How to cook green onion leaves

Scallions are a common condiment in our lives. Whenever a dish is almost done, sprinkle some chopped scallions on the dish. It can not only enhance the flavor but also decorate the dish, which is the best of both worlds. In our daily life, we use more of the white part of the scallion, and the green scallion leaves are often wasted, which is a pity. In fact, the scallion leaves can also be used to make many delicacies, and they taste good and delicious. So what are the ways to cook scallion leaves?

Methods/Steps

How to make scallion oil:

1) Put 1 star anise, 8 fennel seeds, 15 Sichuan peppercorns and 1 bay leaf into cold oil.

2) Use low heat to slowly fry the spices until they are fragrant, then add the green onion leaves.

3) Continue to stir-fry the scallion leaves over low heat until they turn light brown and are dried.

4) Filter out all the spices and green onion leaves in the wok, and the remaining oil is the fragrant green onion oil.

How to eat the discarded green onion leaves?

The prepared scallion oil can be stored for at least 3 months. Store in a cool place, not in the refrigerator.

Scallion oil can be added to cold dishes, cold noodles, and can also be put into buns and dumplings. You will only smell the scallion fragrance, without seeing the scallion leaves.

The vegetables stir-fried with scallion oil taste particularly delicious. I recommend you try it.

To explain: the onion leaves in the picture are green onion leaves, but scallion leaves can also be used to make scallion oil and the other two foods below.

How to eat the discarded green onion leaves?

3. You can also eat green onion leaves like this:

1) When making flower rolls, wash and chop the scallion leaves, put them on the flattened dough, roll them up and steam them. The scallion flower rolls are delicious. Moreover, I personally think that green onion leaves must be put in the flower rolls, preferably chopped green onions. They are delicious, colorful, and can increase appetite.

2) Everyone knows how to fry eggs, right? Adding green onion leaves to the beaten eggs can add a lot of flavor to the eggs. This is simple, delicious, and you can also get the nutrients from the green onion leaves.

Function and indications

Dispel wind and induce sweating, detoxify and reduce swelling. It is used to treat colds, headaches, nasal congestion, fever without sweating, stroke, facial edema, sores, swelling and pain, and injuries from falls.

① "Qian Jin Shi Zhi": Green leaves are good for eyes. It can remove evil spirits from the liver, soothe the stomach and nourish the five internal organs, benefit the eye essence ('essence' is quoted as 'eye' in Zhenghe Bencao), and kill all kinds of poisons.

② "Compendium of Materia Medica for Food Therapy": It is used to treat typhoid fever, high fever, sweating, stroke, facial edema, joint pain and headache.

③ "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): Grind the stems and leaves with salt to treat snake, insect and wounds. Add water to the chapped area, grind it into powder and apply it on the affected area.

④ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Stewed onions can treat injuries caused by blows.

Dosage

For internal use: decoct in water, 3-5 qian. For external use: mash and apply, apply hot paste or decoct in water for washing.

Pharmacological Action

100% onion decoction has an inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae in test tube (ring cup test); 25% onion filtrate can kill vaginal Trichomonas if the contact time in test tube is greater than 60 minutes.