DIY Cosmic Diet: Stir-fried Chicken with Ginger, Chicken Pieces with Pine Nuts, Pan-fried Beef Steak with Mushrooms and Water Chestnut Spinach, and Beef Balls

Stir-fried chicken with ginger

Ingredients: 75g old ginger, 2 boneless chicken thighs, 1 chili pepper, 2 tablespoons sesame oil

Seasonings: 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1/2 tablespoon sugar, 2 tablespoons rice wine, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce

practice:

Step 1: Cut the ginger into thick shreds, remove the seeds from the chili peppers and cut them into shreds, wash the boneless chicken thighs and cut them into thick shreds, set aside.

Step 2 Heat a pan, add sesame oil and shredded ginger, and cook over low heat to bring out the aroma.

Step 3: Turn the heat to high, add rice wine, then add shredded chicken and chili strips. Stir-fry until the chicken is about 60% cooked. Finally, add seasonings and stir-fry until fully cooked. (Serve with a side of blanched vegetables)

Food efficacy

Old ginger: Ginger contains volatile gingerol, gingerone, gingerol, and eucalyptus oil; gingerol has a stimulating effect on the oral and gastric mucosa. The vitamin C, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, and other nutrients in ginger can promote digestion, increase appetite, and have a stomach-strengthening effect. It can also lower blood pressure and cholesterol. Furthermore, ginger can improve blood circulation, promote sweating, and help reduce fever and cough, making it an ideal ingredient for treating early symptoms of a cold.

Pine Nut Chicken Nuggets

Ingredients: 10g pine nuts, 250g chicken breast, 6 fresh shiitake mushrooms, 1 chili pepper, 1 tsp chopped scallions, 1 head of lettuce, 2 tbsp grapeseed oil

Marinade: 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch, 1/3 teaspoon salt, 2/3 teaspoon rice wine, 1/2 egg white

practice:

Step 1: Dry-fry pine nuts until cooked and let cool; dice fresh shiitake mushrooms and chili peppers; shred lettuce and set aside.

Step 2: Marinate the chicken cutlets with the marinade for 10 minutes and set aside.

Step 3: Heat a frying pan, add grapeseed oil, sauté chili peppers, diced fresh shiitake mushrooms and chopped green onions until fragrant, then remove them and place them on top of shredded lettuce; pan-fry chicken cutlets until cooked through, cut them into pieces and place them on top, then sprinkle with pine nuts and it's ready.

Food efficacy

Pine nuts: Containing oleic acid, linoleic acid, vitamin E, phosphorus, and manganese, they can soften blood vessels, promote bowel movements, delay aging, improve blood circulation, reduce fatigue, and prevent anemia. They are also beneficial to the brain and nerves and may help prevent Alzheimer's disease. Pine nuts contain oil, which oxidizes easily, so they must be stored in an airtight container. They are not suitable for eating raw and are usually roasted or roasted before cooking.

Lettuce: It has a sweet and bitter taste, and is cool in nature. It has the effects of cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, clearing heat and promoting body fluid production, promoting urination, and treating heat toxicity. Lettuce is rich in carotene, which is converted into vitamin A in the human body and becomes a powerful antioxidant. It can maintain the normal structure of epithelial cells and resist the invasion of carcinogens. In addition, studies have shown that lettuce contains aromatic hydrocarbon hydroxylated lipids, which can decompose nitrosamines, a carcinogen in food, and prevent the formation of cancer cells. It has a certain preventive effect against liver cancer, stomach cancer, etc.

Pan-fried Steak with Mushrooms

Ingredients: 2 steaks, 4 fresh mushrooms, 2 fresh shiitake mushrooms, 2 cloves of garlic, 1/2 head of cabbage, 1 carrot, 2 tablespoons of grapeseed oil

Marinade: 1/3 teaspoon salt, 1/3 teaspoon black peppercorns

Sauce: 3 tablespoons red wine, 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, 1/2 tablespoon steak sauce

practice:

Step 1: Marinate the steak with the marinade for 10 minutes. Slice the fresh mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and garlic and set aside.

Step 2: Cut the cabbage into suitable sizes, peel and cut the carrot into strips, put them into boiling water with 1/4 teaspoon of salt, blanch until cooked and remove.

Step 3 Heat a skillet, add grapeseed oil, sauté garlic slices until fragrant, sear each side of the steak over medium heat for 1 minute until medium-rare, then remove from the pan.

Step 4: Retain the beef gravy in the pan, briefly sauté the mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms, then add the sauce and bring to a boil. Pour the sauce over the beef, garnish with cabbage and carrots, and it's ready. (Serve with a side of blanched vegetables.)

Food efficacy

Steak: Rich in iron, which can prevent iron-deficiency anemia; B vitamins can promote metabolism, help growth, and are beneficial for the regeneration of cells such as skin, hair, and nails, as well as maintaining the health of the nervous system; protein is beneficial for growth and development and enhancing immunity; zinc can promote metabolism and also help maintain skin and bone development.

Red wine: It can regulate the digestive system, prevent colds and heart-related diseases, and improve physical and mental fatigue. Red wine contains a large amount of polyphenolic compounds, which can inhibit cholesterol oxidation and prevent arteriosclerosis. Red wine will have different flavors depending on the place of origin and the year of harvest, and can enhance appetite and promote digestion.

Water chestnut and spinach beef balls

Ingredients: 300g minced beef, 4 water chestnuts, 50g spinach, 2 slices of ginger

Seasonings: 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 tablespoon rice wine, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

practice:

Step 1: Peel and dice the water chestnuts and ginger. Wash and chop the spinach. Set aside.

Step 2: Mix all ingredients and seasonings together and knead into beef balls.

Step 3: Place the beef balls on a plate and steam for 15 minutes. (Serve with a side of blanched vegetables.)

Food efficacy

Water chestnuts: Cool in nature and sweet in taste, they possess the effects of nourishing yin and clearing heat, relieving indigestion and improving appetite, aiding digestion and resolving phlegm, improving eyesight and moisturizing dryness, and promoting urination and sobering up. They are an excellent food for clearing heat and nourishing yin, and can improve symptoms such as dry throat and thirst, constipation, yellow and astringent urine, bad breath, dry skin, and itching all over the body. However, due to their cooling nature, water chestnuts are not suitable for people with spleen and kidney deficiency.

Stir-fried beef with garlic sprouts

Ingredients: 300g beef, 1 stalk of garlic sprouts, 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil

Sauce: 1/3 apple, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, some chopped scallions, 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger, 1 teaspoon minced garlic, 2 teaspoons rice wine

practice:

Step 1: Peel and finely chop the apple, then put it into a pot with all the seasonings and cook into a sauce. Strain out the solids and set aside.

Step 2: Wash the garlic sprouts and cut them into sections. Set aside.

Step 3: Heat a frying pan, add grapeseed oil, and sauté the beef and garlic sprouts until fragrant. Then add the sauce and stir-fry until well combined. (Serve with a side of blanched vegetables.)

Food efficacy

Apples: Contain dietary fiber and organic acids, possessing powerful detoxifying effects. They aid digestion, improve complexion, stabilize blood sugar, reduce allergy symptoms, inhibit bone loss, and help prevent anemia, constipation, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Apples are neutral in nature and sweet in taste. Traditional Chinese medicine generally believes they have the effects of promoting body fluid production and moistening the lungs, clearing heat and relieving irritability, relieving summer heat and resolving phlegm, strengthening the spleen and stomach, relieving hunger, and sobering up. They are mainly used to treat insufficient Qi, constipation, mild diarrhea, and high blood pressure.