1. Porridge

Peel and cut the yam into small cubes and cook it together with the washed rice. You can also add oatmeal, beans, etc., which is delicious and healthy.

2. Spare ribs and yam

Chop the ribs into one-inch-long pieces, peel the yam and cut into hob pieces. When the onions and ginger are sautéed, add the pork ribs and stir-fry. After they change color, add the yam cubes, add cooking wine and add soup to simmer until cooked through. Don’t put too much soy sauce in this dish.

3. Stir-fried shrimp balls with yam and lettuce

Peel the yam and lettuce and cut into thin parallelogram slices. Cut the outside of the shrimp and take out the sand lines. Blanch the yam slices and lettuce slices in boiling water and take them out. (Be careful not to take too long, otherwise the texture will not be crispy.) Then add the shrimps to the pot and blanch them briefly. Heat the oil in the pan, sauté the onion, ginger and garlic, add the yam, lettuce slices and shrimp balls and stir-fry, adjust the taste, pour a few drops of sesame oil and serve.

4 Beef Brisket Stewed with Yams

Features: The beef brisket melts in your mouth and is cleverly blended with the flavor of yam.

Preparation time: 8 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Ingredients: yam, beef brisket.

Seasoning: star anise, green onion, ginger, cooking wine, sugar, monosodium glutamate, salt, chicken essence, chopped chili.

Method:

1. Wash, peel and cut the yam into small pieces, cut the beef brisket into small pieces and blanch them in water to remove the foam.

2. Put oil in the pot, fry the star anise until fragrant, then stir-fry the green onions and ginger, add cooking wine and water, add the beef brisket, stir-fry, put it into the pressure cooker and cook for 20 minutes, take it out.

3. Put oil in the pot, pour in the beef brisket, then add yam, sugar, chopped chili, monosodium glutamate, salt and chicken essence to taste, and stew together until soft and tasty.

5 Assorted Yam Grains

Features: bright color, crisp and tender taste.

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Ingredients: yam, green and red peppers, canned corn kernels.

Seasoning: sugar, monosodium glutamate, salt, water starch, fresh soup (water can be substituted).

Method:

1. Peel and wash the yams, wash the green and red peppers, and cut them into cubes the size of corn kernels.

2. Add water to the pot. When the water boils, blanch the yam grains and green and red pepper grains.

3. Put a little oil in the pot, add yam grains and green and red pepper grains, stir-fry for a while and then add a small amount of fresh soup.

4. Then add sugar, MSG, salt, and finally thicken with water starch.

6 Yam braised pork slices

Features: smooth and tender, with a salty and fresh taste.

Ingredients preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Ingredients: yam, dried fungus, pork tenderloin.

Seasoning: cooking wine, sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, egg white, water starch, minced green onion.

Method:

1. Peel, wash and cut the yam into two halves lengthwise, then slice with a diagonal knife; soak the dried fungus in water until soft, remove the roots and wash.

2. Cut the tenderloin into thin slices, add salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, egg white, and water starch for sizing.

3. Heat the pot, pour a small amount of cold oil into the pot and pour it out, then pour in the cold oil. When the oil temperature is 20% to 30% hot, the meat slices will be smooth and tender. At the same time, the yam slices and fungus will be smooth and cooked. Pour out oil control.

4. Leave a little oil in the pot, stir-fry chopped green onion, add cooking wine, water, salt, MSG, sugar, pepper to taste, thicken with water starch, then pour in the freshly prepared vegetables and stir-fry evenly That’s it.

7 Drawn Yams

Features: Sweet and crispy, slender and shiny sugar threads can be pulled out from each piece of yam.

Preparation time: 3 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

Ingredients: yam.

Seasoning: soft white sugar, dry starch.

Method:

1. Wash, peel and cut the yam into prismatic pieces, drain the water and dip it in dry starch, then deep-fry in oil until golden brown and take out.

