Pine nut corn is my favorite dish from childhood to adulthood, it is almost a household name in the northeast, because pine nuts and corn are both northeast specialties, corn and pine nuts each have a unique fragrance, the two combined, the two aromas are also a good combination. One bite is first the aroma of corn, and at the end of the meal, it is full of pine nuts. When it comes to Northeastern cuisine, many people will think of simple and direct dishes such as garlic white meat and sauerkraut blood sausage for the first time, but they do not know that there are pine nuts and corn that are very delicate and delicate beets.
Pine nut corn is often eaten at wedding banquets or hotel banquets, which shows that it is a very popular dish. Its method is actually very simple, at home can be easily made, soon the New Year, learn this dish to make for the family to eat, colorful, meaning the new year of grain abundance, appearance and taste coexist, because it is a beet, so the most popular among children, do the banquet dish is more suitable.
Pine nut corn preparation
【Preparation of ingredients】
200 grams of cooked corn, 50 grams of pine nuts, carrots, cucumbers, green onions, 30 grams of sugar, 5 grams of salt
【Operation steps】
Step 1: The most important ingredient for making pine nut corn is corn, corn has sweet corn and sticky corn, pine nut corn is a beet, so it is most suitable for sweet and juicy sweet corn with a sweet taste, which is what we often call fruit corn. In the northeast, most of it is sticky corn, you can go to the supermarket to buy a canned corn directly, and then cut the side dishes such as carrots and cucumbers into cubes for later.
Step 2: Pour oil into a wok, heat until slightly hot, add green onions to burst the aroma. Stir-fried corn is best to use a stainless steel pot or a non-stick pan, try not to use an iron pot, this dish is very light, with an iron pot will have a little rusty taste. The oil is as light as possible with corn oil or salad oil, and peanut oil has a heavy taste, which will affect the aroma of corn.
Step three: pour the corn kernels into the oil, stir-fry, I use canned corn, so the corn kernels are not so dry, if the corn kernels are dried, add a little water in moderation, do not fry the corn kernels dry, it will not be tender to eat.
Step 4: Add the diced carrots and stir-fry until the diced carrots become soft, because the cucumbers are easier to cook than the carrots, so add the carrots first.
Step 5: After the carrots are soft, add the diced cucumbers and stir-fry until the diced cucumbers are also broken, which is not very crisp and refreshing. Because the corn is soft and tender, if the side dish is very hard, it will affect the taste of the whole dish.
Step 6: Finally, add the cooked pine nuts, and the pine nuts should be peeled. If it is raw pine nuts, put them in oil and fry them in advance, so that the pine nuts will be very fragrant. After adding the pine nuts, add 2 tablespoons of sugar, that is, about 30 grams of white sugar, add a small amount of salt, stir-fry well. The overall taste of this dish is sweet, and a small amount of salt is added to highlight the sweetness, so the salt should be added less.
Step 7: Pour water starch into the hook, water starch should be added slowly, stir while adding, do not add more, otherwise the whole dish will be very sticky.
Step 8: After adding water starch, the whole dish is in this very smooth, very smooth and tender state.
Pine nut corn is ready, eat with a spoon to eat, each bite has the aroma of corn and pine nuts, plus the refreshing taste of side dishes, sweet and not greasy, rich in nutrition, this is the children's favorite dish, suitable for all ages. It is made for the family to eat in the New Year, which means that the new year is full of grains and gold and jade.
【Tips】
1, to make pine nut corn to use sweet and juicy fruit corn, do not use very sticky corn, corn as far as possible to choose tender, old corn to do the taste will be much worse.
2, side dishes can be carrots and cucumbers this kind of refreshing taste, not suitable for chives, peppers and other heavy taste of the forehead, because this dish taste is very fresh, to highlight the aroma of corn and pine nuts.
3, the side dishes of this dish should be fried soft, carrots and cucumbers are very crisp and hard taste, especially carrots to be fried for a long time to become soft.
4, when the hook is thin, do not be very thick, will affect the refreshing taste of this dish.
5, this dish tastes sweet, so when seasoning to put a little more sugar, you can add a little less salt to highlight the sweetness of sugar, do not add any other spices, will cover up the flavor of corn and pine nuts.
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