Winter is a very suitable season for tonic. Mutton is also a top-grade tonic. Now many people pay more and more attention to health preservation. Therefore, eating more mutton in winter has the effect of warm and nourishing. What's the best way to eat mutton with it?
Lamb is best with black beans
Mutton is not only a good tonic in winter, but also a delicious food for all ages. Mutton is tender, delicious and rich in nutrition. It can be made into many delicacies with unique flavor and incomparable mellow flavor. Instant boiled mutton, roasted mutton, fried mutton kebab, fried mutton with scallion and so on. Now it's a good time to eat mutton for toning. When it comes to stewed mutton dishes, most people think of white radish first. However, the most effective way to warm mutton and tonify kidney is to match with beans. The delicious condiments such as Douchi and Doujiang are made of black beans. Compared with other beans, the biggest advantage is to tonify kidney, but also Nourishing yin and promoting blood circulation.
Advantages of lamb with black beans
first
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, black beans have the good effects of 'tonifying the kidney, five internal organs, warming the stomach and intestines, strengthening the muscles and bones, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispelling wind, detoxification and longevity', while mutton has the effects of 'tonifying the kidney and Yang, warming the Qi and blood, appetizing the stomach and strengthening the spleen'. Therefore, the effect of Tonifying the kidney and warming the body will be better, especially suitable for people with deficiency of kidney, cold body and deficiency of Qi and blood.
Second
Mutton and black bean are rich in protein, but they come from different sources. They are stewed together, in which animal protein and plant protein can complement each other, which is more conducive to the utilization of protein;
Third
The mutton contains more saturated fat and cholesterol, while the plant sterol contained in black bean can inhibit the absorption of 'bad' cholesterol and reduce the content of 'bad' cholesterol in the blood. At the same time, black bean contains more unsaturated fatty acids, which helps to reduce blood lipid and protect blood vessels;
In this dish, the ratio of mutton to black bean is about 10:1. The specific way is
Wash and soak the black beans for 4-12 hours in advance; wash and cut the mutton into pieces. If the meat is not fresh, blanch it with boiling water first. Note that the blanching time should be short, just remove the blood water; put the meat, black beans and the water soaked in the beans into the iron pot or casserole, and add appropriate amount of cold water. The water should not be too much, but not more than the meat; Add cooking wine, ginger, scallion and other seasonings to remove the smell of the mutton. The seasonings should not be too much, so as not to take away the original flavor of the meat. After the seasonings are added, boil them in high fire, and then simmer them in low fire. Until the soup aroma, meat soft good chewing, black beans soft rotten until. When out of the pot, skim off the oil slick and add salt, onion and other seasonings according to your taste.
Other collocations of mutton
When mutton is mixed with tofu, radish, tofu and radish, it can not only supplement a variety of trace elements, but also the gypsum can play the role of clearing away heat and fire, eliminating boredom and thirst. While mutton and radish are cooked together, they can play the role of cold radish, eliminating accumulation stagnation and resolving phlegm heat.
When the seasoning is used to make mutton, it's better to put some ginger without peeling, because the ginger skin is pungent and cool, which can disperse fire and remove heat, relieve pain and expel wind and dampness. Eating with mutton can also remove the smell of mutton. When cooking mutton, you should use less chilli, pepper, clove, fennel and other hot and warm condiments. When making mutton, you can also put lotus seed heart, which has the effect of clearing heart and purging fire.
It is not suitable to eat mutton at the same time because mutton is hot and replenishes Qi and replenishes deficiency. However, vinegar contains protein, sugar, vitamin, acetic acid and a variety of organic acids. It is warm and suitable to match with cold food and hot mutton. Mutton should not be eaten with pumpkin to prevent jaundice and beriberi. It is not advisable to drink tea immediately after eating mutton, or it will produce a substance called tannic protein, which is easy to cause constipation.
Small reminder: eat less mutton after spring
After the beginning of spring, when the weather gets warmer, the hot mutton and roast mutton are easy to collide with the climate. If you don't pay attention, you may have made up your head.
Indeed, mutton can help Yuan Yang, tonify blood essence, cure lung deficiency, benefit strain, and is a good warming tonic. Eating often in winter can not only increase the body's heat and resist the cold, but also increase digestive enzymes, protect the stomach wall, repair the gastric mucosa, help the spleen and stomach digest, and play an anti-aging role. However, in the first month, especially after the beginning of spring, mutton can not be used as a regular delicacy on the table, otherwise it will be harmful to the body.
It's a good choice to eat black beans, radishes and ginger. But it's important to note that people who are hot, easy to catch fire and have dry stool should eat less mutton.