2. Wash the pot, put a little oil, add sugar and a small amount of water and stir-fry over low heat.

3. When the sugar liquid is stir-fried until yellow, pour in the freshly fried yam cubes and stir-fry evenly.

4. Finally put it into a plate that has been greased with cold oil

Second, the benefits of eating yam:

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Yam (Dioscore aspp.) is a vine plant of the genus Dioscorea in the Dioscoreaceae family. It is commonly known as Huaishan. Its edible part is the underground tuber (basic root). Yam is very rich in nutrients. The tuber is rich in a variety of human essentials. Amino acids, proteins and starches, as well as mucilage, allantoin, choline, cellulose, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, and iodine. The tubers of yam have been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times. The "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" lists them as top grade. They are mild in nature, cool and moist, sweet in taste and non-toxic. They can strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish the lungs and kidneys, and are mainly used to treat diarrhea, diarrhea, thirst, and asthenia. For fatigue, cough, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, etc., folk medicine is used as a nourishing and strengthening medicine, and it also has the effect of eliminating phlegm. Traditional prescriptions such as Liuwei Wan, Bawei Wan, Shenling Baizhu Powder, and the popular Sishen Decoction contain yam. In addition to the above-mentioned functions, yam is also a healthy vegetable with excellent palatability due to its strong nature and no serious pests and diseases. Yam varieties can be roughly divided into two categories. The first category is block yam, which is distributed in the tropics and subtropics. It has a large potato shape, high yield, and rapid growth.

The other type is elongated yam, originally distributed in temperate areas such as mainland China and Japan. Its stems are slender and round, the leaves are narrow and long, and the tuber is shaped like a long stick. It is of excellent quality and has a lower yield than lumpy yams. It is often used as a strength tonic in traditional Chinese medicine and is sold at a high price.

1. Five Blessings

Ingredients: 1 pound of yam, cheese slices, 12 ham slices, 12 cucumbers, 3 carrots, 1 toothpick, 24 sticks, a little salad dressing

Method:

1. Cut yam, cucumber and carrot into thick shreds with the same length as ham.

2. Put the ham slices first, then the cheese slices, add the yams, cucumbers, and carrots, top with a little salad dressing, and roll tightly

into a spring roll shape. Insert toothpicks at both ends to secure, then cut diagonally into 2 parts.

2. Yam and sago dew

Ingredients: 2 pounds of yam, creamer, appropriate amount of sugar, 1 pound and half a pound of sago rice

Method:

1. Peel and dice the yam, cook until cooked and then add sugar.

2. Boil the water, add the sago rice and cook for about 8 to 9 minutes. After it is cooked, pour cold water and set aside.

3. Mix 1. and 2., then add creamer.

4. It tastes better after being chilled.

3. Yam curry

Materials: 2 pounds of yam, 2 carrots, 2 onions, 1 chicken breast, 1 pound of curry powder, appropriate amount of Taibai powder

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1. Peel yams and carrots, cut into hob pieces, and set aside.

2. Cut the chicken breast into small cubes, add a little salt and starch and marinate briefly, soak in oil until the meat turns white and serve.

3. Heat the oil in the pan, sauté the onions until fragrant, add curry powder, then add carrots and yams, add a little water, simmer until cooked, then

add chicken breasts, Finally, thicken the soup with cornstarch.

4. Yam salted cake

Ingredients: 3 jins of yam, 8 bowls of water, 3 taels of minced meat, 1 jin of rice noodles, 3 pods of shiitake mushrooms, 2 taels of shrimps

Seasoning : Salt 1 1/2 tablespoons pepper 1 1/2 teaspoons

Method:

1. Peel the yam and cut into thin strips and set aside.

2. Disperse the rice noodles with 3 bowls of water first, then mix them with 5 bowls of boiling water to form a rice paste.

3. Heat the oil in the pan, sauté the shrimps and mushrooms until fragrant, add the minced meat and stir-fry, then add the yam and seasonings, finally pour in the rice milk, mix well, and cook over low heat until it becomes thick and paste-like , pour into a container, place in a steamer and steam over high heat for 1 hour.

