Missed these days, see you next year!
Every year at this time, rapeseed flowers are everywhere in Kunshan, like a blanket spread across the fields. Unfortunately, it's been raining these days, and the originally planned weekend trip to see the rapeseed flowers was completely ruined. Fortunately, the flowering period can last for about a week, and it will gradually wither and bear seeds after Qingming Festival.
Jiangnan people are used to eating and enjoy eating. So, when tending to the rapeseed fields, they will casually pick some unopened rapeseed tips. When they return, they will fry them with garlic and lard over a high heat, which is bitter and refreshing, and very appetizing. Many people who like to eat it specialize in picking rapeseed tips from their own rapeseed fields to sell. The price is very reasonable, just two yuan per, I wouldn't miss it if I had the chance! After all, rapeseed tips are the most seasonal vegetables now, and if you miss this period, oh dear, we'll see you next year!
My deceased grandmother, who passed away more than ten years ago, used to say that now living conditions are much better, when people were poor, this time of year was the time of the spring drought. When the new grain hadn't arrived, everyone was anxious about being hungry, except for catching some snail and fish, they could only dig for vegetables to fill their bellies. This is still the 'fish village fish chef' of Jiangnan, if it were in my grandmother's hometown of Taiyu, people would really starve to death! Moreover, rapeseed seeds were very important economic crops back then, and when they were blooming, everyone was vigilant against children stealing rapeseed tips. If you took a string, you would lose a drop of oil, and that oil was the sweat of the peasants!
Today, let's make a simple home-style dish: stir-fried rapeseed tips. The method is super simple, I also added a little chili pepper to it, making the whole dish have a 'popping' spicy flavor, which is both refreshing and not too bland. Besides, rapeseed tips are naturally bitter and fresh, and they're very high in fiber. Eating a little won't make you fat, and they can also cleanse the intestines. It's a standard dish for fat-reducing and detoxifying!
---------- Stir-fried Rapeseed Tips ----------
Required Ingredients:Rapeseed tips 500g, chili pepper 5g, garlic cloves 10g, lard 10g, corn oil 10g, salt 12g.
First Step:Soak the rapeseed tips in water, add a little salt, repeatedly rub and squeeze, and then press lightly, to remove dirt and small insects. Kunshan people love to eat rapeseed tips that haven't bloomed yet. These rapeseed tips are more bitter and refreshing. My wife's family likes to eat blooming rapeseed tips, these rapeseed tips are basically not bitter anymore, with a slight sweetness, also very delicious when stir-fried with bacon.
Second Step:Cut the garlic cloves into minced pieces, and the chili pepper into silk strips.
Third Step:Pour water into the pot and bring to a boil, add oil and salt. Immediately put the rapeseed tips into the boiling water for 20 seconds, as soon as the rapeseed tips change color, immediately take them out and soak them in cold water. This can quickly cool the rapeseed tips, keep them green, and prevent them from darkening. This is a practical little trick!
Fourth Step:Put corn oil and lard into the wok and heat over high heat.
Fifth Step:First, put the chili pepper silk and minced garlic into the pot to release fragrance, then immediately pour in the drained rapeseed tips and stir-fry with high heat for 15 seconds, add salt to season and serve. Everyone in the family only eats this dish during dinner, and they all finish eating the rapeseed tips in one go, even the children say it's very delicious, and my wife says that one dish is not enough to eat! I'll go buy some more tomorrow to stir-fry with bacon and eat!
---------- Food Tips ----------
- Choose rapeseed tips, you can choose according to your own taste, if you like bitter, pick the unopened ones, if you like a little sweet, choose the ones that have bloomed. If it's blooming, don't soak and wash for too long, otherwise the precious pollen will be washed away.
- If you don't want to blanch, you can skip the blanching step, but this will cause the rapeseed tips to cook unevenly when they are put in the pot directly, which is easy to burn.
- Rapeseed tips are best fried with lard, which makes the flavor more fragrant. It's not good to fry with vegetable oil, as it has a slight sour taste.
- There are many ways to eat rapeseed tips, you can stir-fry, you can stir-fry with bacon, you can also make soup and cold dishes. When I was a child, I could use it to squeeze juice to stop nosebleeds, it's blood-stopping.
- Rapeseed tips contain a large amount of fiber and bitter substances, they are excellent fat-reducing foods. If you want to control your weight, you can eat more of them, and you will never gain weight.
Okay, that's the detailed method for stir-fried rapeseed tips, please forgive me if it's not well-made, thanks everyone.
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