The origin of ants climbing trees
The origin of this dish is said to be related to the character Dou E written by Yuan playwright Guan Hanqing. Scholar Dou Tianzhang responded to the court and gave his daughter Dou E to her creditor Grandma Cai as a child bride before leaving for Chuzhou. Dou E was filial to her mother-in-law in the Cai family and waited on her husband. Her life was relatively decent. Unexpectedly, shortly after she married her husband, her husband died of illness, and her mother-in-law fell ill in bed. Dou E used her weak shoulders to shoulder the burden of the family. While seeking medical treatment and medicine for her mother-in-law, she also tried every means to change her ways to cook some delicious meals to recuperate her mother-in-law's body. Her mother-in-law gradually got better. However, due to the lack of money and the economy became tense, Dou E had to bite the bullet and go for credit. Before the meat case, the butcher said: "You haven't paid off the money you owed the previous two times. You can't trust it anymore today. "Dou E had to ask for favors, but the meat seller couldn't be pestered and cut a small piece of meat for Dou E. It's time to cook, Dou E thought, what can this little meat do? Her thoughtful eyes fell on the top of the cupboard, where there were a small handful of fans left over from the Chinese New Year. Dou E had an idea. She took off the vermicelli, soaked it in boiling water to soften it, then cut the meat into the ground, added onions and ginger, and stir-fry it in the pan. Add soy sauce and vermicelli to stir fry for a while. The mother-in-law lying on the bed asked,"Dou E, what dish did you cook so fragrant? "" It's to fry fans. "Following her words, Dou E brought the vegetables to the bed. Before her mother-in-law moved the chopsticks, she found that there were many black ideas on the fans. She asked with her presbyopic eyes," Why are there so many ants on it? "When she knew the whole story and took a bite with her chopsticks, she couldn't help but praise it again and again, saying that this dish should be called 'Ants on the Tree'!
ants on the tree
Recipe Recommendations
- pork appropriate amount
- onion appropriate amount
- Jiang appropriate amount
- garlic appropriate amount
- salt appropriate amount
- cooking wine appropriate amount
- soy sauce appropriate amount
- white sugar appropriate amount
- chicken essence appropriate amount
- white sesame appropriate amount
- slightly spicy
- fried
- ten minutes
- simple
Steps for ants on the tree
1
Wash the pork and taste better with some fat.
2
Chop the pork into minced meat. (I prefer to eat something with a better taste, so I won't chop it very finely)
3
Soak rice noodles (vermicelli) in water and soak them slightly until soft.
4
Chop green onions, ginger, and garlic.
5
Pour oil into the pan and saute the green onion, ginger and garlic until fragrant.
6
Add a large teaspoon of Pi County bean paste.
7
After low heat, stir-fry the red oil, turn to medium heat, and add the chopped meat to stir-fry.
8
Stir fry and change color. Add 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, and half a tablespoon of sugar, and continue to stir fry. (The bean paste is a little salty, so there is no need to add salt)
9
Drain the soaked vermicelli and spread it evenly on the minced meat.
10
Pour in a semi-small bowl of water, cover the pot and cook.
11
When the soup is almost dry, sprinkle with some chicken essence, chives, and white sesame seeds and stir well and remove from the pan.
12
Recently a little cold can not eat spicy, so did not dare to put more chili, but equally delicious.