4. After cooling (can be refrigerated for 4 days to 1 week), fry the yam cake into slices before eating.

5. Pearl and Jade Porridge

Ingredients: 1 catty yam, 4 taels of coix seed, half a tael of orange cake

Preparation method: Cut the orange cake into small pieces.

Method:

First cook the barley until thoroughly cooked, then cut the yam into small dices, put them into the pot and cook together to make porridge, and finally put the orange cake into the cooked porridge. Just hit it.

Efficacy: Nourish the lungs, strengthen the spleen, and nourish the stomach. It is suitable for all symptoms of spleen and lung qi deficiency such as yin deficiency and internal heat, labored cough, diarrhea, loss of appetite, etc. It is used for chronic conditioning, with 5 ~7 days is a course of treatment, taken twice a day.

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Seasoning: salt 1 1/2 teaspoon pepper 1 teaspoon black vinegar 1 tablespoon sesame oil a little

Method:

1. Cut all materials into shreds and set aside.

2. Boil the water, add all the ingredients and cook, finally season and thicken.

7. Yam oil rice

Ingredients: 1 jin of yam, glutinous rice, 1 jin of oil, green onions, 2 tablespoons of minced meat, 2 ounces of salad oil, half a cup of shiitake mushrooms, a little shrimp, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, a little salt, a little flavour. A little

Method:

1. Peel and dice the yam and fry until cooked.

2 Soak the mushrooms until soft and cut into shreds.

3. Soak the glutinous rice for 4 hours, steam for 15 minutes and set aside.

4. Add minced meat to another pan, stir-fry mushrooms, dried shrimps, and yam for a few times, then add scallions, soy sauce, salt, and MSG, stir-fry, and finally add glutinous rice and mix well.

8. Yam and colorful shrimps

Ingredients: 1 pound of yam, half a pound of shrimps, 2 tablespoons of pea pods, half carrot

Seasoning: A. Salt 1/ 2 teaspoons MSG, 1/4 teaspoon wine, 2 teaspoons pepper, 1/4 teaspoon

Sugar, vinegar, a little white powder, appropriate amount, a little sesame oil

Method:

1. Peel yams and carrots and soak in salt water for a while. Drain, cut into long corrugated pieces, blanch in boiling water and soak in water for later use.

2. Wash the shrimps and marinate them with ingredients A. for 20 minutes.

3. Soak the shrimps in oil and scoop them out.

4. Finally, heat the yam, carrots and shrimps into the pan, sauté until fragrant and stir-fry for a while, add the cornstarch, wait until the soup is slightly dry, add the pea pods, and then drizzle with sesame oil.

9. Three-color yam spring rolls

Ingredients: Half a pound of yam bean branches (red), a little coriander, a little spring roll wrapper, a little salad

Method:

1. Peel the yam and cut into long strips, fry into yam fries and set aside.

2. Put coriander, bean branches, yam strips on each spring roll wrapper, add some salad, and roll it into a spring roll shape.

10. Yam and Sishen Soup

Ingredients: 1 pound of pig small intestine, 1 pack of yam, 6 liang of rice, a little rice wine

Method:

< p>1. Wash the pig small intestine, scald it, wash it and cut it into small sections for later use.

2. Cook the pig intestines and four gods together until the intestines are soft (according to personal preference), then add small pieces of yam and continue cooking.

3. Add a little rice wine before eating.

11. Yam steamed buns

Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds of yam, 3 cups of flour (measuring cup), 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 1/2 cups of warm water, a pinch of sugar

< p>Method:

1. Peel the yam, wash and slice it, steam it, and press it into a puree for later use.

2. Dissolve the baking powder in warm water, pour it into a basin and mix it with flour and yam puree, then knead it into a dough by hand, cover it with a clean cloth and set it aside to let it ferment (for the length of time, Depending on the climate, after the dough swells, it can be kneaded into thick strips and cut into small sections.

