Winter bamboo shoots are seedlings of Phyllostachys pubescens, a Gramineae plant, which are rich in water, cellulose, vitamins and minerals. After eating, they can supplement a variety of nutrients for the human body, and can play a role in promoting digestion, resolving food stagnation, smoothing intestines and penetrating rash.

It is also a common way to eat winter bamboo shoots in soup. Usually, it can be paired with pork ribs, chicken, duck, beef and other vegetarian dishes such as tofu and mushrooms. It is suggested that you can choose according to your personal tastes.

2 Do you want to drown the soup with winter bamboo shoots?

For fresh winter bamboo shoots, there are many alkaloids such as oxalic acid, which will be astringent if eaten directly, and will also combine with calcium in the human body to form calcium oxalate precipitation, which will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal digestive system of human body.

Therefore, it is suggested that it is best to blanch the winter bamboo shoots before cooking the soup, so that most of the oxalic acid can be removed, and then the taste will be more crisp and tender when used for cooking the soup, and it will be more conducive to human health.

When to put the winter bamboo shoots and soup depends on the situation.

Because the fresh winter bamboo shoots are tender in texture and can be cooked easily, if the winter bamboo shoots are used to make soup with pork ribs, chicken, duck, beef and other meats, it is suggested that the winter bamboo shoots can be put in about 20 minutes before the pot is cooked.

This can prevent the taste of winter bamboo shoots from getting old and the loss of nutrition, but if you use winter bamboo shoots to cook soup with vegetarian dishes such as tofu and mushrooms, you can put all the ingredients together and eat them after cooking.

4 It is suggested to choose winter bamboo shoots or spring bamboo shoots for soup according to personal tastes and hobbies.

Both winter bamboo shoots and spring bamboo shoots are seedlings of Phyllostachys pubescens, but their names are different for bamboo shoots in different shoot periods. The shoot period of winter bamboo shoots is around1late February, while the shoot period of spring bamboo shoots is around early April of the following year.

However, whether it is winter bamboo shoots or spring bamboo shoots, their taste is very delicious. Among them, winter bamboo shoots are more tender to eat, while spring bamboo shoots are more chewy to eat, so it is suggested that you can choose according to your personal tastes and hobbies.