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, and you can't trust it anymore today. Dou E had to ask for favors, but the meat seller couldn't get entangled 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 was a small piece of silk left over from the Chinese New Year. Dou E had an idea. She took off the vermicelli and soaked it in boiling water to soften it, then cut the meat into the powder, add onions and ginger, add soy sauce and vermicelli, stir fry for a while, and finally add shredded green garlic and pepper to the pan.
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 the dish as "ants climbing the tree"
ants on the tree
Recipe Recommendations
- minced meat appropriate amount
- Pi County Douban 1 scoop
- soy sauce 1 scoop
- pepper powder 1 teaspoon
- Jiang appropriate amount
- minced garlic appropriate amount
- green onion appropriate amount
- broth appropriate amount
- slightly spicy
- burn
- half an hour
- ordinary
Steps for ants on the tree
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Ingredients: pea vermicelli, minced meat seasoning: 1 tablespoon of Pi County watercress, ginger, minced garlic, chopped green onion, soup (substitute with thick soup treasure, 1 small handful of pepper, 1 scoop of dried pepper (cut into sections) soy sauce, 1 scoop of pepper powder
2
Chop pork, ginger, and garlic into minced pieces; chop chives from leaves; cut dried peppers into sections; heat half of the soup treasure to water.
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Soak pea vermicelli in cold water until soft, drain and set aside. (The pea vermicelli taste good, and they are soaked in cold water to soften them so that they will not stick when frying until they are finished)
4
Put a little oil on the pan over heat, add pepper, minced garlic, and minced ginger to burst into the fragrance.
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Then add the minced meat and stir fry until it changes color.
6
Push the minced meat to one side, tilt the pan slightly, add the watercress on the oily side and stir-fry it a few times before mixing.
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Pour in the stock.
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Add the soft vermicelli and stir fry until the soup is dry.
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Finally, add in the soy sauce, sprinkle with pepper powder and chopped green onion and stir well.
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Characteristics: The color is red and bright, and the minced meat is stuck on the vermicelli (shaped like ants climbing on the branches), giving a unique flavor.