3. Pour water into the steamer and steam over high heat for 10 minutes.

12. Yam buns

Ingredients: 700 grams of yam, 3 cups of ground meat, 600 grams of shrimp, 200 grams of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of sugar, a little shallot, a little pepper

< p> Preparation of fillings: fry dried shrimps, minced meat, and shredded yam with oil until fragrant, stir-fry until half cooked, then steam in an electric pot until fragrant and set aside.

Method:

1. The fermentation of the dough and the preparation of the steamed buns are the same as "without adding yam to the skin". After fermentation, knead into thick strips, cut into small sections, and add fillings.

2. Boil the water, put it in the steamer, and steam over high heat for 15 minutes.

13. Yam Cake

Ingredients: 600 grams of rice milk, 200 grams of yam, crispy red onions, a little dried shrimp, a little mushrooms, a little nine-story pagoda, a little light soy sauce, a little water chestnut powder 80 grams

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Note: Prepare some small soup bowls

Now for the rice milk: use the ratio of 1 cup of rice flour to 5 cups of water

Method:

1. Wash the dried shrimps, cut the mushrooms into small cubes and stir-fry until fragrant. Add half a cup of stock and seasonings. Serve.

2. Pour the nine-story tower with boiling oil and set aside.

3. Add water chestnut powder and diced yam to the rice milk. Use 3060 grams of water to gelatinize it. Place it in a small bowl and steam it in a steamer for 30 minutes. Take it out and add the ingredients in 1.2.

14. Tea towel long taro

Ingredients: About 2 pounds of yam, about 15 salted plums, 1 to 2 egg yolks

Method: Choose good quality meat from yam The white one is the material.

1. Cut the yam into thin slices and put them in a steamer and steam them over high heat.

2. Use a rice scoop to press the steamed yam through a filter while it is still hot until it becomes muddy.

3. Put the yam puree into the pot, add sugar, a little salt, and use medium heat to drain the water until it is no longer sticky to your hands.

4. Divide the yam puree into three equal parts, add salted plums to one part (remove the salted plums and cut into fine pieces) and add lemon to one part (grind the green peel of the lemon into fine pieces with a grinder) Add one portion of egg yolk (for vegetarians, lecithin can be used)

5. After all the yam puree has cooled, take a small pill of each and place it on an aluminum foil paper.

15. Jade Yam Soup

Ingredients: Approximately 1 pound of yam, appropriate amounts of vegetarian shrimps, straw mushrooms and spinach puree

Method:

1 .When buying straw mushrooms, try to pick small pieces, and cut yam and vegetarian shrimp into approximately the same size as the straw mushrooms.

2. Blanch the straw mushrooms in boiling water and a little salt.

3. Cook the yam until soft, then add straw mushrooms and vegetarian shrimps, cook briefly, add seasonings, pepper, and thicken with cornstarch water. Sprinkle spinach puree before serving; drizzle with sesame oil or not. Preferences > ※ Do not cook spinach puree for a long time as it will turn yellow. Yam is a healthy food. In order to eat healthily, this dish does not add oil and uses as little seasoning as possible.

16. Stewed yam with hundreds of fruits

Ingredients: about 1 catty of yam, appropriate amount of 1 catty of yam, red dates and vegetarian meat cubes, 1 catty of bean sprouts

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1. Soak the vegetarian meat pieces in boiling water until soft, wash them, squeeze out the water, add seasonings to taste, heat the oil pan and fry the vegetarian meat pieces until golden brown and set aside.

2. Cut the yam into pieces with a hob, the size is roughly the same as the ingredients. After the water boils, boil the red dates for 5 minutes, then add the yam and cook together. After the yam is cooked and soft, add the vegetarian meat cubes and minced fruits and continue cooking. Add seasonings and a little pepper, and finally use cornstarch water. Thinly thicken the gravy.

