When it comes to autumn and winter fruits, I believe oranges are the most popular, and now is also the season when oranges are on the market in large quantities, and the flesh is juicy and tastes sweet and sour. It is also rich in vitamin C, so it is super satisfying to have one in the dry autumn and winter season.
Especially after the beginning of heating in the northern region, every household is in the limelight of buying oranges. I bought a basket of oranges in the morning when I went to the market, although they are not big, but the taste is sweeter than I expected, and the thickness of the orange peel is also moderate, it is a pity to throw it away. So I collected the orange peels and prepared to "turn waste into treasure".
Orange peel usually only appears in the trash, but orange peel is cleaned, steamed, dried, fermented, and aged after the tangerine peel we see in the pharmacy, tangerine peel is the same origin of medicine and food, can be used as food to make tangerine peel bean paste, tangerine peel pork ribs, can also be used as tea to make tangerine peel mint tea, tangerine peel licorice tea, but we want to turn ordinary orange peel into tangerine peel in addition to the tedious steps just mentioned, but also after more than three years of aging, not only troublesome, time-consuming but also very long.
Today I will teach you a simple way to make tangerine peel, which can be made in one day if the sun is shining. First of all, we must prepare the orange peel, when peeling the orange peel, try to peel a little larger, do not break it, and then prepare a basin of warm water, add a spoonful of salt, half a spoon of baking soda, stir evenly and then soak the orange peel in water, gently rub the surface of the orange peel with your hands, oranges will be sprayed with some pesticides when growing and planting, and the baking soda in this water is alkaline, which can neutralize acidic pesticide residues.
Soak it in it for three or five minutes and then take out the orange peel, rinse it several times with flowing water, rinse off the salt on it, and then put the orange peel on the bamboo net, dry off the moisture on the surface, take advantage of this time we boil a pot of boiling water, put all the orange peel into the steaming drawer after the water boils, put the steaming drawer on the boiling water pot, steam the orange peel on high heat for 5 minutes, after steaming, there will be a very strong orange peel fragrance, the orange peel will become darker in color, and it will feel softer, after steaming for 5 minutes, do not pour out the water in the pot, First of all, we turned off the fire, put the orange peel on a bamboo net, and let it dry in the sun for two hours.
At this time, turn the orange peel over, let the side stained with white orange in it face up, and then dry it for about an hour, until the orange peel is dry and hard, at this time, boil the water in the pot again, put the orange peel into the steaming drawer, steam it for 8 minutes on high heat, steam the orange peel until it is soft, and absorb some water, then turn off the fire and put the orange peel on the bamboo net to continue to dry, dry for about three hours, remember to turn the orange peel over the middle.
After the orange peel is dried, you will find that the color is darker than the first time, after it is completely dried, it is put into the steaming drawer, steamed for 10 minutes, and then repeat the previous steps after steaming, after three steaming and three drying, the orange peel will become very dark and slowly turn brown, after the orange peel is completely dried, you will find that its original fragrant orange peel flavor will become very heavy, and it can be stored at this time.
You can keep it for tea, stew, boil, soup, or when your throat is upset, you can take it with some licorice, monk fruit and other boiled water to drink. The tangerine peel made by this method, although it is not as dark as the tangerine peel sold in the drugstore, but its taste and effect are already very good, if you have enough time, you can also use the way of nine steaming and nine drying to give full play to the nutritional value of the tangerine peel to the best, after nine liters and nine drying of the tangerine peel color will be almost dark brown with the pharmacy sold. The taste should also be more fragrant when cooking. However, it is more troublesome, and it needs to be guaranteed to be sunny for about three consecutive days.
After the air is all cleaned, you can put it in a cool and ventilated place, do not let the sunlight shine directly, and the easiest way for us to make tangerine peel is to eat it in autumn and winter.
Red beans are put in clean water to wash off the surface of the floating ash, and then put them in cold water to soak them overnight, rinse them twice with water on the second day, put them in a pot, and cook them slowly over low heat, which can not only cook the red beans crispy, but also will not destroy its integrity, after the tangerine peel is cut into shreds with small scissors in advance, put in the tangerine peel when the red beans are boiled for about an hour and a half, put some rock sugar, and then put a little dry osmanthus and cook for about half an hour, you can eat.
Don't put too much water in the pot when boiling tangerine peel bean paste, the final tangerine peel bean paste is viscous, which can be used as breakfast, afternoon tea, or when the water is boiled to slightly dry, put the tangerine peel bean paste into a food processor and whip it into a puree, then add some white sugar to make tangerine peel bean paste filling, and then make tangerine peel bean paste rose cake or tangerine peel bean paste glutinous balls, tangerine peel bean paste buns are very good.
Today's sharing of three steaming and three drying tangerine peel method is a relatively simple method, the tangerine peel made of the taste mellow, hard texture, resistant to preservation, in addition to vacuuming can also be preserved with coarse-grained sea salt, the stored tangerine peel will not deteriorate for a year. The soup and stew are also unique.
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