Potato is a very cheap and popular vegetable. Although potatoes are cheap, their nutritional value is not low, and their vitamin content is higher than that of many food crops. And potatoes are rich in protein, crude fiber, calcium, iron, carotene and other nutrients. Eating potatoes often can strengthen the spleen, nourish the stomach, promote digestion, and have an effect on relaxing bowels, and its fat content is particularly low, which is one of the important reasons why many female friends like to eat potatoes.
There are many ways to cook potatoes, such as steaming, stewing, frying and cold salad. Each simple cooking method produces a different potato flavor. Among many cooking methods, cold salad is most suitable for hot summer, which is not only refreshing and appetizing, but also light. Many friends like to eat cold potato chips in restaurants, but when they cook at home, the taste is always bad.
Hot and sour shredded potatoes, peppers are different in different regions, and the amount is also different.
Why is the cold shredded potato in the restaurant delicious? It turns out that the chef quietly added "it", but it's a pity not to understand! In fact, many restaurant chefs use the method of mixing when making cold shredded potatoes, and add lemon juice to enrich the flavor of shredded potatoes. Lemon can promote fluid production to relieve summer heat and stimulate appetite. When making mixed shredded potatoes, adding a few drops of lemon juice can not only remove the fishy smell, but also make the whole dish fresh and sour, making people's appetite wide open. Next, the cook will share with you the practice of mixing shredded potatoes.
Stir-fried shredded potatoes
Prepare ingredients: potatoes, carrots, shredded green peppers, minced garlic, Chili powder, salt, chicken essence, white sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil, lemon and white sesame seeds.
The operation steps are as follows:
Step 1: After the potatoes are cleaned and peeled, they are sliced first and then cut into filaments. Take a pot, add a proper amount of water, put the shredded potatoes into the pot, wash them, clean the starch on the surface, and soak them for 10 minute. When shredding potatoes, it's best to cut them with a knife, which is much better than the taste wiped out with a shredding device.
Step 2: In order to make this dish more comprehensive in nutrition and rich in taste, you can prepare some vegetables that match the shredded potatoes. Take half a carrot, cut it into filaments, take half a green pepper, and cut it into filaments. Be sure to master the amount of side dishes, not too much, and grab the "limelight" of potatoes.
Step 3: Add water to the pot to boil, add shredded potatoes and carrots, stir them to make them heated evenly, blanch for one minute, then remove all the ingredients and put them in cold water to cool. The blanching time must be well mastered, which is the key to determine the taste of this dish. If the blanching time is too short, the shredded potatoes will be raw, and if the blanching time is too long, the shredded potatoes will not be crisp.
Step 4: Take out shredded potatoes and carrots, drain the water, put them into a pot, add a proper amount of minced garlic, add 2 spoonfuls of Chili powder, and pour hot oil to stimulate the fragrance of minced garlic and Chili powder. Add appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of chicken essence, half a spoonful of sugar, appropriate amount of soy sauce, add a few drops of lemon juice, two drops of sesame oil, add chopped green pepper, put on gloves, grab and mix evenly, and serve.
Step 5: Sprinkle some white sesame seeds to decorate the dish, and a delicious, sour and appetizing stir-fried shredded potato will be ready! Eating this dish in summer is better than eating big fish and meat.
Cooking tips:
Whether it's fried potato chips or cold potato chips, after cutting, do not blanch them first. Instead, put them in clear water to wash off the starch on the surface, soak them for 10 minutes, and then blanch them. This will make the potato chips more crisp and delicious. When making cold shredded potatoes, in addition to adding some common condiments, you can also add some fresh lemon juice to flavor them, which makes them taste better.