Bitter Melon Braised Pork Ribs

Bitter melon and pork ribs braised is a food made by stewing bitter melon and pork ribs. Nowadays, many people like to eat this kind of food. Of course, braised pork ribs with bitter melon not only tastes good, but also has high nutritional value. If you want to cook delicious bitter melon braised pork ribs, you actually need to master some skills. Next, I will introduce to you the method of cooking bitter melon braised pork ribs and its nutritional value!

1. How to cook bitter melon stewed pork ribs

1. Prepare the ingredients, dice the bitter melon, chop the ribs into small pieces, and marinate the ribs with appropriate amount of rice wine, salt and pepper for 20 minutes;

2. Prepare garlic and chili

3. Heat the pan, add oil, stir-fry garlic and ribs

4. Stir-fry the ribs until slightly browned, then add the bitter melon and stir-fry

5. Add appropriate amount of salt and pepper, then sprinkle some boiling water along the edge of the pot, cover the pot and simmer for five minutes

6. Add a little sugar, add some soy sauce, stir fry and serve

2. Nutritional value of bitter melon

1. Bitter melon is rich in vitamin C, with every 100 grams containing 56 mg of vitamin C.

2. Bitter melon is rich in bitter glycosides and bitter substances. Momordica charantia is known as the "fat killer" which can reduce the intake of fat and polysaccharides.

3. Bitter melon contains a substance similar to insulin - polypeptide-P.

4. Bitter melon also contains a protein lipid substance that can stimulate and enhance the ability of immune cells in animals to engulf cancer cells. It can work with quinine in biological alkali to exert an anti-cancer effect in the body.

3. Nutritional value of spare ribs

Spare ribs have high nutritional value. They taste sweet and salty, and are neutral in nature. They enter the spleen, stomach, and kidney meridians; they tonify the kidney and nourish blood, nourish yin and moisten dryness; they are mainly used to treat damage to body fluid due to febrile disease, thirst and emaciation, kidney deficiency and weakness, postpartum blood deficiency, dry cough, constipation, tonify deficiency, nourish yin, moisturize dryness, nourish liver yin, moisturize the skin, promote defecation and stop thirst.

Tonify the middle and replenish qi: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spare ribs can tonify the middle and replenish qi. Whether it is braised spare ribs or spare rib soup, whether it is braised or stir-fried, spare ribs have the effect of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi.

Nourishing the spleen and stomach: Spare ribs can nourish the spleen and stomach. Proper consumption of spare ribs can maintain the function of the spleen and stomach.

Improve anemia: Spare ribs can provide heme (organic iron) and cysteine ​​which promotes iron absorption, which can improve iron deficiency anemia.

Strengthen bones and muscles: Spare ribs are rich in trace elements such as iron and zinc, which can strengthen bones and muscles.