Homemade Recipe for Braised Donkey Meat
“To live a long life, eat mutton.,” “To be healthy, drink mutton soup,” “Eating mutton liver and lungs can live for 100 years,” these are folk sayings, which not only reflect the people's understanding of ingredients, but also reflect the people's love for delicious food. Mutton is delicious and tender due to its high content of amino acids. There are many ways to cook mutton. Today, I will introduce a special way to cook mutton: braised mutton. Braised mutton is a famous dish from Baoding, Hebei Province, with a rich and fragrant flavor and tender meat. Let's learn how to make it.
How to make braised mutton
As the saying goes: “The meat from heaven is mutton, the meat from the earth is mutton.”Mutton is delicious and is a high-protein, low-fat, low-cholesterol meat. Mutton is better than beef, and pork, in terms of taste and nutrition. Its content of unsaturated fatty acids, especially the content of oleic acid and linoleic acid, is much higher than that of pork and beef. Braised mutton is a famous dish from Baoding, Hebei Province. It has a rich and fragrant flavor and tender meat. Braised mutton
Ingredients: fresh mutton, green onions, ginger,
star anise,cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf, garlic, shallots, old soy sauce, oyster sauce, chili sauce,，soy sauce, MSG,rice wine, salt,，white pepper, sugar,and sesame oil.，Method: 1. Wash and cut the mutton into chunks, then blanch and cool.
2. Wash green onions, ginger, star anise, garlic, shallots, and cut them into pieces or segments.
3. In a pot, add old soy sauce, green onions, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf, garlic, shallots, and add oyster sauce, chili sauce, MSG, rice wine, salt, white pepper, and sugar, then add the mutton, bring to a boil and press the meat.
4. Then use a small fire to simmer and cook until the meat is tender and cooked. Remove from heat and let it sit for half an hour before serving.
5. Brush with sesame oil, and serve with sliced mutton.
Tips: The mutton should be soaked in water, with the blood and water removed, to remove the odor before use.
Complete recipes for cooking mutton
Mutton with celery for dumplings
Ingredients: celery, mutton,
noodles CeleriacMethod:
1. Mix flour with water to form a dough, cover with a damp cloth and let it rest for half an hour.2. Wash and dry the celery, then chop it. Soak the noodles in water and chop them. Wash the mutton and cut it into pieces. 3. Mix the celery, noodles, and mutton filling, add salt, sesame oil,
dark soy sauce
, and mix well.4. Roll the dough into long strips and then divide it into equal pieces. 5. Then roll each piece into a round wrapper.
6. Take a round wrapper, put the filling in the middle, and fold it.
7. Place the folded wrapper on a cutting board and press it into a flat circle.8. Boil water in a pot, add carrots
and
corn
, and boil.
9. When the water in the pot boils, add the dumplings. Once the dumplings float to the surface, they are cooked.
You can drink a sweet and refreshing soup and eat delicious dumplings at the same time.Braised mutton Ingredients: fresh mutton, green onions, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf, garlic, shallots, old soy sauce, oyster sauce, chili sauce,dark soy sauce, MSG, rice wine, salt, white pepper, sugar, and sesame oil.
Method:1. Wash and cut the mutton into chunks, then blanch and cool.
2. Wash green onions, ginger, star anise, garlic, and shallots, and cut them into pieces or segments.
3. In a pot, add old soy sauce, green onions, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, bay leaf, garlic, and shallots, and add oyster sauce, chili sauce, MSG, rice wine, salt, white pepper, and sugar. Add the mutton, bring to a boil and press the meat.
4. Then use a small fire to simmer and cook until the meat is tender and cooked. Remove from heat and let it sit for half an hour before serving.
5. Brush with sesame oil, and serve with sliced mutton.
Tips: The mutton should be soaked in water, with the blood and water removed, to remove the odor before use.
Nutritional value of mutton
Mutton can supplement iron and prevent anemia. It has a much lower fat content than beef and pork, making it a good choice for people who want to lose weight.
Furthermore, due to the high content of amino acids in mutton, the meat is tender and delicious, which is why people love mutton.
The amino acids in mutton are comprehensive, including eight essential amino acids, such as lysine, threonine, tryptophan, methionine, cysteine, histidine, isoleucine, and leucine, as well as ten non-essential amino acids.
This is the reason why mutton is so delicious.
The protein in mutton is complete, with a high content of amino acids.Lysine is an important substance for identifying whether the protein in meat is complete, and it is also an important indicator for evaluating the quality of meat. The content of lysine in mutton is 300-314 mg/100g, which is much higher than that of beef (270 mg/100g) and pork (219 mg/100g). It has good health benefits.
The unsaturated fatty acids in mutton, especially the content of oleic acid and linoleic acid, are much higher than those in pork and beef.
Unsaturated fatty acids are good for cardiovascular health. What can't be eaten with mutton
Many things, such as lamb, dog meat, etc., have restrictions in their consumption. Let's take a look at the foods that should not be eaten with mutton.
1. Mutton cannot be eaten withgold thread mushrooms.
Mutton is sweet and cold, containing animal collagen and other nutrients. Gold thread mushrooms are rich in lysine and zinc.
Gold thread mushrooms contain various bioactive substances, but eating them together can cause heart pain and even death. Similarly,
straw mushrooms,
and shiitake mushrooms
should not be eaten with mutton, as they can cause heart pain.2. Mutton cannot be eaten with pork. Eating mutton and pork together can cause diarrhea.
3. Mutton cannot be eaten withdog meat. Eating dog meat and mutton together can cause toxic reactions, which can harm the body.Similarly, mutton cannot be eaten with lotus root and ginger,
and
hweihua
3. Avoid eating pork and octopus together.4. Mutton cannot be eaten with octopus.
Eating mutton and octopus together can cause cardiovascular diseases and should not be eaten together.5. Mutton cannot be eaten with Chinese cabbage and
yellow and shengcai
Eating pork and octopus together can easily lead to cardiovascular diseases, so it should be avoided.
5. Avoid eating pork and yellow flower Celeriac together.
Avoid eating pork and yellow flower together, as it can cause chest pain.