3. Blanch the bean sprouts until cooked, add seasonings and spread on the bottom of the plate.

17. Braised yam

Ingredients: 2 pounds of hind leg meat, 2 pounds of yam, 3 onions, 5 garlic cloves

Seasoning: 6 tablespoons of oil 1. 5 tablespoons of soy sauce 2. A little rock sugar 3. A little pepper

Method:

1. Cut the hind leg meat into about 3 cm pieces, heat the oil and fry it in a pan before draining Standby.

2. Cut the yam into cubes, add to the oil pan, drain and set aside.

3. Cut the green onions into large pieces and fry them in the oil pan, then remove them.

4. Put the meat, green onions and garlic into the pot and add the seasonings 1.2.3. Then heat, bring to a boil and simmer for 2 hours, then add the yam and simmer for 20 minutes. It is ready to serve. The dish is ready.

18. Yam stewed with seafood

Ingredients: 1. Half a catty of yam 2. 1 sea cucumber 3. 10 raw scallops, 10 carrots, 10 slices of shiitake mushrooms, 5 green beans, 1/8 catty

Seasoning: 1. 1 1/2 tablespoons of oyster sauce 2. 1 teaspoon of salt 3. Vinegar 1/2 teaspoon of salad oil 1/2 tablespoon of water 2 bowls of sesame oil 1 teaspoon of cornstarch

Method:

1. Slice yam

2. Wash and cut sea cucumbers into diagonal shapes and set aside.

3. Cut the mushrooms in half.

4. Add onion and mushrooms to the oil pan and saute until fragrant. Add carrots and stir-fry briefly. Add 2 bowls of water. When the water boils, add ingredients 1.2.3. and seasoning 1.2.3. Wait until the water boils. , add green beans and cook briefly, thicken with corn starch, add sesame oil when cooking and serve.

19. Yam Salad

Ingredients: 1. 1 catty of yam 2. 1/4 catty of ham 3. 1/4 catty of green bean kernels 4. 1/4 catty of carrot cubes 5 . 1/4 catty of corn kernels 6. 1 packet of salad dressing

Seasoning: 1 tsp of salt, a little salad oil

Method:

1. Combine the yam Cut into cubes and steam briefly in an electric pot.

2. Cut the ham into cubes and set aside.

3. Boil the water, add the ingredients 3.4.5., add seasonings and cook until cooked, remove and rinse with cold water, drain and set aside.

4. Mix together 1.2.3. and add salad dressing to make a delicious and nutritious cold dish.

※You can change the ham into a tuna can to make tuna salad. Raisins can also be added to increase color and sweetness.

20. Yam and pork ribs soup

Ingredients: 3 pounds of yam, half a pound of pork ribs, 6 slices of ginger

Seasoning: 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt, 1/4 of MSG teaspoon

Method:

1. Peel the yam, wash and cut into pieces.

2. Add 6 cups of water to the boneless pork ribs and bring to a boil. Add yam cubes and ginger slices and cook together for 10 minutes until the yam is cooked. Add seasonings.

21. Mustard yam

Ingredients: 1 catty yam

Seasoning: 2 tablespoons mustard 2 tablespoons soy sauce

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1. Peel the yam, wash and cut into thin slices.

2. Dip the yam slices into seasonings and serve.

22. Crispy yam

Ingredients: 3 pounds of yam, 1 pound of low-gluten flour, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 1 tablespoon each of salt and sugar, a little coriander

Method:

1. Peel and wash the yam, cut into shreds and set aside.

2. Mix flour, eggs, baking powder, salt, sugar, coriander and yam shreds together. Use a spoon to dig out small pieces and put them into the oil pan to fry until crispy. You can dip them in sweet and spicy sauce when eating. , black pepper.

23. Stir-fried mutton with yam

Ingredients: 6 taels of yam mutton 6 taels of ginger slices as appropriate, chili flakes as appropriate Appropriate amount

Method:

1. Peel the yam, wash, peel and slice, blanch in hot water and set aside.

2. Marinate the mutton slices with egg white, salt, and starch powder and put them in the refrigerator to wake up.

3. Heat the oil pan for about 5-6 minutes, fry the mutton and set aside.

4. Heat up a pan of oil and put ginger and chili into the pan and sauté until fragrant, add seasonings and stock, then simmer 1. for about 2 minutes, add 3. stir-fry to thicken, and pour on Just use sesame oil.

