DIY Cosmic Diet: Stir-fried minced pork with preserved mustard greens, shredded chicken with arugula, and stir-fried lamb slices with scallions.

Stir-fried minced pork with preserved mustard greens

Ingredients: 225g minced pork, 75g preserved mustard greens, 1 tbsp minced garlic, 1 tbsp chopped scallions, 2 tsp Shaoxing wine, 1 tbsp grapeseed oil

Marinade: 1 teaspoon cornstarch, 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce, 2 tablespoons water, 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Thickening sauce: 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon sugar

practice:

Step 1: Marinate the minced pork with the marinade for about 30 minutes; wash the preserved mustard greens and chop them into small pieces.

Step 2 Heat a pan, add 1 tablespoon of grapeseed oil, add chopped green onions and preserved mustard greens, stir-fry briefly, and set aside.

Step 3: Heat 1/2 tablespoon of grapeseed oil in the same pan, sauté minced garlic until fragrant, add minced pork and stir-fry until 80% cooked, then add chopped green onions and preserved mustard greens and return to the pan.

Step 4: Add cornstarch slurry and Shaoxing wine, stir-fry until the pork is fully cooked, then plate. (Serve with an extra side dish.)

Food efficacy

Pork: Sweet in taste and neutral in nature, it contains high-quality protein, providing the nutrients needed for human growth and development, and enhancing physical strength. Rich in B vitamins, it promotes metabolism and eliminates fatigue, making it suitable for growing children and adolescents.

Preserved mustard greens: Rich in dietary fiber and nutrients, they have the effects of relieving indigestion, promoting digestion, nourishing the body, and relieving summer heat. When steamed or boiled with fish or meat, they taste particularly delicious, without being greasy or causing stomach upset. Naturally pickled preserved mustard greens contain abundant enzymes and dietary fiber, which aid digestion.

Arugula Shredded Chicken

Ingredients: Half a chicken, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 carrot, 1/2 celery stalk, 2 teaspoons white sesame seeds

Braising liquid: 4 cups water, 1/2 cup soy sauce, 1/4 cup dark soy sauce, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 star anise, 2 slices ginger, 2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine

practice:

Step 1: Rinse the chicken thoroughly and pat it dry; wash the cucumber, carrot, and celery, and shred them.

Step 2: Bring the braising liquid to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-low heat and simmer for 15 minutes.

Step 3: Add the chicken to the braising liquid, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-low heat and simmer for about 20 minutes until fully cooked. Remove from heat and let it soak for another 10 minutes.

Step 4: Shred the chicken into thin strips and set aside.

Step 5: Put the white sesame seeds into a dry pan and stir-fry over low heat until golden brown. Set aside.

Step 6: Arrange shredded cucumber, carrot, and celery on a plate, then place the chicken ribs on top. Pour the braising sauce over the chicken, and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds. (You can serve it with an extra side dish.)

Food efficacy

Chicken: Rich in protein, vitamin A, B vitamins, potassium, etc., it is easily digested and absorbed, which helps with growth and development, enhances physical strength, and is suitable for people with insufficient qi and blood to eat more.

Cucumber: Sweet in taste and cool in nature, it is 90% water, which can relieve internal heat; the skin is coarse fiber, which helps promote bowel movements. In addition to aiding weight loss, it can also clear heat and quench thirst, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and reduce inflammation and detoxify, making it a good slimming food.

Stir-fried Lamb Slices with Scallions

Ingredients: 250g sliced ​​lamb, 150g scallions, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil

Marinade: 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine, 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon pepper.

Thickening sauce: 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine, 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil, 1/2 teaspoon pepper.

practice:

Step 1: Marinate the lamb slices with the marinade for about 30 minutes.

Step 2: Cut the scallions into sections.

Step 3: Heat grapeseed oil in a wok, sauté minced garlic until fragrant, add lamb and stir-fry briefly, then add scallions and cornstarch slurry. Stir-fry over high heat until well combined and serve. (Serve with an extra side dish.)

Food efficacy

Lamb: Rich in protein, fat, potassium, zinc and B vitamins, it can promote blood circulation, keep warm, stimulate appetite and strength, nourish blood and kidneys, and eliminate fatigue.

Scallions: Warm in nature and pungent in taste, they are rich in protein and have the effects of dispelling cold, strengthening the stomach, and killing bacteria. As a warm food, they can accelerate blood circulation and speed up the evaporation of water in the body, thus promoting sweating.

Mushroom and Bamboo Shoot Chicken Strips

Ingredients: 8 fresh mushrooms, 1 bamboo shoot, 2 chicken strips, 3 cups water, 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil

Marinade: 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce, 1 tablespoon rice wine, 1 teaspoon minced ginger

Seasonings: 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil

practice:

Step 1: Slice the fresh mushrooms and cut the bamboo shoots into small sections. Set aside.

Step 2: Cut the chicken strips into small pieces, add the marinade and marinate for 20 minutes. Set aside.

Step 3: Heat a skillet, add grapeseed oil, and stir-fry the chicken strips until half-cooked. Pour in water and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Add sliced ​​mushrooms and bamboo shoots, stir-fry until combined, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes. Finally, add seasonings and it's ready. (Serve with a side of blanched vegetables.)

Food efficacy

Chicken strips: Rich in protein and collagen, which aids growth and development, enhances physical strength, and is beneficial to the skin; Vitamin A maintains healthy skin and mucous membranes, prevents colds, protects the eyes, and prevents eye diseases such as night blindness; B vitamins promote metabolism, eliminate fatigue, and help maintain a stable brain and nervous system. Chicken strips are suitable for steaming, making soup, stir-frying, deep-frying, or grilling. Before making soup, chicken strips should be blanched to remove blood and any unpleasant smell. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chicken has the effects of nourishing blood, tonifying the kidneys, and replenishing essence.

Rosemary Three-Cup Chicken

Ingredients: 5g rosemary, 7g mint, 200g chicken drumsticks, 5g basil, 2 cloves garlic, 10g ginger, 2 tablespoons grapeseed oil

Seasonings: 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1 tablespoon rice wine, 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

practice:

Step 1: Wash and cut the chicken legs into pieces. Cut the ginger and garlic into pieces as well. Set aside.

Step 2 Heat a frying pan, add grapeseed oil, sauté ginger slices until fragrant, then add chicken legs, garlic slices, rosemary, mint and the remaining seasonings, stir-fry evenly and then turn to low heat.

Step 3: Cook until the liquid is almost reduced, then add basil and stir-fry until combined. (Serve with a side of blanched vegetables)

Food efficacy

Rosemary: It can relieve headaches and migraines caused by stomach aches, improve dizziness, help blood circulation in the limbs, and soothe gout, rheumatic pain, muscle aches, menstrual discomfort, and effectively improve cellulitis and obesity. Rosemary can be added to salads to enhance the aroma; for dishes that require long cooking times, use dried rosemary, or add a small amount of rosemary powder after cooking.

Peppermint: It has a pungent taste and cool properties. It can refresh the mind and relieve depression, invigorate the nerves, treat colds and headaches, dispel wind and induce sweating, clear heat and detoxify, strengthen the stomach and relieve abdominal distension, reduce inflammation and relieve itching, and prevent spoilage and remove fishy smells.