Hello dear friends, I'm a little gecko. It's my habit to use simple words to introduce delicious food. Today, I would like to share with you a kind of "growing gold" in nature - it is not only a common ingredient on our table, but also has the miraculous effect of slowing down aging. Are you ready to discover this natural treasure?
In the vast and profound Chinese food culture, we can always find some ordinary but extraordinary ingredients. This "growing gold" is actually - soybeans! Soybeans, in the pen of the ancients, have the poetry of "green garden in the sunflower, morning dew waiting for the sun", it is not only a high-quality source of protein, but also rich in soy isoflavones, which is a natural antioxidant that can effectively delay aging.
Now, let's explore how to transform this ordinary soybean into a mouth-watering delicacy!
1. Stewed pig's trotters with soybeans
It is a traditional beauty dish. Put the soaked soybeans in advance and the washed pig's trotters into the pot, add ginger slices, green onions, cooking wine and water, and simmer over low heat. Stew until the pig's trotters are soft and glutinous, the soybeans are crispy, and add salt to taste. This dish not only nourishes the skin, but also replenishes collagen and makes you eat beautifully.
2. Soybean and soy milk
Soy milk is a regular at the breakfast table. Soak the soybeans overnight in advance, put them in the soymilk machine the next day, add an appropriate amount of water, and beat them into soymilk. Strain out the okara, add the right amount of sugar or salt to taste, and a cup of nutritious soy milk is complete. One cup a day for health and beauty.
3. Soybean sprouts
After washing the soybeans, put them in a dark place, drench them with water several times a day, and soybean sprouts can grow after a few days. Soybean sprouts can be stir-fried, served cold or boiled in soup, with a crisp taste and rich nutrition.
Fourth, soybean stewed rice
Before cooking, mix the soaked soybeans with rice, add the appropriate amount of water and seasonings, and put them in a rice cooker together. The rice cooked in this way has both the aroma of soybeans and the delicacy of rice, which is delicious and nutritious.
5. Spicy soybeans
Cook the soaked soybeans and drain the water. Heat the pan with cold oil, add pepper, chili pepper and other spices to stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in soybeans and stir-fry, and finally add salt, sugar, soy sauce and other seasonings, and fry until the soybeans are flavorful. It's a great dish to go with wine and a delicious snack at your leisure.
6. Soybean cake
Mash the boiled soybeans into a puree, add glutinous rice flour, sugar and other ingredients, stir well, and put them in a mold to steam. The soybean cake produced in this way is soft and glutinous and sweet, suitable for all ages.
7. Soybean salad
Mix cooked soybeans with a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits, add salad dressings, olive oil, lemon juice and other seasonings to make a healthy and delicious soybean salad.
8. Soybean soup
Simmer soybeans with pork ribs or chicken and other ingredients, add ginger slices, wolfberries and other ingredients, simmer until the soybeans are cooked and rotten, and add salt to taste. This soup is both nourishing and nourishing, and is suitable for people of all ages.
In addition to culinary delicacies, soybeans have many wonderful uses in daily life. For example, soybeans can be used as a facial mask to nourish the skin; Soybean dregs can be used as plant fertilizer, which is environmentally friendly and economical.
Now, do you have a deeper understanding and love for soybeans, the "growing gold"? It is not only a delicacy on our table, but also a powerful assistant for our healthy life. From today onwards, you might as well eat more soybean products!
Here, I would like to share a sentence of wisdom from the ancients: "Don't get tired of eating, don't get tired of being fine." This sentence tells us that in the pursuit of food, we should pay attention to the careful selection of ingredients and the ingenuity of cooking. Soybeans are such an ordinary and extraordinary ingredient, as long as we explore its deliciousness and nutrition with our hearts, we can make our lives more colorful.
Pay attention to the little geckos, and the delicious recipes will not be endless. Let's explore more treasures in the world of food!