Many Chinese herbs can be used as both food and medicine. Today, I will introduce the medicinal and culinary uses of thorny bamboo shoots. What is the method for cooking pork with thorny bamboo shoots?
Image of thorny bamboo shoots
【Name】
Thorny Bamboo Shoots with Pork
【Ingredients】
Pork belly, thorny bamboo shoots
Green onion, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, rock sugar, dark soy sauce (a little bit), Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, dried chili peppers, salt
【Cooking Method】
1. Wash the pork belly and cut it into cubes. Blanch it in boiling water for a moment, then remove and drain.
2. Peel the thorny bamboo shoots and cut them into pieces. Blanch them in boiling water with a little salt, then remove, rinse, and drain.
3. Prepare green onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, and dried chili peppers.
4. Heat a pan over medium-low heat and slowly render the fat from the pork belly.
5. In the rendered fat (you can remove some if desired), add the rock sugar and cook it over low heat until it turns yellow and starts to bubble.
6. Once the rock sugar has melted and produced yellow bubbles, immediately add the pork belly and continue stir-frying over low heat to brown it.
7. Add cooking wine, a little dark soy sauce (adjust according to desired color), and all the other seasonings except for salt. Stir-fry together with the bamboo shoots.
【Benefits and Effects of Thorny Bamboo Shoots】
Thorny bamboo shoots have powerful effects and benefits. They clear heat and phlegm, tonify qi and stomach, treat thirst and diabetes, and promote diuresis. Thorny bamboo shoots are also low in fat, low in sugar, and high in fiber.
Consuming thorny bamboo shoots not only promotes intestinal peristalsis, aids digestion, and prevents constipation, but also has the ability to prevent colorectal cancer.
1. For treating indigestion and dysentery, take 30-60g of thorny bamboo shoots and decoct them in water, or take 30-60g of thorny bamboo shoot water orally. (From "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines")
2. For treating thorny bamboo shoot splinters in the flesh, use a mixture of thorny bamboo shoots, rice wine residue, plantago seeds, and salt. Grind them together and apply to the affected area. (From "Lingnan Collection of Medicinal Plants")
