【Steamed winter melon with garlic】
Ingredients: 1 winter melon, 1 head of garlic, appropriate amount of oil and salt, 1 green onion, 2 tablespoons of steamed fish soy sauce, half a tablespoon of sesame oil, 1 teaspoon of chicken essence, 2 teaspoons of sugar, 2 red peppers
Steps:
1. Cut off the skin of the winter melon and scrape off the pulp.
2. Cut the melon into half-centimeter-thick slices.
3. Place the melon slices in a circular setting on a plate and set aside.
4. Next, let's fry the garlic juice, cut the garlic into minced pieces, put the minced garlic in clean water and wash it, and then filter out the garlic with a leaky net and drain the water. Add oil to the pot, boil until 5-6 is hot, put half of the minced garlic in the pot, fry the minced garlic over low heat, stir while frying, fry the minced garlic and float up, and the color turns yellow. Turn off the heat and use a strainer to remove the fried minced garlic and set aside. Put the remaining half of the minced garlic in a basin, 1 tablespoon of sesame oil, add chicken essence, sugar, salt, and mix well.
5. Heat the fried garlic oil, heat it to 7-8 heat, pour the garlic oil into the basin in batches, pour the oil and stir while pouring the oil, so that the garlic is heated evenly, and the garlic in the pot is fried until fragrant. Put the minced garlic that has been strained through a strainer into a basin and stir well so that the garlic juice is ready, which is the method of gold and silver garlic sauce.
6. Pour the garlic juice on the winter melon slices, add water to the steamer and boil, put the plate containing the winter melon into the steaming drawer, cover the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and steam for 15 minutes.
7. When the time is up, take out the plate, put the shredded green onion and red pepper rings, and pour in the steamed fish soy sauce in a circle.
8. Heat oil in a pot until it smokes, and pour the hot oil over the shredded green onion and red pepper to bring out the fragrance. A plate of steamed winter melon with garlic and garlic is ready.