How to stew mutton

Mutton is one of people's favorite meat foods, and mutton has a good nourishing effect on the human body. Eating mutton in moderation can improve people's physique. Eating mutton in winter can also resist the cold well and strengthen people's resistance. But many people don't know how to stew mutton until it is tender. Here are some tips for you!

1. How to stew mutton to make it fragrant and tender

1. Soak the mutton in cold water before stewing for at least 2 hours. If you have enough time, soaking overnight is best.

2. Drain the remaining blood from the meat, then wash and drain the cold-drawn mutton.

3. Make sure the water is boiling before putting the meat into the pot. Remember not to boil the meat in cold water. This is a key step in whether the meat can be cooked well.

4. After putting the meat into the pot, cook it quickly over high heat for no less than 30 minutes. This way the meat will become shiny white and tender.

2. How to remove the mutton smell when stewing mutton

1. When stewing mutton with sugarcane and carrots, put a few pieces of sugarcane and two pierced radishes in the pot and then add a few mung beans. After stewing, the fishy smell of the mutton will be gone.

2. Stewing meat with orange peel: Add a few pieces of orange peel when stewing lamb, which can not only remove the mutton smell, but also make the lamb fragrant and delicious.

3. Nutritional value of mutton

1. Mutton is one of the main meats consumed by the Chinese people. Mutton is more tender than pork, and contains less fat and cholesterol than pork and beef. Compared with pork, lamb has more protein and less fat. It is rich in vitamins B1, B2, B6, as well as iron, zinc and selenium. In addition, lamb is tender and easy to digest and absorb. Eating more lamb can help improve the body's immunity. Mutton has higher calories than beef and has always been regarded as one of the important foods for keeping warm and nourishing the body in autumn and winter.

2. Mutton has always been regarded as one of the important tonic foods in winter. Eating mutton regularly in the cold winter can replenish qi and nourish the body, promote blood circulation, and enhance the ability to resist the cold. Lamb can also increase digestive enzymes, protect the stomach wall and aid digestion. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mutton has the effects of replenishing essence and blood, relieving fatigue, warming the middle and strengthening the spleen, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang, and nourishing the liver. It is effective for symptoms such as emaciation due to consumptive disease, soreness of waist and knees, weak spleen and stomach, loss of appetite and nausea, dizziness and eyesight, kidney yang deficiency, qi and blood deficiency, impotence, cold hernia, postpartum coldness, and lack of milk. It is especially suitable for the elderly, weak men and postpartum women.