of raw materials]: 400 grams of beef, 1 kg of cumin, 5ml of light soy sauce, 2 grams of pepper, 10 grams of minced ginger, 10ml of scallion oil, salt, appropriate amount of chicken essence.
【Preparation of fennel beef dumplings】:
Step 1: Rinse the beef and chop it into minced pieces, then add light soy sauce, pepper, salt, ginger and chicken essence to the meat and stir well.
Step 2: Wash the cumin and cut it into small pieces, then sprinkle a little salt into the fennel and mix well, kill the fennel with salt for 10 minutes, and squeeze out the excess water in the fennel.
Step 3: Put all the pickled fennel into the mixed meat filling and mix well, and then put the meat filling into the dumpling filling and mix well.
Step 4: Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, boil the water on high heat, put the dumplings in the pot, boil the dumplings on high heat for 2 minutes, and then add a little water until the dumplings float up It is very practical.
The third treasure: mutton
In winter, the most yang meat is mutton, especially every morning to drink a bowl of steaming mutton soup to warm up the body and stomach, and in winter, with fish and sheep stewed together a pot of soup, the effect of replenishing yang qi will be doubled.
[Recommended way to eat]: Fresh fish and sheep
[Preparation of raw materials]: 1 kg of lamb chops, 2 crucian carp, ginger, liquor, salt, chopped green onion, wolfberry, pepper, edible oil, appropriate amount of chicken essence.
【Fish and sheep fresh practice】:
Step 1: After the lamb chops are processed, put the lamb chops and an appropriate amount of cold water into the pot, blanch the lamb chops on high heat for 10 minutes and then remove them, then rinse the lamb chops and set aside.
Step 2: Put an appropriate amount of oil in the pot, then put the drained lamb chops and old ginger slices into the pot, fry the surface of the lamb chops a little dry over high heat, put an appropriate amount of water into the pot, and simmer the lamb chops over medium-low heat for about 1 hour until the mutton is cooked.
Step 3: Put an appropriate amount of oil in the pot, and when the oil is heated to 5 on high heat, put the crucian carp into the pot, and fry it golden brown on both sides before eating.
Step 4: Put the fried crucian carp, salt and pepper into the stewed mutton, continue to simmer for 10 minutes, and finally sprinkle a little green onion and wolfberry to serve.
"Xiaohan does not raise yang, and the whole year is in vain"! After Xiaohan, we must remember to eat "loach, fennel, lamb chops", to improve the yang qi and dissipate the cold, and every household can afford to eat! I am Master Hu, I share different delicacies with you every day, if you like my food, like and pay attention, it is the biggest motivation for me to update!