Stewed cabbage with chestnuts

Stewed cabbage with chestnuts

"Chestnuts and cabbage" is a traditional dish in Beijing. For some more meticulous Beijingers, it is also an indispensable dish during festivals and festivals. <br />The meaning of "cabbage" is to be clean and honest, while "chestnut" is a symbol of having many children, many blessings and good luck. Generally, this dish is made by stewing chicken soup. The so-called "grilling" means using good soup to cook it. During this process, you cannot use a spoon to stir it back and forth, but always keep the dishes in their complete shape when placed in the pan. You can turn the spoon twice halfway through the cooking, but you cannot turn the vegetables apart. Heat the vegetables thoroughly and then thicken them. When thickening, use your hands to shake the frying spoon and pour in the water starch to solidify and gelatinize them evenly. Although grilling vegetables may seem simple, all the effort lies in the coordination of the movements of the hands and the accuracy of turning the spoon. Only when you use the frying pan or frying spoon skillfully can you try to make grilling vegetables. If you practice the movement of turning the spoon well, it is quite quick and convenient to make grilled dishes. <br />This time I couldn't buy raw chestnuts when I went to Shanghai, so I had to replace them with cooked chestnuts. The color of cooked chestnuts is not as beautiful as the raw ones, but they taste very good. They are soft, waxy and sweet after entering the mouth. The method of "braising cabbage with chestnuts" is as follows;
Mountain Spring Fish Soup Stewed with Three Vegetables

Mountain Spring Fish Soup Stewed with Three Vegetables

Living at home should avoid waste as much as possible, and running a family thrift is also a virtue of the Chinese nation. When cooking at home, try not to discard the few leftovers left over from fresh ingredients as long as they can be fully utilized. Today, I will use the fish bones from the slices when making squirrel mandarin fish. Of course, if there are less fish bones, I can only use it to make soup. Although it is a soup, I should pay attention to it. I use mineral water. Fish soup, which tastes quite good, and the method is as follows;