Braised Eel
by Xiaolan Private Kitchen
Favorite
Difficulty
Normal
Time
1h
Serving
2
1. Kill the rice eel, wash it, remove the internal organs, and cut off the mouth of the rice eel
2. Wash the ginger, garlic cloves, and green onions and set aside. Just remove the film on the outermost surface of the garlic cloves, so that they are easy to cook.
3. Cut the rice eel into approximately 2 cm segments, remove the tail, slice the ginger and add garlic cloves into the eel segment, pour into the oil pan and stir-fry. Do not stir-fry for a long time, otherwise the meat of the rice eel will become hard.
4. Stir-fry for about 30 seconds, add cooking wine (you can add more cooking wine), put in an appropriate amount of cold water (must be cold water, otherwise it will have a fishy smell), cover the pot and simmer, when the water is boiled, turn on a small fire and simmer
5. Cook for about 15-20 minutes. When the eel section is a bit crispy, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, dark soy sauce, and salt, and then simmer
6. When the eel soup is almost harvested, sprinkle with pepper, put it on the plate, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and finish
Tips:It is best if the rice field eel is wild, because the farmed rice field eel is not good. For ingredients with high protein, salt or soy sauce should not be added first, as this will make the meat hard and not soft enough, and the taste will not be good. So like rice field eel, it should be simmered without any seasoning. Eel is rich in DHA and lecithin, which is the main component of the cell membrane of various organs and tissues of the human body, and it is an indispensable nutrient for brain cells. According to research data from the United States, regular intake of lecithin can improve memory by 20%. Therefore, eating eel meat has the effect of replenishing brain and fitness. The special substance "eel" contained in it can lower blood sugar and regulate blood sugar, and has a good therapeutic effect on diabetes. In addition, it contains very little fat, so it is an ideal food for diabetics. It is best to eat unagi, kill it and cook it now, and dead unagi should not be eaten. Although the eel is good, it is not suitable to eat too much, otherwise it will not only be difficult to digest, but also may cause old symptoms. Now it happens to be the best season to eat rice field eel "Xiaoshu rice field eel race ginseng"!
