Lettuce leaves, also known as "bitter sell vegetables", many people mention lettuce leaves will say throw away, even if eaten when people will say not good. In fact, as long as the method is appropriate, lettuce leaves will be a eat also want to eat delicious.

Lettuce leaves have not been as popular as its rhizomes for the following reasons.

Long-standing habits: daily life, whether at home or to go to the stalls or restaurants, lettuce appeared to be the rhizome, such as what cold lettuce silk, preserved duck roasted bamboo shoots, pork ribs lettuce and so on, basically in addition to the garbage cans did not see lettuce leaves figure. When you buy lettuce at the market, it is either the peeled lettuce or the lettuce with the leaves removed. People are accustomed to buy lettuce back not to peel the leaves, directly peeled fried can be.

="Lettuce leaves are uneven, not easy to clean: lettuce leaves are not as flat as oatmeal leaves, washing up trouble. The lettuce is not as flat as the lettuce leaves, so it's a pain in the ass to wash. Lettuce leaves are uneven, mud and dust need to be soaked for a while and scrubbed by hand several times before they are clean. I have time to wash the lettuce leaves, the oatmeal are fried on the table.

=" lettuce leaves bitter: lettuce leaves slightly bitter, and a little astringent, but this bitter taste can stimulate the secretion of digestive enzymes, enhance appetite. Many people don't like or are afraid of this bitter taste, we can blanch or add chili and garlic to cover it to reduce the bitter taste effect.

How to eat lettuce leaves?

There are many ways to eat lettuce leaves, cold, stuffing, making cakes, hot pot, etc. Today I'll share my home stir-fried lettuce leaves, bright green color, fresh and fragrant, not fire, very rice.

~ stir-fried lettuce leaves ~

Main ingredient lettuce leaves a hand.

Supplementary ingredients garlic 3.

Seasoning oyster sauce 2 spoons, oil and salt in moderation.

Main Steps

The first step: lettuce leaves to remove the old leaves, soil soak in water for 30 minutes after cleaning, draining water, cut section spare.

The second step: garlic cut foam spare.

The third step: hot pot cold oil, burst the garlic foam, pour into the lettuce leaves on high heat and stir-fry a few dozen seconds after adding oyster sauce, salt and continue to stir-fry.

The fourth step: lettuce leaves change color, turn off the fire can be out.

This stir-fry lettuce leaves is out of the pot, what do you think? The color is oily and green, exudes a tempting fragrance, and tastes very fresh. You have a heart?

Tips

-? The bitter flavor of lettuce leaves can be reduced by blanching (I can accept it, so I didn't blanch it); you can also add garlic paste and millet pepper to cover it up when stir-frying.

-? Lettuce leaves soak in water in advance, rub repeatedly, rinse, otherwise the mud inside the bumpy leaves are not washed away, will knock the teeth.

-? The whole process of high-fire frying, keep the bright green color of lettuce leaves,

Extra Lettuce leaves nutritional value of what?

Lettuce leaves are often discarded or used to feed chickens and pigs, etc., but its nutritional value can not be underestimated: lettuce leaves are rich in carotene, vitamins, calcium, iron, lactic acid, iodine ......

Seeing so many nutrients, trace elements, you will still throw lettuce leaves? Hurry up and pick it up, don't waste it.

Conclusion:

Lettuce leaves can be eaten, eat a variety of ways, there are many benefits, so we do not waste. You can try a variety of fried methods, choose your favorite kind of eating. The difference between it and oatmeal and lettuce is not particularly big, and people with a heavy palate can't eat much difference at all.