Braised Winter Melon and Mushrooms

Autumn is the best season to eat winter melon. Winter melon has diuretic and blood pressure lowering effects, so eating winter melon regularly is good for the body. The most common way we cook winter melon is braising it. So do you know how to make braised winter melon and mushrooms? The combination of winter melon and shiitake mushrooms can make the dishes more delicious. Next, we will introduce to you the preparation method of braised winter melon and mushrooms.

Braised winter melon is a famous specialty dish belonging to the Zhejiang cuisine. This dish has a fresh and salty taste, a bright red color, and the winter melon is soft and rotten, fragrant and delicious. There are many ways to cook it and it has rich nutritional value. Peel the winter melon and cut it into 4-5 cm cubes; then make cross-shaped cuts on it and dice mushrooms and chilies; heat oil in a pan and carefully fry the winter melon until fragrant; move the winter melon out of the way and add the mushrooms and chilies, stir-fry until fragrant, then sprinkle with salt; add water to cover the winter melon, spray soy sauce, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium heat and cover the pot; when the sauce is almost dry, add oyster sauce, chicken essence and chopped green onions.

Ingredients: winter melon, mushrooms, green and red peppers

practice:

1. Peel the winter melon, cut into 4-5 cm cubes, make cross cuts on it, and dice the mushrooms and peppers;

2. Heat oil in a pan and fry the winter melon carefully until fragrant;

3. Move some space on the winter melon, add the mushrooms and chili cubes and stir-fry until they are fragrant, then sprinkle with salt;

4. Add water to cover the winter melon, spray with soy sauce, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium heat, and cover the pot;

5. When the sauce is almost dry, add oyster sauce, chicken essence and chopped green onions and it's done!

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