Steamed Pork Ribs with Pomelo Peel During the season when pomelo is on the market in large quantities, most people tend to throw away the pomelo peel after eating the pulp. In fact, this is a pity.
Because pomelo peel is edible, it is not only rich in nutrients, but also has therapeutic effects such as warming the stomach, resolving phlegm, and moisturizing the throat.
Selection of pomelo peel In terms of material selection, it is best to use the pomelo peel of Thai golden pomelo.
Because the skin of Thai golden pomelo is thicker, whiter, and has a rich aroma; it would be better if you use unripe Guangxi Shatian pomelo peel. The pomelo peel is thicker and the aroma is stronger. It is a rare and good material.
How to take the grapefruit peel: Take 1 grapefruit, use a paring knife to score the peel vertically into a 5-petal boat shape, then peel the skin to all sides and take out the pulp of the grapefruit.
Be careful when removing the grapefruit pulp. It is best not to break the grapefruit peel to keep it intact.
How to treat grapefruit peel: With grapefruit peel, first peel off the green and yellow skin. This layer of skin is hard and astringent and cannot be eaten, leaving a white "cotton" inner layer.
Then use boiling water to roll the grapefruit peel for 10 minutes (chopsticks can pierce it), then pick it up and soak it in water for one night. Pick it up the next day and squeeze out the water, then soak it in clean water, and repeat this for several times.
After removing the astringency from the grapefruit peel, cut it into chunks.
Pomelo peel cooking method In the past, some people liked to rub the pomelo peel with lard, let the pomelo peel absorb enough lard to make it smooth, and then use lard to fry the pomelo peel until it loosens, and then cook it into dishes.
Nowadays, everyone pays attention to health and is afraid of greasiness, so this method is basically not used.
Just soak the pomelo peel, cut it into pieces, and squeeze out the water, then simmer it with the soup for a few hours, so that the pomelo peel can fully absorb the deliciousness of the soup, then turn off the heat to collect the juice, and finally stir-fry the shrimps with garlic,
Boil the minced meat and other ingredients into juice and pour it on the pomelo skin.
Braised Pork with Pomelo Peel Ingredients: 250 grams of processed pomelo peel, appropriate amounts of oil, garlic slices (or green garlic), refined salt, chicken essence, and soy sauce.
Method: 1. Squeeze the water from pomelo peel and cut into cucumber strips and set aside.
2. Heat the oil pan and use a little more oil than usual to fry the vegetables.
3. Use high heat to sauté the garlic slices or green garlic until fragrant, then add the pomelo peel strips and stir-fry for a while, add the prepared seasoning (salt, chicken essence, soy sauce) and add water (water until the pomelo peel strips can absorb all the water and return it to the sauce).
There is a slight surplus), cover the pot and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes to absorb the flavor.
4. Uncover the pot to collect the juice, and finally pour a little cooked oil into the pot and serve.
Features: Fragrant and appetizing, unique flavor.
Tip: If you like spicy food, you can add a little Guizhou "Laoganma" black bean chili sauce to make it more delicious.
Regular consumption of pomelo peel can also reduce qi and relieve cough, clear fire and relieve constipation, lower lipids and sugar, which is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people or patients with diabetes.
Foodie tip: Eating the pomelo peel alone is too tasteless. Stewing the pomelo peel with the braised pork has just the right combination of properties, not bland or greasy, and has a moderate taste.
There are many dishes made with pomelo peel: such as pomelo peel duck stew, pomelo peel roasted pork belly, pomelo peel bacon stew, pomelo peel roasted pork ribs, etc.
If you are interested, you might as well make it into a pomelo peel feast.
Among the many autumn fruits, grapefruit is the largest, generally weighing more than 1,000 grams. It matures around August 15th of the lunar calendar every year, and its skin is thick and durable, so it is known as "natural canned fruit".
{Picture 3: Grapefruit has high nutritional value and is rich in protein, organic acids, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium and other essential elements for the human body, which are unmatched by other fruits.
Each 100 grams of grapefruit contains 0.7 grams of protein, 0.6 grams of fat, and 57kcarl calories.
Grapefruit not only has high nutritional value, but also has the effects of strengthening the stomach, moistening the lungs, nourishing the blood, clearing the intestines, and facilitating bowel movements. It can promote wound healing and has a good auxiliary effect on septicemia.
In addition, because grapefruit contains the physiologically active substance dermaside, it can reduce the viscosity of blood and reduce the formation of thrombus, so it also has a good preventive effect on cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebral thrombosis, stroke, etc.
Fresh pomelo meat is an ideal food for diabetics because it contains ingredients similar to insulin.
Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that grapefruit is sweet and sour, cold in nature, and has the effects of regulating qi and reducing phlegm, moistening the lungs and clearing the intestines, nourishing blood and strengthening the spleen.
Regulate qi and disperse stagnation.