24. Cold yam

Ingredients: 0.5 pounds of yam, 4 taels of small cucumbers appropriate amount

Method:

1. Peel and wash the yam, cut into shreds and set aside.

2. Wash the cucumbers, cut into shreds and set aside.

3. Place 2. on the bottom of the plate, then place 1. on top of 2., and pour the seasoning on it.

25. Yam fillets

Ingredients: 0.5 kilograms of yam, fish meat (or seabass), 7-8 taels (1 kilogram), green pea kernels, 1 tael of shredded ginger, appropriate amount of garlic slices, appropriate amount of chili flakes Appropriate amount

Method:

1. Peel and wash the yam, cut into slices and set aside.

2. Marinate the fish slices with egg white, salt, and starch and set aside.

3. Boil a pot of water and blanch 1. Drain and set aside.

4. Heat a pot of oil for about 5-6 minutes, 2. Pour out the oil and set aside.

5. Heat up a pan of oil and put ginger, garlic and chili into the pan and sauté until fragrant, then add 3. into the pan and add seasonings and stock to simmer, then stir-fry 4. to thicken the sauce and drizzle with sesame oil , finally boil the green beans and sprinkle them on top.

26. Yam Salad Sandwich

Ingredients: 1 pound of yam, 2 eggs, salad, ham, carrots, cucumbers, a little toast and bread

Method:

1. Peel the yam and cut into small dices, cut the carrot into small dices, cook and dice the eggs and set aside.

2. Add diced ham and cucumber dices to the salad, mix well, and serve with bread.

27. Salted yam balls

Ingredients: 1 pound of yam balls, shiitake mushrooms, shredded pork, dried shrimps, appropriate amount of coriander, green onions, garlic, and a little celery

How to make yam balls :

. Peel the yam, steam it and press it into mud. Add an appropriate amount of sweet potato powder, knead it into a ball, cut it into small pieces and blanch it for later use.

1. Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the onions and garlic. Add the dried shrimps and mushrooms and stir-fry until fragrant. Add water and bring to a boil. Add the yam balls, shredded pork and seasonings. Sprinkle with coriander and drizzle before serving. Add sesame oil and serve.

28. Yam and sesame oil chicken

Ingredients: 2 pounds of yam chicken, 1 old ginger slice, several slices of sesame oil, appropriate amount of wine, appropriate amount of MSG

Method:

1. Peel the yam, wash and cut into cubes for later use.

2. Wash and cut the chicken into pieces and set aside.

3. Pour sesame oil into the pot and sauté the ginger slices until fragrant, add the chicken pieces and stir-fry briefly, add wine and an appropriate amount of water, cook until the chicken is almost cooked, add ingredients 1., and cook over low heat for ten minutes. .

29. Seaweed and yam rolls

Ingredients: 2 pounds of yam, ham, carrots, green beans, appropriate amount of seaweed 3 sheets

Seasoning: salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper A little batter

Instructions:

1. Peel the yam, wash it, cut it into 0.5 cm strips with ham and carrots and set aside.

2. Spread out the seaweed skin and put it in. 1. Sprinkle the ingredients with seasonings, roll into a long round shape, dip in batter and fry until cooked.

3. It is more delicious when dipped in sweet and spicy sauce.

30. Golden yam balls

Ingredients: 2 pounds of yam, minced meat, a little bread flour, 1 packet

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Method:

1. Peel and wash the yam, steam and pound into a paste.

2. Add ground yam and seasonings to the yam paste and roll into balls, dip in bread flour and fry until cooked.

31. Stir-fried beef with yam

Ingredients: 2 pounds of yam and 1 pound of beef

Seasoning: salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, a little white powder, minced garlic A little egg white

Method:

1. Peel, wash and slice the yam, blanch in boiling water, remove and set aside.

2. Add cornstarch and egg white to beef slices, pour over warm oil, drain and set aside.

3. Heat the oil in the pan and sauté the minced garlic until fragrant, add the yam, add half a bowl of water and bring to a boil, then add the beef slices and seasonings and stir-fry for a few times.