Hello everyone, this is Brother Qiu talking about delicious food, sharing home-cooked dishes every day. As the three dog days approach near the end of summer, the temperature continues to rise, making the weather even hotter. Therefore, in the face of such hot weather, we don’t even want to go out, let alone think about how heavy the heat is now. Therefore, in such a hot environment, we should cool down in time to prevent heatstroke and overheating due to the weather, affecting our physical and mental health. Apart from sunscreen and heatstroke prevention during the dog days, we should adjust our daily diet, eat more nutritious foods that clear heat, cool down, hydrate, moisturize, and promote metabolism, adjust our body condition, and have a healthy and relaxed summer. So, what delicious dishes are suitable for eating more during the dog days? It is recommended to eat eight types of melons that are abundant in the summer, not only are they rich in water and vitamins, heat-clearing, and cooling, but they also have the special effects of hydrating, moisturizing, and promoting metabolism, making them especially suitable for eating more during the dog days. Next, I will share the recipes of these eight types of melons. For friends who like them, let’s learn together.
1. Pumpkin Minced Tofu Soup
Ingredients: Pumpkin, tofu, lean meat, peas, minced garlic.
Method:
1. Chop the lean meat into minced meat and put it in a large bowl. Add cooking wine, light soy sauce, and peanut oil, mix well, marinate for ten minutes.
2. Wash the pumpkin with salt and cut it into small pieces. Heat the pan with oil, sauté the minced garlic until fragrant, then add the minced meat and stir-fry.
3. After the aroma, add the pumpkin and peas, stir-fry, then add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, then add the tofu pieces and simmer.
4. After simmering for about five minutes, add an appropriate amount of salt, season to taste, and serve.
2. Cucumber Stir-Fried Chicken Breast
Ingredients: Chicken breast, cucumber, minced garlic, crushed black pepper.
Method:
1. Wash the chicken breast and cut it into small pieces. Add cooking wine, starch, light soy sauce, and peanut oil, mix well, marinate for twenty minutes.
2. Wash the cucumber with salt, cut it into small cubes. Heat the pan with oil, add the marinated chicken breast for stir-frying until golden brown, then add minced garlic to sauté.
3. Add the cucumber cubes, stir-fry, then add a little salt and sugar to season, continue to stir-fry until well mixed and flavored.
4. Stir-fry until the cucumber is cooked, then serve.
3. Zucchini Carrot Stir-Fried Pork
Ingredients: Lean meat, zucchini, carrot, minced garlic.
Method:
1. Wash the lean meat, cut it into small strips, add cooking wine, starch, light soy sauce, and peanut oil, mix well, marinate for ten minutes.
2. Peel the carrot, clean the zucchini, cut them into shreds, then heat the pan with oil, stir-fry the meat strips until they change color, remove and set aside.
3. In another pan, heat oil, sauté the minced garlic, then add the zucchini and carrot, stir-fry, add an appropriate amount of salt to season, continue to stir-fry until the zucchini and carrot are cooked.
4. Finally, add the cooked meat strips, stir-fry until well flavored, then serve.
4. Luffa Stir-Fried Scallops
Ingredients: Luffa, scallops, minced garlic.
Method:
1. Soak the scallops in advance, peel the luffa and slice it thinly, prepare minced garlic and ginger slices.
2. Heat the pan with oil, sauté the minced garlic, add the scallops, stir-fry until fragrant, then add the luffa to stir-fry.
3. Add an appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence to season, then pour in some water, stir-fry until well-flavored, then stir-fry over high heat for about three minutes, finally stir-fry until the sauce thickens, then serve.
5. Bitter Melon Stir-Fried Pork
Ingredients: Bitter melon, lean meat, minced garlic, ginger strips.
Method:
1. Clean the lean meat, cut into thin slices, add cooking wine, starch, light soy sauce, and peanut oil, mix well, marinate for ten minutes.
2. Wash the bitter melon with salt, cut into thin slices, then heat the pan with oil, add the marinated lean meat for stir-frying until golden brown, remove and set aside.
3. In another pan, heat oil, sauté the minced garlic and ginger strips, then add the bitter melon, stir-fry, add an appropriate amount of salt to season, continue to stir-fry until the bitter melon is cooked.
4. Finally, add the stir-fried lean meat, stir-fry until well-flavored, then serve.
6. Sponge Gourd Stir-Fried Eggs
Ingredients: Sponge gourd, eggs, minced garlic, ginger strips.
Method:
1. Beat three eggs in a bowl, mix well, then heat the pan with oil, pour in the egg mixture, fry until cooked, remove and set aside.
2. Peel and cut the sponge gourd into small pieces, then heat the pan with oil, sauté the minced garlic and ginger strips until fragrant, then add the sponge gourd and stir-fry.
3. After the aroma, add an appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence to season, continue to stir-fry until well-flavored, then add a little water to simmer for two minutes.
4. Finally, add the eggs and a little light soy sauce, stir-fry until well-flavored, then serve.
7. Winter Melon Beef Soup
Ingredients: Winter melon, beef, ginger strips, chopped spring onion.
Method:
1. Clean the beef, cut into thin slices, add starch, ginger strips, salt, and peanut oil, mix well, marinate for ten minutes.
2. Peel and slice the winter melon, then heat the pan with oil, sauté the ginger strips and spring onion, add the winter melon and stir-fry.
3. After the aroma, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, then add the marinated beef and cook until tender.
4. Finally, add an appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence to season, then serve.
8. Stir-Fried Pumpkin
Ingredients: Pumpkin, minced garlic, spring onion.
Method:
1. Clean the pumpkin, slice thinly, then prepare mincedvide garlic and spring onion.
2. Heat the pan with oil, sauté the minced garlic, then add the pumpkin and stir-fry over high heat.
3. Add an appropriate amount of salt to taste, continue to stir-fry over high heat for a minute, then add some water to simmer.
4. After about two minutes of simmering, add a handful of spring onion, stir-fry over high heat until the sauce thickens, then serve.
