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Introduction: After the beginning of winter, radish and cabbage stand aside, it is the "first fresh in winter", making dumplings and making soup are fresh and fragrant!
Time flies so fast, and in the blink of an eye, winter has come, and the weather is getting colder and colder. At this time, many seasonal vegetables have been taken off the shelves, but at this time, the fields are vigorously growing a kind of "umami" unique to winter, and it is "shepherd's cabbage". When it comes to shepherd's cabbage, we all know that it has the reputation of "the freshest in spring", but few people in the city know that it can also be eaten in winter.
In the countryside in winter, the meals at home will become extraordinarily rich, because people who have worked hard for a year can finally rest, and then there will be plenty of time to improve the food, the cat sits on the hot kang head at home around the stove, and tastes all kinds of food, what a happiness!
Shepherd's cabbage is a touch of freshness in winter, it will grow tenaciously in winter, it has the reputation of "king of wild vegetables" in winter, it is rich in 11 kinds of amino acids, calcium supplement and eye-catching, the stalks and leaves of shepherd's cabbage in November and February are thinner and more tender, extraordinarily delicious, don't miss it. Because my daughter-in-law likes to eat shepherd's cabbage dumplings, I will go back to my hometown at this time every year to dig some, blanch the water and freeze it in the refrigerator when I get home, and thaw it when I eat it, which is as fresh as the freshly dug one.
When I went back to my hometown last weekend, I found a "shepherd's nest" in my mother's apple field, full of shepherd's cabbage, and I didn't need to move the nest for a while to dig a basket, and today I will share a camellia dumpling and shepherd's cabbage soup, which is delicious and nutritious!
荠菜饺子:
1. First pick and wash the pursed cabbage dug up, the current shepherd's cabbage is big and fat, there are few wilting leaves, it is easy to pick and wash, but in order to eat more assuredly, we also have to pick and wash the purified shepherd's cabbage and soak it in light salt water for 15~20 minutes.
2. Then boil a pot of boiling water, after the water boils, put the shepherd's cabbage into the pot and blanch the water, after 30 seconds, take out the shepherd's cabbage and let it cool, then control the moisture, chop it finely and set aside.
3. A piece of pork chopped into meat filling, wrapped in wild vegetable dumplings with pork belly, it will be more fragrant to eat, add an appropriate amount of minced green onion and ginger to the minced meat filling, and then add Sichuan pepper powder, extremely fresh, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, stir evenly and marinate for 20 minutes.
4. Finally, pour the finely chopped shepherd's cabbage into the marinated meat filling, then add an appropriate amount of salt and cooking oil, stir it well, and the juicy shepherd's cabbage meat dumpling filling will be adjusted.
Egg soup with shepherd's cabbage:
1. Pick and wash the shepherd's cabbage, cut it into small pieces for later use, then prepare 2 eggs to beat and set aside, soak wolfberries and red dates in warm water for later use.
2. Add oil to the pot, after the oil is hot, first add the chopped green onion and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the shepherd's cabbage and stir-fry, stir-fry well and pour in a large bowl of water.
3. After the water boils, add an appropriate amount of salt, pepper and a little sugar, then add the red dates and wolfberries, and continue to cook for about 1 minute.
4. When the time is up, add a little water starch to thicken the soup to make the soup more rich, pour in the beaten egg liquid after the water boils again, and stir quickly, so that a bowl of umami, fragrant and delicious shepherd's cabbage egg drop soup is ready.
After the beginning of winter, radish and cabbage stand aside, and shepherd's cabbage is the "first fresh in winter", making dumplings and making soup are fresh and fragrant!