Can the skin of Chaenomeles be eaten?
The meat of Chaenomeles is tender. There are many ways to eat Chaenomeles. Fresh melons can be sliced, shredded, fried in meat, vegetarian, cold, made into soup, hot pot and high-quality dumpling stuffing. It can also be processed into pickled products or canned food. In foreign countries, besides the fruit, the roots of Chaenomeles can also be eaten. The method and flavor are similar to those of potatoes, and they contain more vitamins A and C. Young leaves and shoots can also be eaten as vegetables, which is incomparable to many vegetables. Chaenomeles belongs to warm food, so people with yin deficiency, body heat and weak constitution should eat less.
if the bergamot is tender, you don't need to peel it; if it is too old, you should remove the skin.
Fingered citron is full of nutrition in melons and vegetables. Eating it regularly is beneficial to enhance the human body's ability to resist diseases. The content of protein and calcium in bergamot is 2-3 times that of cucumber, and the content of vitamins and minerals is also significantly higher than other melons. Besides, it is a low-calorie food and a health-care vegetable for patients with heart disease and hypertension. Eating bergamot regularly can induce diuresis and excrete sodium, which has the functions of dilating blood vessels and lowering blood pressure. Children often eat fingered citron with more zinc, which is helpful to improve their intelligence. Chaenomeles has the functions of regulating qi, soothing the liver and relieving cough, and is suitable for people with dyspepsia, chest tightness, flatulence, vomiting, liver and stomach gas pain, bronchitis, cough and expectoration. In addition, the selenium content of fingered citron seedlings is as high as 3.58-53.1 micrograms per 1 grams, which is incomparable to many vegetables. Chaenomeles has a good effect on male sexual dysfunction.
the nutritional value of chayote
1. Chayote is full of nutrition in melons and vegetables, and eating it regularly is beneficial to enhance the human body's ability to resist diseases.
2. The content of protein and calcium in fingered citron is 2-3 times higher than that in cucumber, and the content of vitamins and minerals is significantly higher than that in other melons. Besides, it is a low-calorie food and a health-care vegetable for patients with heart disease and hypertension. Eating bergamot regularly can induce diuresis and excrete sodium, which has the functions of dilating blood vessels and lowering blood pressure.
3. According to the report of National Nutrition Association, zinc has a great influence on children's intelligence development, and eating fingered citron with more zinc often helps to improve intelligence.
4. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the functions of regulating qi, regulating middle energizer, soothing the liver and relieving cough, and is suitable for people with dyspepsia, chest tightness, flatulence, vomiting, gas pain in liver and stomach, bronchitis, cough and excessive phlegm.
5. The selenium content of fingered citron seedlings is as high as 3.58-53.1 micrograms per 1 grams, which is incomparable to many vegetables. Modern medicine has proved that selenium is an indispensable trace element in human body, and the daily intake of each adult should be 3-5 micrograms. Selenium has strong antioxidant effect and can protect the structure and function of cell membrane from damage.
6. Chaenomeles has a good effect on male and female infertility caused by nutrition, especially on male sexual dysfunction.
How to eat Chaenomeles
There are many ways to eat Chaenomeles. Fresh melons can be sliced and shredded, fried in meat, vegetarian, cold, soup, hot pot and high-quality dumpling stuffing. It can also be processed into pickled products or canned food. In foreign countries, fingered citron is eaten by steaming, baking, frying and frying. Besides fruit, rhizome can also be eaten, which is similar to potato in method and flavor, and contains more vitamins A and C. Young leaves and shoots can also be eaten as vegetables.
When eating Chaenomeles, it is best to choose young fruits. The ones with shiny shoulders and shallow longitudinal grooves on the surface of the peel are better, and the peel is bright green, tender and unhardened. The market period of Chaenomeles is late autumn, which is very resistant to storage. It can be kept from October to March-April at room temperature, and its flavor is basically unchanged.
Chaenomeles recipe
Stir-fried Chaenomeles
Ingredients: 1 Chaenomeles, salad oil, 4 grams of salt and garlic
Method
1. Slice Chaenomeles and crush garlic
2. Heat the oil. Stir-fry garlic for fragrance, and quickly stir-fry bergamot and salt for flavor.
Braised chicken wings with bergamot
Ingredients: 2 bergamot, 8 chicken wings, 1 whole garlic, 1 small piece of ginger, 1 small cup of white wine, 5 crystal sugar, 1 small pinch of pepper, 2 tablespoons of Lee Kum Kee spicy bean paste. 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce
Practice
1. Pour chicken wings into boiling water and blanch for 1 minute, then take them out and immerse them in cold water to cool, and then take them out and chop them into 3 small pieces
2. Peel garlic, wash it, slice ginger, peel fingered citron and cut them into pieces (it is best to wear disposable gloves when peeling)
3. Pour a proper amount of oil into a wok, heat and sprinkle. Then add ginger slices and garlic cloves and stir well
4. Stir-fry chicken pieces, then stir-fry rock sugar, soy sauce and white wine, then stir-fry bergamot, cover it and simmer for 1 minutes.
Tips for China Eating Network
1. This dish should be made of Pixian watercress, but I found that Lee Kum Kee's spicy bean paste is also very good, right? Sisters overseas are worth a try.
2. Chicken wings in this dish can also be replaced with chicken pieces. IF you like more meat, you can of course cook it with chicken legs.
3. Chaenomeles is a dish that is easy to cook, so don't stew it for too long, because it is too soft and rotten.
cold chayote
materials: chayote, salt, shredded red pepper, sesame oil, sugar, lemon juice
method
1. dig out the pulp and peel of the melon, (if it is especially tender, you don't need to peel it)
2.
three shredded bergamot
raw materials: 5g of bergamot, 5 pickled peppers, 1g of Dutch beans, and seasoning: salt, chicken essence and sesame oil in appropriate amounts
Practice:
1. Wash the bergamot with clear water, rinse it with cold boiled water and cut it into even filaments.
2, pickled peppers are seeded and shredded. Dutch beans are shredded.
3. Blanch shredded bergamot, shredded Dutch and shredded pickled peppers in boiling water, then cool them with cold boiled water and drain the water. Add salt, monosodium glutamate and chicken essence, mix well, drizzle with sesame oil, and serve after 3 minutes.