#记录夏日生活点滴# "Cold in Sanjiu, hot in Sanfu", tomorrow is the beginning of the first dog days in 2024, and this year's dog days are another "extended version" of dog days, starting from July 15 and continuing until August 23, a total of 40 days.
Dog days are about eating well and resting well, and the body consumes a lot in the dog days of high temperature and humidity, so at this time, the diet is to eat some food to clear the heat and cool off, and it can't be too vegetarian.
Chicken is a source of high-quality protein, but the chicken sold now is basically a large-scale breeding of "instant chicken", and chickens do not like to eat food in dog days, at this time many chickens also begin to "rest", the meat will become not fat and plump enough, so it is better to eat less chicken after this ambush.
Mung beans are the ingredients that many people like to eat in dog days, because mung beans are cold ingredients, which can clear away heat and relieve heat, but mung beans are too cold, and now every household has air conditioning to cool off, plus many people will take medicine for a long time, so it is better to eat less mung beans.
Tomorrow, it is recommended that everyone: eat less chicken and mung beans, eat more than 4 kinds, clear the heat and not get hot.
1. Loofah
The loofah is rich in water and vitamin C, and has the reputation of "beauty melon", and as a seasonal ingredient in dog days, the loofah does not need to be pesticides or insects during the growth process, so it is also a relatively safe natural ingredient.
Recommended recipe: loofah stewed with three fresh
1. Scrape off the skin of the loofah with a knife for later use, brush the razor clams, remove the shrimp line and wash the shrimp, and wash the seafood mushroom after removing the roots.
2. Put the washed razor clams into the pot with cold water, add cooking wine and green onion and ginger pieces to the pot, turn on the heat and cook until the clams are opened, then remove them.
3. Cut the processed loofah into hob pieces, remove the shell of the razor clams and take the meat, and remove the slag from the original soup of the clams and clarify it for later use.
4. Add oil to the pot and fry the chives, ginger and garlic, add the shrimp and fry until it changes color, then add the loofah and stir-fry evenly, cook in cooking wine and fry the loofah until the water becomes soft.
5. Pour the clear boiled clams soup into the pot, turn to low heat after boiling, add the seafood mushrooms and cook until the seafood mushrooms become soft, then add the razor clams, add salt and pepper to taste, turn on the high heat to collect the thick soup and then you can enjoy it out of the pot.
2. Octopus
Octopus is a small seafood that can be found all year round, and the octopus in dog days is when the meat is tender and delicious, and octopus is a cool ingredient, especially suitable for hot dog days.
Recommended recipe: Stir-fried octopus with pork belly with sharp peppers
1. The live octopus is turned open from the head to remove the internal organs, the eyes and teeth are squeezed out, the sediment and mucus are washed with salt, the pepper is crushed and cut into pieces after the root is removed, and the pork belly is cut into thin slices.
2. Boil water in a pot, put in the octopus after the water boils, remove the cool octopus after the octopus shrinks slightly, and cut the overcooled octopus into sections.
3. Add oil to the pot and stir-fry the pork belly to get the fat, add the green onions, ginger and garlic to burst the fragrance, cook in cooking wine and a fresh soy sauce to stir-fry the pork belly and color.
4. Put the pepper and octopus in the pot, stir-fry evenly, add salt, oyster sauce and pepper to taste, pour in the water starch to hook a thin thicken, and drop a few drops of pepper oil to enjoy.
3. Corn kernels
Corn is rich in dietary fiber and a variety of trace elements, the dog days of the year is the time when the tender corn is on the market, eat more corn in this season, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, and can supplement the nutritional deficiency of rice and white noodles.
Recommended recipe: Songhua corn pork stuffed dumplings
1. Sweet corn is cooled after cooking, the corn kernels are peeled off from the cooled corn, the pork (two fat and eight lean) is chopped into filling, and the delivery order is shelled and cut into small dices.
2. Add minced green onion and ginger, salt, fresh soy sauce, pepper and oyster sauce to the minced meat and stir well, then beat in the pepper water in batches until the meat filling swells and strengthens.
3. Add diced Songhua eggs and corn kernels to the adjusted meat filling and stir well, pour in pepper oil and mix well.
4. Wrap the adjusted filling into the dumpling skin, boil water in the pot, add a little salt to the water, put the wrapped dumplings into the water after the water boils, boil three until the dumplings are bulging and floating, and then you can enjoy them out of the pot.
4. Mo Bai
As an aquatic plant, it has always been the star ingredient in the dog days, and it is rich in crude fiber and a variety of trace elements.
Recommended recipe: Stir-fried shredded beef with white sauce
1. Cut off the old roots and clean the beef, and clean the beef after removing the white fascia.
2. Wash the white water cut into the thickness of the chopsticks head shreds, the beef is also cut into the same thickness as the white silk, the cut beef is marinated with baking soda for a while, rinsed clean and drained the water, add salt, cooking wine, pepper and water starch to marinate and starch.
3. Put oil in the pot, when the oil temperature is hot, add the beef and fry until it changes color, and then add the green onion and ginger shreds to burst the fragrance.
4. Put the white silk and beef in the pot and stir-fry evenly, add salt, oyster sauce and black pepper sauce to taste, fry until the white is broken, pour in the water starch and hook a thin thickener to enjoy out of the pot.
Tomorrow is a good time to take care of the body, this time to eat and drink well, rest well, it is recommended that everyone: eat less chicken and mung beans, eat more of the above 4 ingredients, clear the heat and not fire.