The melon that should be eaten most in autumn is 2 yuan a catty, the taste is soft and glutinous, and it is more delicious than braised pork

Today I will share with you a braised winter melon, using the braised cooking method, the winter melon made is particularly delicious and flavorful, more fragrant than braised pork.

---【Braised Winter Melon】---

Prepare ingredients: 600 grams of winter melon, two cloves of garlic, one star anise, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of light soy sauce, and a little dark soy sauce.

Steps:

1. Clean the winter melon, peel and remove the pulp, and then cut it into hob pieces for later use.

2. Pat the two cloves of garlic with the back of a knife, and then break the star anise for later use. To make braised winter melon, only star anise and garlic are needed, which can make the cooked winter melon have a faint meat fragrance.

3. Heat the wok first, then add a little cooking oil to moisten the pan, and put the chopped winter melon into the pot and stir-fry. If you want to be delicious, stir-frying this step is very important, stir-frying can remove the raw and astringent taste of winter melon, and can also make the winter melon taste faster in the next stewing process, the process of stir-frying is about 2-3 minutes.

4. Stir-fry the winter melon until the skin is slightly yellow, then add the garlic and star anise and continue to stir-fry to bring out the fragrance of garlic and star anise.

5. Then add an appropriate amount of boiling water, add an appropriate amount of salt and light soy sauce to taste after boiling, then add a little dark soy sauce to adjust the color, cover the pot, turn to medium-low heat and simmer for 3 minutes.

6. After the winter melon is stewed until soft and glutinous, turn the heat to high heat, and turn off the heat after a little reduction of the soup.

Tips:

1. If you want to make the braised winter melon more delicious and flavorful, you must stir-fry the winter melon until the skin is slightly yellow, and then proceed to the next step.

2. Although it is good to eat winter melon in autumn, winter melon itself is cold, so people with weak spleen and stomach should try to eat less.