Many friends don’t know much about Xinhui tangerine peel. How much does it cost to buy a pound of tangerine peel? How much tangerine peel is appropriate for making soup and making tea? The following is a brief introduction to the common usage and dosage of Xinhui Chenpi.

Taking a complete three-petal tangerine peel as one, usually, the tangerine peel of common years is generally 5-7 grams each.

However, the weight of tangerine peel is affected by many aspects.

The older the year, the lower the moisture content. Under the same circumstances, new leather is much heavier than old leather.

Old tangerine peels of less than five years old will be heavier, reaching 8-10 grams each.

Older tangerine peels that are more than 20 years old will be lighter, some weighing about 3-5 grams each.

In addition, in addition to the moisture content related to the year, the loss of orange and white color is also a major factor affecting the weight. Some old tangerine peels are seriously infested with borers, causing severe orange and white peeling, and may be lighter.

As an agricultural product, Xinhui tangerine peels are not consistent in size, with larger, thicker and heavier skins. Under the same circumstances, red leather is generally heavier than reddish leather.

Weather has a great impact on the storage of tangerine peel, and also has a great impact on the weight of tangerine peel. When the air humidity is high, the water content will also become higher, and the tangerine peel will become heavier.

When the weather is dry or the skin has just been dried, the tangerine peel is drier, crisper and lighter.

For the same leather, it is about 1-2 grams heavier than normal weather in humid weather, and about 2-3 grams heavier than dry weather.

However, humid weather generally has a greater impact on low-year tangerine peels. Low-year tangerine peels are unstable and susceptible to moisture. A piece of tangerine peel may only have 5-6 grams when dried, but it may reach 8-6 grams in humid weather. 10 grams.

However, high-vintage tangerine peels that are more than ten or twenty years old are already very stable and are not greatly affected by the weather. The dry and wet ones may have the same weight, or the difference may be only about 1 gram.

1. Boil water and drink: 5-7 grams

The most popular way to drink Xinhui tangerine peel is to boil it, which makes the taste more fragrant and mellow. Generally, you put a whole tangerine peel into a pot and cook it for drinking, which is about 5 grams.

2. Make tea and drink: 1-3 grams

You can tear or shred the tangerine peel and brew it with different types of tea leaves. Generally, adding about 2 grams of tangerine peel can be the finishing touch.

3. Make soup for health: 5-10 grams

You can add more or less when making soup. But generally Cantonese people put more tangerine peel in soup. A pot of soup for a family (3-5 people) usually contains 5 grams of tangerine peel, and some people will put two.

4. Cooking to enhance aroma: 1-2 grams

When making porridge, steaming fish, or braised meat, Xinhui tangerine peel is indispensable to enhance aroma. If it is used for seasoning, shredded tangerine peel is generally used. Convenient, 1-2 grams has a very obvious fragrance. If you are making a marinade, you may need to add more.

During cooking, if you add too much tangerine peel, it will easily overwhelm you. If it is not chopped finely enough, the smell of tangerine peel will spread throughout your mouth when you bite into it. If the aroma is too strong, it will also affect the flavor of the dish.

Of course, everyone has different preferences. If you like the stronger tangerine peel flavor, add more.

I just want to embellish it. If I don’t want the tangerine peel to overwhelm the taste, I’ll put less in it.

Xinhui tangerine peel is a versatile ingredient for both medicine and food. It is very easy to use whether it is whole or shredded. As long as everyone has a rough idea of ??the weight and dosage of Xinhui tangerine peel.

Note: The weighted pictures of Xinhui tangerine peel in this article are all dried tangerine peels. They were taken in relatively humid weather. The weight may be slightly heavier and are for reference only.

I am from a Chen Pi family, and I believe that old Chen Pi can tell stories.