Throughout the year, due to the abundant sunshine and rain in summer, vegetables are the freshest, diverse, large in quantity and cheap, so they are not heavy to eat every day. It is freezing in winter, and there are few fresh vegetables. Even if there is, it is also a high-priced dish in the greenhouse, which is not delicious.
So many people will buy some fresh vegetables in summer and save them for winter. There are many ways to preserve fresh vegetables, such as drying, salting and freezing.
Compared with other methods, freezing is the best way to preserve, and there is no need to worry about getting wet, and it will not breed bacteria, and the storage time is the longest.
Every summer, I buy some frozen vegetables, such as cucumbers. Wholesale price 1 yuan, 1 kg, buy 30 kg, frozen meat is delicious in winter. What? Can cucumbers still be frozen? You are an amateur. As we all know, cucumber can't be frozen because it contains 96.7% water. After freezing, water freezes, frostbite will occur, and it will become stale and inedible.
When I say freezing, I don't mean freezing directly. You need to master the right method to avoid frostbite, and it is as crisp and delicious as fresh cucumber, especially delicious.
Today, I'm going to share with you the frozen preservation method of fresh cucumbers. When freezing is cheaper, you will have good food in winter.
Refrigerated cucumber
Prepare 30 Jin of cucumber.
way
The first step is to buy some fresh cucumbers. It's best to go to the vegetable market to find those rural grandmothers and grandfathers to buy. Their cucumbers are grown directly, without pesticides and farmyard manure. Cucumber is of good quality. After the cucumber is bought, put it in clean water, brush off the burr on the surface with a dish cloth, and then drain the water.
Step 2: Cut the cucumber into large pieces, or slice it if you want, put it in a large pot, add a bag of salt, put on gloves to avoid hurting your hands, stir the cucumber and salt evenly by hand, and marinate it in a cool and ventilated place for 4 hours, and turn it frequently.
Step 3, after the cucumber is salted out, pour off the excess water, then wash the cucumber twice with clear water to wash off the excess salt.
Step 4, find a net bag or gauze, put the cucumber in and squeeze out the remaining water of the cucumber. Then find some fresh-keeping bags, pack the cucumbers according to the quantity and put them in the refrigerator for freezing. After 1 year, they are still fresh, crisp and chewy, fried and braised, cold and delicious.
Share a delicious fried meat with cucumber and fungus. Fried frozen cucumbers are better than fresh cucumbers. If you haven't eaten it before, try it.
Fried meat with cucumber and fungus
Prepare tenderloin, fungus, frozen cucumber, salt, cooking wine, starch, eggs, garlic, dried peppers, soy sauce and soy sauce.
working methods
1. Slice tenderloin, wash, drain water, add proper amount of salt, cooking wine, eggs and starch, stir by hand until the meat slices become sticky, and marinate for 10 minute.
2. The fungus is soaked in advance, the frozen cucumber is thawed, the garlic is cut into minced garlic, and the dried pepper is cut into sections.
3. Heat the oil in the pan, pour in the marinated meat slices and stir fry for half a minute. Stir-fry the sliced meat, change color and serve out. Add minced garlic and dried chilli, stir-fry until fragrant, then add black fungus and frozen cucumber, stir-fry until immature, then pour in sliced meat, add appropriate amount of salt, soy sauce and chicken essence to taste, stir-fry evenly and serve.
This dish is smooth and tender with sliced meat, crisp cucumber and fresh fungus. It is very delicious. You can eat two bowls of rice.
The chef has something to say.
Vegetables with high water content can be frozen, such as cucumber, celery and lettuce, but they cannot be stored directly. They should be frozen after removing excess water, so that they will not freeze and keep the fresh vegetables crisp.