Long summer is the seventh solar term among the 24 solar terms and the first solar term in summer. In astronomy, long summer is the end of spring. After long summer, the temperature will get higher and higher, the summer heat will come, the rain will increase, and crops will enter the peak season. After long summer, the temperature in many areas has increased, and the weather has gradually become hot, which will reduce people's appetite. Today, we share a refreshing cold dish, old vinegar spinach, which is suitable for summer.

Old vinegar spinach is a classic home-cooked cold dish, the method is very simple, but there is a skill that needs attention. When blanching spinach, it will easily lead to black color. Dark color will not only affect the taste, but also bad color will affect the appetite. When blanching spinach, the time must not be too long, it will turn black after blanching for a long time, and adding a spoonful of alkali or vegetable oil to the water during blanching will reduce the blackening of spinach.

Preparation of ingredients with old vinegar spinach

Spinach, vermicelli, garlic, peanuts, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and mature vinegar.

operating procedure

Step 1: Soak the vermicelli in boiling water first.

Step 2: Pour a small amount of oil into the pot, add raw peanuts, stir-fry them with low fire to make them fragrant, and then take them out to cool for later use.

Step 3: Boil the water in the pot, add the washed spinach, add a spoonful of alkali and a spoonful of salt, blanch for about 30 seconds, and the longest time is no more than one minute. After a long time, the spinach will turn black, and blanch until the spinach becomes soft and green.

Step 4: Take the spinach out and put it in a bowl to cool. You can also soak it in cold water, then add the soaked vermicelli and put fried peanuts on it.

Step 5: put minced garlic in the bowl, add some dried red peppers, and then burn some hot oil to pour on it. Add appropriate amount of 1 spoon of light soy sauce, 1 spoon of oyster sauce, 1 spoon of white sugar and 2 spoons of aged vinegar.

Step 6: Mix well and you can eat it. The old vinegar spinach is ready. In summer, it is cool and refreshing, appetizing and served with fried peanuts.