The nutritional value of grapefruit is very rich, and its whole body is full of treasures. You can also make a lot of delicious food from grapefruit peel, you must not have thought of it!
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How to make delicious grapefruit peels
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and the grapefruits on the market are starting to go on sale. Mom asked me not to throw away the grapefruit peels after I finished eating! She taught me how to make such a dish, which is really unique and very appetizing.
Few people know that grapefruit peel can be eaten in cooking and is nutritious. Especially suitable for eating in autumn, it can reduce phlegm and relieve cough, promote body fluid and moisturize the lungs. People who like spicy food can try it. According to my mother's recipe, it is simple and delicious, especially appetizing with rice!
Ingredients: grapefruit peel (half is enough), fresh red pepper, garlic
Method:
1. Cut the pepper and garlic into small cubes and add them first Mix light soy sauce, a little dark soy sauce, a little vinegar and salt evenly and marinate for half an hour. Note: Be sure to marinate in advance, the pepper will not taste good if it is not marinated.
2. Wash the grapefruit peel, peel off the surface and slice it into slices. Boil a pot of water, pour the cut grapefruit peel into the boiling water, boil for about 2 minutes, then scoop it out, let it cool or rinse with cold water, squeeze out as much water as possible from the grapefruit peel, and set aside.
Note: Don’t cook it for too long, as it will taste soft after cooking for a long time. Pick it up and let it cool naturally, or use cold boiled water instead of tap water.
3. Pour the pickled peppers into the grapefruit peels that have been squeezed out of the water, add some sesame oil, mix well and you can eat!
A complete list of homemade recipes for grapefruit peel
1. Spicy fried grapefruit peel
Materials: 250 grams of grapefruit peel, 25 grams of green pepper, 25 grams of red pepper, 4-6 cloves of garlic, appropriate amount of tempeh, 100 grams of lean meat, appropriate amount of salad oil
Method:
(1) Boil the grapefruit peel in a pot until it is raw, then add it to the water Float for two days. (Before frying the grapefruit peel, you must boil it in a pot and then float it in water for two days, otherwise it will have a bitter taste.)
(2) Remove the water from the bleached grapefruit peel and cut it into small pieces.
(3) Shred the meat, slice green and red peppers, and slice garlic.
(4) Heat the pan with cold oil and stir-fry the shredded pork, garlic slices, green and red peppers and black bean until fragrant.
(5) Fry the grapefruit peel over high heat and add light soy sauce at the same time.
2. Candied grapefruit peel
Ingredients: 150g grapefruit peel, appropriate amount of rock sugar, appropriate amount of white sugar
Method:
(1) Take out the grapefruit peel and try not to remove the white part.
(2) Add sugar and marinate overnight.
(3) After marinating overnight, the skin becomes soft and some liquid comes out.
(4) Put it in the pot, add some rock sugar and cook over low heat.
(5) Cook until the sugar is thick and the grapefruit peel becomes transparent.
3. Braised grapefruit peel
Ingredients: 200g grapefruit peel, 25g green pepper, 25g red pepper, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of blending oil, appropriate amount of cornstarch, Appropriate amount of Yuanzhen sugar
Method:
(1) Cut grapefruit peel, lean meat into cubes and mix with light soy sauce and cornstarch.
(2) Cut the grapefruit peel into thick pieces. Because it is braised, you can cut it thicker. Cut it and soak it for 2 or 3 hours. Squeeze more water in the middle to reduce the bitter taste. Or just boil it in a pot of water for 10-15 minutes, then squeeze and wash it a few times.
(3) Cut green and red pepper into shreds.
(4) Heat the oil in the pan and fry the meat until it changes colour.
(5) Add the grapefruit peel and stir-fry.
(6) Seasoning, light soy sauce, sugar, appropriate amount of salt (optional).
(7) Add enough seasonings and appropriate amount of water to mix well. Because grapefruit peel is very absorbent, if you do not mix it well and pour it directly like soy sauce, the local grapefruit peel will absorb too much of the seasoning. Resulting in uneven coloring.
(8) Mix the seasonings and water into the pot. Cover and simmer.
(9) Cook until the grapefruit peel is soft and add shredded chili pepper. Stir-fry until the chili shreds change color and serve.
4. Stuffed with grapefruit peel and meat
Ingredients: 4 pieces of grapefruit peel, 300 grams of pork filling, appropriate amount of green onion, appropriate amount of ginger, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of cooking wine, appropriate amount of oyster sauce, a little sesame oil, starch Appropriate amount, a little tempeh, a little sugar, an appropriate amount of stock, an appropriate amount of vegetable oil
Method:
(1) Wash the grapefruit peel, remove the yellow peel, cut it into triangles, and blanch it in boiling water , drain the water.
(2) Add salt, cooking wine, green onion and ginger to the pork filling to make a filling.
(3) Cut a knife in the middle of the grapefruit peel and mix it well. The stuffing is stuffed into the grapefruit peel.
(4) Place the pot on the fire and when the oil is hot, add the grapefruit, stuffed with the meat side down, and fry until it changes color. Add the black beans, green onions, stock, salt, sugar, oyster sauce, and chicken essence and stir-fry. Thicken the gravy.
5. Kirin Chicken with Pomelo Peel
Ingredients: 1 chicken, 150g mushrooms (dried), 300g grapefruit peel, a little ginger, a little green onion, appropriate amount of salt, MSG Appropriate amount, a little chicken fat, appropriate amount of pepper, appropriate amount of sesame oil, appropriate amount of rice wine
Method:
(1) Peel off the green peel of the grapefruit, blanch it, rinse with water to remove the bitterness, and use it for soup , monosodium glutamate, salt, and chicken fat are simmered until seasoned and set aside. Remove the stems of the mushrooms, wash them, blanch them and drain them. Add soup, Shaoxing wine, ginger, green onion, salt, monosodium glutamate and chicken oil. Place them in a stew pot and steam them for 30 minutes. Leave to cool and set aside.
(2) Wash the bare chicken, put it into low heat and simmer for 15 minutes. When the chicken is just cooked, take it out and let it cool, remove the bones and leave the skin and meat for later use.
(3) Cut the cooked chicken, grapefruit peel, and mushrooms diagonally into pieces 4 cm long and 1 cm wide, then arrange the chicken, grapefruit peel, and mushrooms neatly on the plate at intervals, and place the chicken heads on the plate. Place the tail on both ends, the wings on both sides, thicken with flavored soup and pour over it.
How to deal with grapefruit peel before cooking
1. Selection of materials
When cooking with grapefruit peel, in terms of material selection, it is best to use Thai golden pomelo. Skin. Because the skin of Thai golden pomelo is thicker, whiter and richer in aroma. It would be even 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.
2. Take the peel
Take 1 grapefruit, use a fruit knife to score the grapefruit peel vertically into a 5-petal boat shape, then peel the skin to all sides and take out the grapefruit. flesh. Be careful when removing the grapefruit pulp. It is best not to break the grapefruit peel to keep it intact.
3. Remove the bitterness
With the grapefruit peel, first peel off the green and yellow skin. This skin is hard and astringent and cannot be eaten, leaving the white "cotton" inner layer. . Then roll the grapefruit peel in boiling water for 10 minutes until it can be pierced with chopsticks. 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. Repeat this for several times until the grapefruit is removed. After removing the astringent taste from the skin, cut it into chunks. Without grapefruit peels that have been processed in this way, cooking will be very bitter and difficult to swallow.