There is such a kind of wild vegetable, in the old days in the green and yellow season, many poor people will eat its ears as food to satisfy hunger, and now it is a relatively rare wild vegetable, it is the tree spike.
Many people may have seen this kind of miscellaneous tree, in the summer it will produce orange-red fluffy round fruits, and in the spring, it will grow into spikes, which are not very good-looking, like gray-blue caterpillars, and it is difficult to associate it with food.
In fact, the history of Chinese people eating the spike is very long, in the Qing Dynasty "Flower Mirror" recorded: "March flowering, that is, the growth of the spike, like willow flowers but no fruit", for a long time the spike is the people in the spring to pick the delicacy, because it can provide protein and fat, eat anti-hunger, and elm money can be eaten as a meal, the status can be much higher than toon.
However, the seasonality of the tree spike is very strong, the excellent tasting period is just a few days, the most fresh and tender picked around the Qingming Festival every year, after the Qingming Festival, the tree spike will grow old once it blooms, and the taste will be greatly discounted.
【Steamed Spike】
Ingredients: tree spikes, flour, cooking oil, garlic, green onions, chicken essence, salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, millet spicy.
1. Clean the freshly picked spikes repeatedly, drain the water, mince the garlic, cut the green onions, and cut the millet spicy for later use.
2. In the spike, pour some cooking oil and stir well, which can prevent the spike from sticking into a ball.
3. Add an appropriate amount of flour, so that each tree spike is fully coated with flour.
4. Boil water in the steamer in advance, wait until the water boils, brush a layer of oil on the steaming grate to prevent the tree spikes from sticking to the steaming grate, shake the floured tree spikes evenly and spread them on the steaming grate, and steam on high heat for 8 minutes.
5. Heat the oil in another pot, then take a small bowl, add green onions, garlic, millet spicy, pour the hot oil on top, then add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, chicken essence and stir well.
6. Pour the seasoned juice into the steamed spike, mix it, and a soft and glutinous steamed spike is ready.
- Lao Jing said -
It is necessary to pay attention to the flour wrapping of the tree spikes, and mix several times with a small amount of flour each time until each spike is coated with uniform flour. The steaming time is generally 8-10 minutes, and the time should not be too long to avoid affecting the aroma and taste. #2024美食日记#
I am a foraging story in the market, and I have been fighting with the world for many years, and I am still glorious and full of interest! I update the food recipes and market life every day, follow me, enjoy a comfortable life and don't get lost.