Every year from mid-April to early May, it is the time when the acacia flowers are on the market, in my hometown, every year at this time, every household will pick some locust flowers to try fresh, according to the old man, eat the locust flowers, the year will be sweet and sweet, so every year, I will also go back to my hometown to pick some acacia flowers.
Not to mention, although there are a lot of wild vegetables in spring, my favorite food is the locust flower, because it is not as bitter as other wild vegetables, and the newly bloomed locust flower is particularly tender to eat, whether it is to wrap dumplings with locust flowers or scrambled eggs with it, I love to eat it very much. And today I want to explain to you this way of eating, is a lot of people love to eat a practice, it is "steamed locust flowers", because steamed locust flowers can best retain the nutrients in the locust flowers, at the same time steamed locust flowers are super fragrant, as long as there is 1 family doing, the surrounding 10 neighbors must know that your family is steaming locust flowers today.
Although the steamed locust flowers are delicious, many people either connect all the steamed locust flowers together when steaming the locust flowers, which not only sells poorly, but also tastes very poor. If you want to loosen the fresh fragrance of the steamed acacia flowers, and do not stick to it, there are also skills that need to be mastered. For example, many people steam locust flowers, are washed locust flowers, put a handful of flour into the locust flowers, mix well, and then put into the steamer to steam, in fact, when steaming locust flowers, the most taboo directly pour flour, add these 2 steps, in order to make the acacia flowers not sticky and not sticky. Next, I will share with you the detailed steps of steaming locust flowers.
[Ingredients preparation]: acacia flowers, cornmeal, flour, edible oil, salt appropriate amount.
【Method】:
Step 1: Wash the locust flowers
Pick home or buy the locust flowers, first pick out the old leaves and rotten flowers, these are mixed in the fresh locust flowers, seriously affect the taste, and then the locust flowers, a spoonful of salt into the water soaked for 10 minutes, this can remove the eggs and other insects of the locust flowers, after the time is up, the locust flowers are fished out, and then rinse the locust flowers with running water.
Step 2: Absorb water
Put the locust flowers into the pot, and then use a kitchen towel or towel to absorb all the water on the surface of the locust flowers, because the surface of the locust flowers is stained with a large amount of water, and after the water and flour are in contact, the flour will absorb water and expand, resulting in a lump of flour.
Step 3: Season to taste
Put a spoonful of salt and a little cooking oil into the locust flower and stir evenly, put a little salt in the acacia flower, not only to prevent the acacia flower from volatilizing a large amount of water in the process of steaming, but also to prevent the locust flower from yellowing, the oil does not need too much, generally 1 pound of locust flower put a small spoon of edible oil on it, do not put fragrant oil, such as sesame oil, otherwise it will suppress the fragrance of the acacia flower itself.
Step 4: Bread in flour
Prepare a pot, heat the pot, put 80 grams of flour into the pot, fry the flour to light yellow on low heat, turn off the heat immediately, and then wait for the flour to cool down, put all the flour and a little corn flour into the acacia flowers and mix well. Stir-fry the flour to denature the starch in the flour without strong viscosity, so that the steamed locust flowers do not become lumps, and at the same time add a little corn flour to increase the fragrance in the locust flowers.
Step 5: Steamed locust flowers
Put the acacia flowers into the steamer, add an appropriate amount of hot water at the same time, cover the pot, steam the steamer over high heat, continue to steam for 3 minutes and then turn off the fire, the time to steam the acacia flowers must not be too long, otherwise the acacia flowers will have no taste when eating, and generally steam for 3-4 minutes.
When steaming locust flowers, the most taboo directly pour flour, we must wipe the water in the salty locust flowers, and then fry the flour in the locust flowers, add these 2 steps, fresh and fragrant loose, not sticky, not sticky and not lumpy! If today's article is helpful to you, please click a follow, a like, this is my greatest support. In the follow-up, Chef Hu will explain more cooking tips and health maintenance skills to everyone, and finally thank you for watching.