For thousands of years, the people of Yuping Dongxiang have accumulated an extremely rich food culture, forming a flavor system with strong flavors, a wide range of categories, distinct seasons and unique festivals. After 2 years of collection and collation, the county CPPCC has edited and published the "Taste of Yuping" literary and historical album, which is now forwarded and shared with the majority of netizens.
water chestnut
Water chestnut, also known as Gluzizi, is a shallow-water root herb that is one of the traditional fruits of Yuping DongXiang. Its flesh is white, crisp and juicy, mellow and refreshing, known as the "underground Sydney pear" reputation.
Water chestnuts are planted on a small scale in Yuping, and the main production area is the Luping Villager Group of Guojiawan Village in Yayu Township. A few years ago, a local girl married into Zhijiang, Hunan Province, and saw that her in-laws were growing water chestnuts in every household, and everyone had living money in their hands. The girl with the heart told her father how to carefully grow and cultivate water chestnuts. Since then, the people of Luping have planted one land after another. As everyone knows, this kind has also formed a certain scale. At present, the cultivation of water chestnuts here has reached more than 3,000 mu, and the yield per mu is thousands of catties. Luping's water chestnuts are large, juicy and sweet, tender, and because of their good appearance and quality, merchants from the surrounding markets come to buy.
Water chestnut is a good product of fruits and vegetables, when the fruit is eaten than autumn pear; as a vegetable, it can be made into diced water chestnut chicken, water chestnut meat slices, plucked water chestnut, winter bamboo shoot water chestnut and other delicious dishes. In addition, water chestnut can also extract starch, make candied fruit, etc. Water chestnut has a high nutritional value, in addition to rich in water, 21.8% starch, 1.5% protein, but also contains more calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and vitamins B1, B2, C, etc., its nutritional components are very rich. In addition, water chestnut also contains antibacterial ingredients, which have a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and also have a certain effect on reducing blood pressure.
Here's a look at stir-fried shrimp with water chestnuts:
Ingredients: 4 pairs of water chestnuts, 4 pairs of fresh shrimp, 1 green onion, 1 piece of ginger, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 1 egg.
Here's how:
1. Put the fresh shrimp in a bowl, add a little salt, 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 1/2 egg white, grab and marinate for a while.
2. Peel the water chestnuts and cut them into small pieces, blanching water and setting aside. Slice the ginger, slice the garlic, cut the shallot white into sections, and cut the green onion into green onions and set aside.
3. Heat the oil, add the green onion, ginger and garlic, stir-fry on low heat, then the shrimp, stir-fry for about 30 seconds on high heat and then the water chestnut, add a little salt, stir-fry evenly.
This dish has both the crispness of the water chestnut and the fresh sweetness of the shrimp, which is delicious and unforgettable.
Collection: Huang Guofeng