Tamales are a very ordinary home-cooked dish on the people's table, and what often appears on my family table is: tamales, tamales, tamales, steamed lamb, steamed ribs, steamed various vegetarian dishes, I believe there are many tamales that I have not tried, I hope that everyone will actively share, so that I also have the opportunity to feast.
First, the choice of ingredients
The taste of various ingredients is different, and it is necessary to highlight a "fine" in the selection of ingredients. For example, tamales should be selected with thin and tender pork belly, do not be heavy, otherwise the dish is too greasy and hurts the stomach, the tamales should be used with less tendons and tender lean meat, the steamed lamb is best to choose legs with uniform fat, and the steamed ribs are used in ribs. But I would like to choose to use pork crispy bones to steam once today and see how it works.
Second, ingredients
Suitable ingredients with tamales can be combined with meat and vegetables, again reducing grease. Pork I like to accompany sweet potatoes, ribs with potatoes, beef with taro, lamb with yam, these ingredients can have the effect of absorbing oil and degreasing. Of course, as for the best collocation often comes from the actual situation of the cook, or that sentence, do not live too deliberately, what to eat, what to use is the right attitude. Dad just bought chestnuts and came back, and that's what I got today.
Third, the incision is uniform
The incision is evenly conducive to pickling into the taste, the specific length and width are cut according to the actual situation of the ingredients, try to be consistent in size, do not be big or small, affecting the actual taste of the dish. This tests the sharpness of our knife work and knife edge! So there's nothing to do with practicing knife work more, or sharpening knives more.
4. Pickle
The quality of pickling directly affects the color and taste of the finished dish, which is the top priority. If you want to eat light, just put salt and marinate, and the marinating time can be shorter. If you need to put watercress sauce, it is best to put the watercress sauce into the pot before marinating, and then put in other spices to mix and stir-fry well, and then marinate with the meat, the marinating time is also slightly longer, which is convenient for flavor.
This time, I chose to use the very fresh soy sauce, sugar, Lee Kum Kee soybean sauce, marinade after the mixture is poured into the crispy bone, knead well, put in the refrigerator for 3 hours.
Five, spiced rice noodles
This is the simplest step and the "soul" of the whole dish. For quick and easy operation, just buy a packet of tamales. Special people who pursue high-grade taste or have small treasures at home can only fry themselves according to their actual situation. When my son was young, I fried rice with a little star anise and large powder until I broke it with a wall breaker to improve his diet. When I was a child, I also saw my grandmother stir-fry, adding one-fifth of the glutinous rice, star anise, large ingredients, cloves, fragrant leaves and cinnamon to the rice and stir-frying over low heat, and then beaten into coarse rice flour.
Pour the rice noodles into the crispy bones and mix well, do not pour too much rice noodles, appropriate, and those who like to eat rice noodles can ignore it.
6. Heat
From experience, I think that tamales need to be steamed over high heat, so you need to add enough water to the pot at one time, so don't open the lid halfway! I have had many disagreements with my mother on this issue, and she feels that after the water in the steamer is boiled, turn on the medium heat to let it steam slowly, so that it is easy to soften. But I tried it, and the effect didn't steam as quickly as it did.
7. Plate loading
The aroma of meat mixed with rice noodles, mixed with a hint of sauce, fills the kitchen, and the steamed powder crispy bones are brought out, upside down on the plate, and sprinkled with green onions or coriander on it, which is appropriate to entertain guests. But I can't wait for a long time, don't engage in those vain heads, eat.
I have finished my experience to you, and I hope that one day I can see the experience of others and improve each other's cooking skills.