"Entering the Layue Gate, it is the year in a blink of an eye", unconsciously, the lunar year of the black rabbit has only this last month left, the auspicious year of the lunar dragon is striding towards us, and everyone has come to purchase New Year's goods and clean up to prepare for the New Year.
The wax moon is a festive and busy month, but also the coldest month of the year, this month in the purchase of New Year's goods and busy New Year's affairs, cold protection and warmth is also the top priority, and the diet should also eat some seasonal ingredients.
Cabbage and potatoes are common ingredients in winter, but the taste of cabbage and potatoes has changed somewhat, and eating these two dishes in winter is a little monotonous and tired.
Entering the lunar month, eat less cabbage and potatoes and eat more of these 4 things to nourish your energy and lay a good foundation for the Year of the Dragon.
1. Pineapple
Pineapple is a fruit variety that begins to be gradually listed in the wax moon, the sweet and sour juicy pineapple is rich in vitamin C and a variety of trace elements, and the big fish and meat are eaten more in the cold wax moon, just to have some pineapple to relieve greasy appetizing and promote digestion.
Recommended recipe: Pineapple chicken nuggets
1. Remove the white fascia of the chicken breast and clean it, peel the pineapple and soak it in lightly salted water for a while, remove the root of the pepper and wash it for later use.
2. Cut the chicken breast into thumb-sized pieces, add cooking wine, salt, pepper and water starch to grasp and starch and starch to smooth and starch, and cut the pineapple into pieces about the size of the chicken breast.
3. Put oil in the pot, when the oil temperature is hot, put the pulped chicken breast into the pot, slide until the chicken breast changes color, and then remove the oil.
4. Leave the bottom oil in the pot and fry the chives, ginger and garlic, add the pepper pieces and pineapple pieces and stir-fry evenly, add a little sugar to fry the pineapple juice.
5. Put the chicken breast in the pan after the lubricating oil, stir-fry evenly, add salt and pepper to taste, pour in the water starch to hook a thin thickener, and drop a few drops of pepper oil to enjoy.
2. Mushrooms
It is the time when all kinds of mushrooms are on the market, mushrooms are not only delicious, but also contain a variety of trace elements, and it is also very good for the body to eat some mushrooms in the wax moon.
Recommended recipe: Agaricus mushroom roasted with cucumber
1. Agaricus mushroom scrape off the root sediment and clean it, remove the root of the cucumber and cut it after washing, dig out the melon pulp and set aside.
2. Cut the cleaned cucumber into thin slices, and cut the agaricus mushroom into slices about the same thickness as the gourd.
3. Put oil in the pot and fry the peppercorns over low heat, take out the peppercorns and add the minced garlic to burst the fragrance, add the gourd slices and agaricus mushrooms and stir-fry evenly, cook in the cooking wine and simmer for a while, wait for the water to mature, add salt, pepper and oyster sauce to taste, pour in the water starch and hook a thin thickener to enjoy out of the pot.
3. Kelp
Kelp is a very good ingredient, not only rich in trace elements such as potassium, but also contains chlorophyll, etc., often eat some kelp in the cold wax moon, but also moisturize the stomach.
Recommended recipe: Stewed large bones with kelp
1. Fresh kelp is steamed directly into the pot without cleaning until it is soft and rotten, then taken out, cleaned, cut into small pieces, soaked in large bones to remove blood water, boiled in cold water in the pot, skimmed off the foam, and then removed and washed.
2. Put the washed big bones into the pressure cooker, add cooking wine, green onion and ginger pieces, star anise and peppercorns, add enough water and cover the pressure cooker lid and press until the big bones are soft and rotten.
3. Stir-fry chives, ginger and garlic in oil, stir-fry kelp pieces evenly, cook cooking wine and a little white vinegar.
4. Put the pressed big bone stick into the pot, pour the original soup of the pressed big bone stick into the pot after removing the residue, turn to low heat and simmer slowly after boiling, stew until the soup is milky white, add salt and pepper to taste and then you can enjoy it out of the pot.
4, Saiseri
Celery is a good ingredient in the wax moon, celery is not only rich in iron, but also contains chlorophyll and crude fiber, and the taste is crisp and tender.
Recommended recipe: celery, lily, cashew nuts
1. After picking and washing the celery, cut it into diamond-shaped segments, tear the fungus into small flowers after soaking, fry the cashew nuts in the oil pan until it changes color, and remove it, and dry the lily after soaking it in water.
2. Boil water in a pot, add salt and a few drops of cooking oil to the water, add celery and fungus after the water boils, blanch until the celery changes color, then remove and cool.
3. Stir-fry chives, ginger and garlic in the pot, add celery, fungus and small red sausage and stir-fry evenly, and cook in cooking wine.
4. Put lilies and fried cashew nuts into the pot, stir-fry evenly, add salt and pepper to taste, pour in water starch to hook a thin thickener, and drop a few drops of pepper oil to enjoy.
Entering the lunar month, we must not only prepare for the New Year and prepare for the New Year, but also eat more seasonal ingredients in our diet, so as to raise enough energy and lay a good foundation for the upcoming Year of the Dragon.