Cold-Cooked Kelp Salad
Cold Appetizers These can be considered a very popular choice for summer. They are refreshing and delicious, and do not require a lot of cooking, which can be a problem in the summer. Today, I will share a recipe for cold appetizers that uses seaweed as its main ingredient.Seaweed How to make seaweed more refreshing depends on the method. Here are two recipes:
Recipe for Seaweed Cold Appetizer
Ingredients: Seaweed, minced garlic, salt, sugar,
chicken broth,sesame oil, soy sauce,vinegar,，green onions, oil, chopped chili peppers.Instructions: 1. Wash and cut the seaweed into strips, then blanch in boiling water.
2. Drain the seaweed and mix with salt, chicken broth, soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar.
3. Heat oil in a pan, sauté green onions, then drizzle hot oil over the seaweed.
4. Add chopped chili peppers and mix well.
Recipe for Spicy Seaweed Cold Appetizer
Ingredients:
Seaweed, dried chili peppers, minced garlic, sesame oil,
light soy sauce,
dark soy sauce, vinegar, salt, sugar,Sichuan peppercorns, dried chili peppers.Instructions: 1. Soak and wash dried seaweed, then cut into square pieces.2. Boil seaweed in boiling water for 10-15 minutes, then drain and rinse with cold water. 3. In a bowl, mix minced garlic, chopped dried chili peppers, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, sesame oil, and make a seasoning sauce.
4. Heat oil in a pan, sauté Sichuan peppercorns and dried chili peppers, then add the seasoning sauce.
5. Pour the seasoned sauce over the cooled seaweed and mix well. Add salt to taste. Refrigerate for better flavor.Tips for Seaweed 1. Dried seaweed is often difficult to soak completely, and it takes a long time. Therefore, you can first steam the dried seaweed for 30 minutes, then soak it in water.
2. After boiling the seaweed, it is best to rinse it with cold water to remove the surface slime.
3. Adding vinegar when boiling can make the seaweed more crisp.
Nutritional Value of Seaweed
Seaweed is rich in calcium and iodine, which are essential for the synthesis of thyroid hormones. The unsaturated fatty acids in seaweed can help prevent high blood pressure and heart disease. In addition, seaweed has anti-cancer, beautifying, and anti-aging effects.
Tips for Seaweed
1. Dried seaweed is often difficult to fully soften, requiring a long soaking time. Therefore, it is best to first soak the dried seaweed.Steam for half an hour, then rinse with water;
2. After boiling seaweed, it is best to rinse with cold water to remove surface mucus.
3. Adding some vinegar while cooking can make the seaweed more crisp.
Nutritional value of cold-mixed seaweed
Seaweed is rich in calcium and also contains iodine, which is a raw material for the human body to synthesize thyroid hormones. The unsaturated fatty acids contained in it can help prevent high blood pressure, heart disease, etc., and also has anti-cancer, beautifying, and anti-aging effects.
