Summer is the season for barbecue. Every night, walking in the streets and alleys, there are barbecue stalls everywhere. Maodou and barbecue are the best match, usually when we eat barbecue, we will order a plate of boiled maodou, do the next drink. Sometimes, when the waiting time for food is too long, the boss will also send a plate of boiled wool beans, or marinated peanuts, so that we can eat while waiting.

How to make boiled wool beans:

Preparation of ingredients: wool beans, peppercorns, dashi, cinnamon, dried red pepper, salt, cooking wine, cooking oil.

The first step: clean the beans. When cleaning the beans, you can add a spoonful of salt, salt can inhibit the decomposition of chlorophyll within the beans, so that the color of the cooked beans green, not yellow. After the beans are cleaned, fish out and control the water and standby.

Step 2: Add water to the pot, cool the water into the peppercorns, star anise, dried red chili peppers, ginger, and bring to a boil over high heat. The process of boiling water, you can make the fragrance of the spices out, so that the fragrance into the water, cooked out of the more flavorful beans

The third step: turn on the fire, cook until the water bubbles, add half a spoon cooking oil, add cooking oil is also to prevent the decomposition of chlorophyll within the beans, so that cooked out of the green color of the beans do not turn yellow. Then, the cleaned beans, into the pot. Be sure to wait for the water to boil until small bubbles, and then add the beans to cook, so that you can shorten the cooking time of the beans.

Step 4: Once the beans are in the pot, stir them well with a spatula so that they are heated evenly, and cook them on high heat for 5 minutes over medium-low heat. Don't cook the beans for too long, not only will the color of the beans be yellow, but the beans will also become soft and unpalatable. After turning off the heat, let it cool naturally, and you can take it out of the pot. If you are not in a hurry to eat, marinate for 1-2 hours for more flavor.

Warm Tips:

1. Be sure not to cover the pot when making boiled beans, the color of the beans will turn yellow if you cook with the lid on.

2. Cooked beans, can be eaten directly, if you can not eat, you can also be placed in the refrigerator with the soup, refrigerated for a few hours before eating, cold, eat better flavor.