Birthday party menu for the elderly

Every time it is the elderly’s birthday, the children will prepare a table of delicious food to celebrate the elderly’s birthday. Birthday parties are held in different ways in different regions, and the food also represents the best wishes for the birthday. For the elderly, due to tooth degeneration, they prefer foods that are easy to digest and chew. Among them, longevity noodles can be said to be a must-have staple food in the menu of the elderly’s birthday banquet.

Beef stew with potatoes

Ingredients: 500 grams of beef, 500 grams of potatoes, and appropriate amounts of soy sauce, cooking wine, salt, sugar, onion and ginger.

Method 1. Wash the beef and cut into pieces. Peel and cut the potatoes into pieces for later use. 2. Heat the oil in a pan, pour in the beef and stir-fry, then add cooking wine and stir-fry until fragrant. 3. Add appropriate amount of hot water, put in onion, ginger, soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar and salt, cook for 20 minutes, turn to low heat and cook until the beef is cooked, add potatoes and cook until cooked and well-seasoned. When the soup is slightly dry, it can be served.

Stir-fried beef shreds

Ingredients: 300 grams of tender beef, 75 grams of tender celery, 25 grams of soy sauce, 25 grams of cooking wine, 10 grams of salt, 10 grams of sugar, 10 grams of pepper powder, 10 grams of chili powder, 50 grams of Pixian bean paste, a little vinegar, and shredded ginger.

Method 1. Cut the beef and celery into 4 cm strips for later use. 2. Heat the pan and add oil. When the oil is hot, add the beef and stir-fry. When the moisture of the beef is dried up and the oil becomes clear, add the bean paste and chili powder and continue to stir-fry. After the aroma of the bean paste comes out, add the shredded ginger and cooking wine and stir-fry for a few more times. Add soy sauce, sugar, MSG, salt, a few drops of vinegar, then add celery, stir-fry for a few times, serve on a plate, and sprinkle with pepper powder.

Tips: Do not add too little oil to avoid sticking to the pan; when stir-frying dry beef, be sure to wait until the oil becomes clear before adding the bean paste, otherwise the beef will not be fragrant; the celery in the north is too old, you can blanch it before stir-frying, and remove the celery from the pan immediately after it is cooked, otherwise it will not be crispy.

Stir-fried beef

Ingredients: 300 grams of beef, 150 grams of winter bamboo shoots, and appropriate amounts of onion, ginger, sugar, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, pepper, MSG, and sesame oil.

Method 1. Cut beef, bamboo shoots, green onion and ginger into 4 cm strips; coat beef strips with dry starch and set aside. 2. Place the wok on high heat, add oil and heat until 80% hot, add the shredded beef and fry for about 1 minute, remove from the pan and drain the oil for later use. 3. Leave a little oil in the pot, put it on high heat, add winter bamboo shoots, onion, and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, add Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, sugar, a little soup or water, add shredded beef and stir-fry for about 1 minute, add pepper, MSG, sesame oil, and thicken with water starch.

Tips: When frying the shredded beef, be sure to use chopsticks to separate them to prevent them from sticking.