Sea cucumber is the top of the eight treasures and is a premium product in nourishing supplements. It can be used not only as a medicine but also as a food. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, medicinal food belongs to a certain meridian in the human body, and it can have therapeutic and health-preserving effects. Everyone knows that sea cucumber has the effect of preventing aging and prolonging life. Today, I will recommend this dish called "Braised Stuffed Sea Cucumber", which is a natural anti-aging delicacy!
【Name of Medicinal Food】
Braised Stuffed Sea Cucumber
【Effects and Functions】
Shandong cuisine, regulating anemia, delaying aging, preventing and treating cancer, nourishing yin
【Ingredients】
Main ingredients: soaked sea cucumber 500g, pork (lean and fat) 300g
Auxiliary ingredients: eggs 200g, water chestnuts 75g
Seasonings: spring onion 20g, ginger 10g, Sichuan peppercorns 5g, cooking wine 10g, starch (pea) 20g, sesame oil 10g, appropriate amount of each ingredient
【Preparation Method】
1. Blanch the soaked sea cucumber in boiling water, remove the water from the belly, and coat it with a layer of dry starch for later use. Crush the spring onion, ginger, and Sichuan peppercorns separately, then mix with cooking wine and an appropriate amount of water to make the onion, ginger, and Sichuan peppercorn water. Chop the pork into minced meat.
2. Mix the minced pork and the onion, ginger, and Sichuan peppercorn water, then add the beaten eggs and mix well. Add the water chestnut powder, salt, pepper, monosodium glutamate, and a little dry starch to make the filling. Stuff the filling into the bellies of 10 sea cucumbers.
3. Heat the oil in a pan, add the spring onion and cooking wine, then add the broth, soy sauce, a little salt, and sugar to season. Place the sea cucumbers with the filling side down, simmer slowly until heated and cooked, then flip the sea cucumbers and continue to simmer until the flavors are absorbed. Remove the sea cucumbers and arrange them on a plate. Season the remaining sauce, thicken it with starch, and drizzle with Sichuan peppercorn oil on top of the sea cucumbers.
【Nutritional Value】
1. Sea Cucumber
Sea cucumber is warm in nature, with a sweet and salty taste. It has the functions of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys, invigorating yang and replenishing essence, nourishing the heart and moistening dryness, nourishing blood, and treating ulcers.
Sea cucumber has low cholesterol content and relatively low fat content, making it an excellent dietary supplement for patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease, hepatitis, and the elderly. Regular consumption is beneficial for both health and disease treatment.
Sea cucumber contains chondroitin sulfate, which helps with growth and development and can delay muscle aging and enhance immune function. Sea cucumber has the highest content of the trace element vanadium among all foods. It can participate in the transportation of iron in the blood and enhance hematopoietic function.
2. Pork
Pork contains rich high-quality protein and essential fatty acids, as well as heme (organic iron) and cysteine, which promote iron absorption. It can improve iron-deficiency anemia and has the effects of nourishing the kidneys, nourishing blood, nourishing yin, and moisturizing dryness.
3. Water Chestnuts
Water chestnuts have a certain inhibitory effect on bacteria and can lower blood pressure and prevent and treat tumors.
Water chestnuts contain the highest phosphorus content among all tuber vegetables. It can promote growth and development and maintain the physiological functions of the body. It is very beneficial for the development of teeth and bones and can promote the metabolism of the three major substances: sugar, fat, and protein in the body, and regulate acid-base balance. Therefore, water chestnuts are suitable for children to eat.
Water chestnuts contain crude protein and starch, which can promote intestinal peristalsis. The crude fat in water chestnuts has a lubricating effect on the intestines and can be used to treat constipation. Water chestnuts are tender and moist, and can treat symptoms such as thirst caused by heat and fluid injury. They also have a certain adjuvant therapeutic effect on people with diabetes who have excessive urination.
【Precautions for Soaking Sea Cucumber】
1. The utensils used in the process of soaking sea cucumber must be cleaned and should not be contaminated with oil, salt, or alkaline substances. Oil can cause the sea cucumber to deteriorate and dissolve at the edges, salt can prevent the sea cucumber from fully expanding, and alkaline substances can affect the taste of the sea cucumber.
2. It should be noted that sea cucumbers of different sizes and thicknesses have different soaking times. Small and thin sea cucumbers will take less time to expand, while sea cucumbers with thick flesh will take longer. Sea cucumbers of the same size, thickness, and variety may also expand at different rates. Those that expand first should be picked out, and those that have not fully expanded should continue to soak until they are fully expanded.
3. The standards for checking whether sea cucumbers are cooked are as follows:
Use chopsticks to pick up the sea cucumber, and the ends of the sea cucumber should naturally hang down and tremble. If it is still stiff, it needs to be cooked for longer.
Pinch the sea cucumber with your hand. It should feel soft but not too soft, and it should have a certain firmness. Sea cucumbers are delicate and must be carefully checked. Cook one at a time to ensure that they are all cooked properly.
