Many Chinese herbs can be used as both medicine and food. Today, I will introduce the medicinal and culinary uses of prickly bamboo shoots. What is the method for cooking pork with prickly bamboo shoots?
【Name】
Prickly Bamboo Shoots with Pork
【Ingredients】
Pork belly, prickly bamboo shoots.
Spring onion, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, rock sugar, dark soy sauce (a little), Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, dried chili peppers, salt.
【Instructions】
1. Wash the pork belly and cut it into pieces. Blanch it in boiling water for a while, then remove and drain.
2. Peel the prickly bamboo shoots and cut them into pieces. Blanch them in boiling salted water, then remove and rinse.
3. Prepare the spring onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, and dried chili peppers.
4. Heat the pork belly in a pan over medium heat to render out the fat.
5. In the rendered fat (you can remove some if desired), add rock sugar and cook on low heat until it turns golden brown and starts to bubble.
6. Once the rock sugar has melted and turned golden brown with bubbles, immediately add the pork belly and continue stir-frying until it is browned.
7. Add cooking wine, a little dark soy sauce (adjust according to desired color), and all other seasonings except salt. Stir-fry together with the prickly bamboo shoots.
【Benefits and Effects of Prickly Bamboo Shoots】
Prickly bamboo shoots have powerful benefits and effects. They can clear heat, resolve phlegm, nourish Qi, benefit the stomach, treat thirst, and promote urination. Prickly bamboo shoots are also low in fat, low in sugar, and high in fiber.
Eating prickly bamboo shoots can promote intestinal peristalsis, aid digestion, remove food stagnation, prevent constipation, and even have a preventive effect against colorectal cancer.
1. For treating indigestion and dysentery, take 30-60g of prickly bamboo shoots and decoct in water, or drink 30-60g of prickly bamboo shoot water. (National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine)
2. For treating thorn or splinter stuck in the flesh, use a mixture of prickly bamboo shoots, rice wine lees, plantain seeds, and salt. Grind them together and apply to the affected area. (Lingnan Herbal Records)
