How to get rid of the mutton smell when stewing mutton for winter?

Take some nourishment in winter and you will be as strong as a tiger in the coming year. As soon as winter comes in many places in Sichuan, it becomes popular to eat mutton soup. People often say that eating more mutton soup in winter can help keep out the cold and strengthen muscles and bones. Every year when winter comes, there are stalls selling mutton everywhere in the streets and alleys. Raw mutton costs tens of yuan per pound. You can buy it home and make it yourself. It is much cheaper than the mutton soup in restaurants outside.

Although mutton soup is delicious and delicious, the smell of mutton stops many people who want to make their own mutton soup. Many people want to make mutton soup at home, which is cleaner and more affordable, but they don't know much about how to remove the mutton smell. I'm afraid that I can't handle it well and stew a pot of mutton soup full of mutton smell, which will cause waste. As long as you use the right method, the smell of mutton is very easy to clean up. Today let’s talk about how to easily and conveniently get rid of the mutton smell when making mutton soup at home?

What ingredients can be used to clean up the smell of mutton?

The smell of mutton is the biggest factor that makes people reluctant to eat mutton, but if you eat mutton outside, there is no smell of mutton. No, I won't worry either. In fact, as long as the mutton smell of mutton soup is cleaned up well, you won't smell the mutton smell when eating it. So when stewing mutton soup, what ingredients can be used to clean up the mutton smell?

There are many things that can clean up the mutton smell. Common ones include: white radish (also a side dish), angelica, ginger, vinegar, cooking wine, orange peel, walnuts, tangerine peel, hawthorn, and wolfberry. Generally, when stewing mutton soup at home, white radish, angelica, and ginger are the main ones. If you have several other ingredients at home, you can also add some. Not all ingredients that remove the odor need to be included. There are one or more. That’s it.

What tips can you use to clean up the mutton smell?

As mentioned before, there are many ingredients that can clean up the mutton smell. When stewing mutton soup, add some to help clean up the mutton. Smell. But often we have a lot of mutton, but we can’t put too much deodorizing ingredients. Therefore, when stewing soup, in addition to removing the mutton-smelling ingredients, you also need to master some tips for stewing mutton to help clean up the mutton smell.

Tips 1. Put the mutton in water and soak it for a few hours, changing the water occasionally. Putting the mutton into the water will allow the blood in the mutton to penetrate into the water, bringing with it some of the mutton smell.

Tips 2: Do not cover the pot when stewing mutton soup. Many people do not thoroughly clean up the smell of mutton soup, and often just cover the pot while simmering the mutton soup. Because the mutton smell will evaporate during the stewing process. If the pot is covered with a lid, the smell will not come out and will easily remain in the pot and be absorbed. Therefore, the stewed mutton will not completely clean up the mutton smell.

White radish stewed with mutton soup

Ingredients to prepare: appropriate amount of mutton (mutton costs tens of yuan per catty, usually 2 or 3 catties), a large piece of old ginger , a little Angelica dahurica, appropriate amount of coriander.

Production process:

1. First put the mutton in water, soak it for half a day, clean off the mutton blood, and then cut it into several large pieces. (Note: The mutton we buy is often a large piece. When making soup, it is best to divide it into several large pieces.)

2. Wash the old ginger and cut it into slices. Wash the white radish and cut into pieces.

3. Add an appropriate amount of water to the stew pot, add the mutton, ginger slices, and a few slices of Angelica dahurica to the cold water. Bring to a simmer over high heat. After boiling, adjust the heat to medium and simmer for a few hours. (Note: The mutton should be put into the pot under cold water. This will allow the mutton to heat up slowly and help remove the smell. At the same time, do not cover the pot during the stewing process. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat and simmer for a few hours until Stew the mutton until fragrant. )

4. Take out the mutton, add the white radish and cook over high heat. Cut the mutton into thin slices, and when the white radish is cooked, put it back into the pot and simmer it together for a while. (Note: After the mutton is stewed, you can use chopsticks to gently pierce it. Pour the radish into the soup to absorb the smell of the soup. Cut the mutton into slices and return to the pot to stew together to make the whole mutton The soup will be more fragrant. )

5. After simmering, add a small spoonful of salt and coriander, mix well, and serve.

Summary

The mutton smell is very easy to clean up, and many ingredients to remove the mutton smell are always available at home. When we are stewing mutton soup, we only need to remember to soak the mutton, put it in cold water, add some ginger, angelica or other ingredients to remove the odor, and simmer without covering the pot to make a pot of rich and fragrant stew. Mutton soup without any smell. There are many ways to remove mutton and it is easy to clean. After learning these methods, do you still need to worry about the smell of stewed mutton soup? It's getting cold, so take action quickly and stew some mutton soup to nourish your body. It will warm your heart, stomach and strengthen your body.

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