After first frost and first frost, the weather became colder and the dew became frosty. Layers of forest are dyed, mountains are red, leaves are falling, and chrysanthemums are in full bloom. It is a good time for people to climb mountains and enjoy chrysanthemums. In this season, we also need to keep warm, prevent dryness, relieve depression, properly nourish and mediate body and mind.

Qiu Ju, "Autumn bushes are like Taoists, and they are gradually inclined around the fence. It's not that chrysanthemums are favored in flowers, but this flower is even more flowerless. " The description of the last gorgeous chrysanthemum in autumn in Tang Dynasty and Yuan Zhen's poems. Just right, the realistic scenery. It's a good story to enjoy chrysanthemums, but it's different to make delicious food with chrysanthemums. After first frost, chrysanthemum appreciation is one of the important customs of the Double Ninth Festival. Chrysanthemum can be used as medicine, which has the effects of dispersing wind and heat, clearing liver and improving eyesight. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu's "Chrysanthemum" said: "If you want to know, you will be old-fashioned medicine, and flowers will only begin when a hundred herbs are destroyed." It's about chrysanthemums.

Steamed Chrysanthemum Meat:

Ingredients preparation:

25g pork belly, 5g dried chrysanthemum, onion, ginger, 3 sweet potatoes, star anise, pepper, fragrant leaves, salt, chicken essence, oyster sauce, soy sauce and water starch.

Production method:

Step 1.

Peel the onion and ginger and cut them into pieces. Slice pork belly. Peel the sweet potato and cut it into thin slices for use. Soak the dried chrysanthemum in proper amount of boiling water until soft.

Step 2.

Clean the chopped pork belly. Add onion, ginger, pepper, star anise, salt, chicken essence, oyster sauce, sugar and soy sauce. Marinate for 1 hour.

Step 3.

Take an empty dish, put the cut sweet potatoes into the dish, and put the salted pork belly on it. Add some soaked dried chrysanthemums on it.

Step 4.

Pour enough water into the pot and bring the water to a boil over high fire. Add the prepared pork belly and continue to steam for an hour.

Step 5.

Pour the steamed soup into the pot. Adding water soaked in dried chrysanthemum and dried chrysanthemum. Then pour in an appropriate amount of water starch, boil the soup until it is thick, and pour it on the steamed meat.

chrysanthemums can disperse wind and heat. Clearing liver and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and toxic materials. Steamed meat with it is fragrant, soft and mellow, fat but not greasy, especially for meals.

why is meat cooked in hot water?

Steamed meat in hot water can quickly solidify the outer protein of the meat. Make the cultivation in the meat exist in the meat. Keep the meat fresh and juicy.

fresh chrysanthemums are better for this dish.

It's best to use fresh chrysanthemums to prepare dishes. There are two steps to integrate the flavor of chrysanthemums into dishes. Wash the chrysanthemums with salt water first. Take half of fresh chrysanthemum petals and soak them in hot water. Then marinate it in the meat. This can make the fresh and tender taste of chrysanthemum blend into the meat. And leave some fresh chrysanthemums. Use it when you are making juice. When the juice is thick, add fresh chrysanthemum petals. This way, it can taste like chrysanthemum. It will also keep the fresh and tender taste of fresh chrysanthemums.