Lamb Hotpot is a favorite dish for many people in winter, and lamb hotpot is also very famous. Lamb meat is a specialty of the northern region, but eating too much lamb meat will definitely have a gamey flavor. How to avoid the gamey flavor? Let's take a look together with the following recipe!
[Recipe for Lamb Hotpot]
Ingredients: Lamb meat, radish, star anise, garlic, rock sugar, cinnamon, cooking wine, green onions
Instructions:
1. Blanch the lamb meat in boiling water. Add cooking wine and ginger to the cold water in the pot, bring to a boil and skim off the foam. Set aside.
2. Heat the pot and add an appropriate amount of oil. Add star anise, cinnamon, peppercorns, green onions, garlic, and ginger. Stir-fry until fragrant. Add 30g of bean paste, an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and stir-fry until the oil turns red. Add half a spoonful of white wine to release the aroma, then add the lamb meat and stir-fry. Add an appropriate amount of dark soy sauce, then add 1500g of chicken broth and bring to a boil. Season with salt and chicken essence.
3. Pressure cook for 20 minutes. Remove the spices and simmer on high heat. Add green garlic and it's ready to serve.
[Nutritional Value of Lamb Meat]
1. Lamb meat is warm in nature. Eating lamb meat in winter not only increases body heat to resist the cold, but also increases digestive enzymes, protects the gastric mucosa, repairs the stomach lining, helps digestion, and has anti-aging effects.
2. Lamb meat has a relatively high nutritional value. Compared with pork, it has less fat and cholesterol, but more protein. It is also rich in vitamins B1, B2, B6, iron, zinc, and selenium. Eating more lamb meat helps to boost the body's immune system.
3. Winter is the time when people are most afraid of the cold. It is a good idea to eat more lamb meat during this time because lamb meat is warm in nature and can warm the stomach, making the stomach function more properly.
It is a favorite dish for many people in winter.
4. Sheep are pure herbivores, so lamb meat has a tender texture and is easy to digest. It is high in protein, low in fat, and rich in phospholipids. It has less fat and cholesterol compared to pork and beef.
5. Lamb meat can be cooked with tofu and radish. Tofu and radish not only provide various trace elements, but the gypsum in them can also clear heat, relieve irritability, and quench thirst. Cooking lamb meat with radish can help with digestion and relieve phlegm and heat.
[How to Remove the Gamey Flavor of Lamb Meat]
In general, using spices like star anise, ginger, and garlic can remove the gamey flavor. Adding vinegar is also a good method.
1. Use walnuts to remove the gamey flavor. Wash two or three walnuts with shells, make holes in them, and put them in the pot to cook with the lamb meat. This can remove the gamey flavor of the lamb meat.
2. Use cooking wine and baking soda to remove the gamey flavor. After rinsing the raw lamb meat with cold water several times, cut it into small pieces and put it in a plate. Mix 50g cooking wine, 25g baking soda, 10g salt, 10g sugar, 5g MSG, and 250g water. After some time, the cooking wine and baking soda can effectively remove the gamey flavor from the lamb meat.
3. Skim off the foam, which is the gathering place for the gamey flavor substances. Removing it promptly will greatly reduce the gamey flavor of the broth. Then put ginger slices, scallion sections, and cooking wine into the pot with clean water.
4. Stew the lamb meat with radish to remove the gamey flavor. In fact, this method also helps to retain the nutrients and aids digestion.
5. Another method is to add vinegar when stewing lamb meat. In fact, many types of meat, such as beef and pork, also require vinegar to remove the fishy and gamey flavors.
