Can I stir-fry beef with chives?

The history of Chinese people eating leeks began in the Spring and Autumn Period. Leek is a delicious vegetable that is often served as a delicacy on people's tables. Chive flowers are a condiment used in Chinese cooking. Chive flowers are not chives, and there is a difference between the two. Chives cannot be cooked with beef, but can chive flowers be cooked with beef? Let’s learn more about it.

Can chives be fried with beef?

It can be fried. In the north, chive flowers are mostly ground and pickled into sauce, which is a very special sauce often seen in Beijing-style hot pot dipping sauce. In the south, the chives are mostly picked when they are still full of flower follicles. The crispy and juicy fresh chives are then stir-fried with shredded pork or other ingredients to give the dish a special rich aroma and delicious taste.

Materials and Method:

1. Beef tenderloin, about 200 grams.

2. About 100 grams of fresh chives.

3. Appropriate amount of ginger slices.

4. 15 grams of garlic (smashed and skinned), appropriate amounts of salt, sugar, cooking wine, chicken powder, starch and peanut oil.

5. Wash the chives and cut them into 2 cm small pieces for later use.

6. Cut the beef into shreds, place in a bowl, add a little salt, sugar and ginger slices.

7. Use your hands to mix the shredded beef until the salt and sugar are dissolved. When the shredded beef becomes sticky, let it sit for 20 minutes.

8. Then, coat the beef with starch: add a teaspoon of starch, an appropriate amount of chicken essence, cooking wine and about 1/5 of the amount of cold boiled water to the shredded beef, mix well and allow the shredded beef to fully absorb the water.

9. You can see that the shredded beef becomes lighter in color, smooth and elastic after absorbing the water. Then add two teaspoons of peanut oil and mix well to prevent the shredded beef from sticking during frying. Let it sit for 15 minutes for the beef to absorb the flavor.

10. Boil water in a pot over high heat, add two spoons of peanut oil, and blanch the leek flowers until just cooked.

11. Remove from the water and place on a plate for later use.

12. Heat the pan over high heat until it is 100% hot, pour in an appropriate amount of peanut oil, when the oil is hot, add the smashed garlic and stir-fry until fragrant.

13. Pour in the shredded beef that has been coated with starch and stir-fry until the beef just changes color.

14. Pour in the chive segments from step 11.

15. After stir-frying for a while, add appropriate amount of salt and stir-fry evenly.

16. Remove from the pan and serve on a plate.

Those that are incompatible with chives:

honey

Chive flowers should not be eaten together with honey, because chive flowers are from the same family as onions and garlic, all of which belong to the genus Allium of the Liliaceae family. Their food and medicinal properties are spicy, warm and hot. They both contain allicin and sulfide, which are opposite to the properties of honey. Therefore, the two should not be eaten together.

Liquor

White wine is sweet, spicy and slightly bitter, very hot in nature, and contains ethanol. Alcohol is irritating and can dilate blood vessels, accelerate blood flow, and may cause recurrence of gastritis and gastrointestinal ulcers. Chive flowers are warm in nature and sweet in taste, and can strengthen yang and promote blood circulation. Eating raw chive flowers and drinking white wine is like adding oil to the fire. Long-term consumption is even more harmful to patients with bleeding diseases. Therefore, be careful to avoid eating white wine and chives together.

spinach

Chive flowers should not be eaten together with spinach. Eating them together will have a laxative effect and can easily cause diarrhea.