【Raw materials】pork belly, lotus seeds, ginger, white pepper, shallots, salt, cooking wine, edible oil;
【Preparation of pork belly lotus seed soup】
1. Prepare the raw materials you need, pork belly and lotus seeds, if you have fresh lotus seeds in autumn, you can choose to use fresh lotus seeds, and if you don't have fresh lotus seeds, it is the same with dried lotus seeds;
2. The pork belly needs to be cleaned, the prepared pork belly is placed in a large basin, add a little more flour and salt, knead for 5 minutes, the adsorption of the flour is very strong, it can well remove the mucus on the surface of the pork belly, after kneading, rinse it under the flowing water, and feel that there is still mucus after cleaning, you can repeat it again;
Then turn the pork belly over, grab and wash it again, if there is more oil in the pork belly, you can cut off some with scissors, clean it again, and the pork belly will be processed;
3. After the pork belly is processed, prepare some ingredients, a little more ginger slices, green onion knots, white pepper granules, peeled lotus seeds, a little red dates and wolfberries;
4. Clean the pork belly in a pot under cold water, add ginger slices, green onions, and cooking wine to remove the fishy, boil over high heat, skim off the surface foam after boiling over high heat, turn to low heat and cook for another 5 minutes, which can not only set the shape of the pork belly, but also reduce the fishy smell;
5. Blanch the pork belly in warm water and clean it, then cut it into strips of random size;
6. Heat the pot, add an appropriate amount of cooking oil, the oil temperature is 5 hot, add a little more ginger slices and stir-fry to get the fragrance, add the pork belly, stir-fry for 2 minutes, after stir-frying, pour in an appropriate amount of cooking wine to remove the smell, rush into the boiling water, boil over high heat, skim the foam after boiling, boil for another 5 minutes after the water boils, the combination of boiling water + high fire can make the boiled pork belly soup milky white;
7. After the pork belly soup is boiled until milky white, pour all the ingredients into the casserole, add a little white peppercorns, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 45 minutes;
8. After 45 minutes, put in fresh lotus seeds and continue to stew, fresh lotus seeds are easier to stew, and the specific degree of softness should be mastered;
9. After 15 minutes, add the prepared red dates and wolfberries, simmer for another 10 minutes, add a little salt to taste before cooking, turn off the heat and remove from the pot;
10. The nourishing and delicious pork belly lotus seed soup is completed;
Summary of the preparation of pork belly lotus seed soup:
1. The white pepper granules in the pork belly lotus seed soup can have a good fishy effect, and those who can accept the spicy taste of pepper can put a little more, and those who do not have white pepper particles can use white pepper powder instead;
2. Pork belly is more difficult to cook, so be sure to simmer for a while, and it is most suitable to stew until it is soft and rotten;
3. Pork belly lotus seed soup can be stewed over water, but it takes a long time, at least 2-3 hours;