Unconsciously, autumn is about to start, the temperature in the morning and evening has obviously begun to drop, and the dry heat in the heart has also dissipated most of it. Autumn began to gradually become dry and windy, suitable for eating some water-rich ingredients, water content of up to 96% of the winter melon is a good choice, winter melon can be said to be one of the cheapest ingredients, the price of summer is basically a few cents, buy a piece does not cost much money, but it is a nutritious and delicious good ingredients.
There are many cooking methods of winter melon, stir-frying, steaming, boiling, stewing can be used, with other ingredients can also "collide" out of the rare delicious dishes, and itself is fresh and sweet but will not "seize" the taste of other ingredients, can be called the "gentleman" in the dish. Share a piece of my family often eat winter melon pills, winter melon soft and juicy, balls fresh and tender Q bomb, meat and vegetarian, the overall taste and nutritional value are very good, eat 2 times a week, help to supplement nutrition and reduce autumn dryness.
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Ingredients required: 1 piece of winter melon, 1 small bowl of minced meat, 1 green onion and 1 coriander, 1 small piece of ginger, 1 handful of shrimp skin, salt to taste.
1: Clean the winter melon, scrape off the skin of the winter melon with a knife from top to bottom, rinse again and cut into pieces, finely chop the green onion and ginger, and cut the parsley into sections for later.
2, buy the meat stuffing is best chopped again, so that the taste is better, the chopped meat filling into the bowl, add the right amount of salt and pepper, a little starch water, with your hands in one direction to grasp and mix evenly.
Tip: Starch water can make the meat filling more smooth and tender, the balls made more rounded, and the taste will be improved.
3: Add chopped green onion, minced ginger, a little sesame oil to the bowl, stir well and pour into the meat filling, chop the shrimp skin in advance and pour it into the meat filling, grasp and mix it again with your hands.
Tips: Many friends like to add onion and ginger water in the meat filling, but here has been added starch water, if you add onion ginger water again, the meat filling will be relatively thin, not formed, affecting the production of the later balls, sesame oil mixed with onion and ginger minced also plays a role in removing fishy freshness, and added a little shrimp skin crushed, so that the taste of the balls is more delicious.
4, add water to the pot, first pour in the cut winter melon, winter melon is relatively hard, and here the winter melon is cut into a block, you need to cook for a period of time and then into the balls, if the cut is a thin slice, you can first put the balls and then the winter melon.
5, cook winter melon on medium-low heat, wait for the water to start bubbling, down into the balls, grab a handful of meat filling in your hand, squeeze out the shape of the balls, catch it with a spoon and put it in the pot, with the increase in water temperature, the balls will slowly be fixed, so that the boiled balls will not be loose, the taste is strong.
6, all the balls under the pot and then cook for about 5 minutes, until the balls are cooked thoroughly, when the winter melon is slightly transparent, add a little salt and chicken essence, stir evenly to turn off the heat, a bowl of refreshing and delicious winter melon balls will be ready.
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Many friends in eating winter melon, are accustomed to peel off the winter melon skin, in fact, the winter melon skin contains more nutrients than the winter melon meat, when cooking soup is not recommended to remove the winter melon skin, this season to eat more winter melon to help dry fire, alleviate autumn dryness, especially suitable for dry autumn eating.
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