【Beijing】Cold Bitter Chrysanthemum

Overview

The holiday table, especially the Spring Festival dinner, is really the rhythm of putting all the delicious food and drinks of the year on the table. This is called the taste of the New Year! We go to my grandma’s house every Spring Festival. Our family dinner is really delicious, with hard food and almost no vegetarian food. Nowadays, unlike in the past, only the Spring Festival can have real feasts throughout the year. That’s why everyone’s appetite is so strong for big fish and meat. But if the big fish and meat are paired with some delicious dishes, you can eat more, right? Moreover, eating a lot of food during the Spring Festival feast can easily lead to overheating. If you have a plate of cold dishes, they will be eaten up as soon as they arrive on the table. Cold bitter chrysanthemum, you can have this.

Tags

• cold dishes
• home cooking
• bitter chrysanthemum
• edible oil
• light soy sauce
• peanuts
• white sesame
• white sugar
• minced garlic
• minced green onion
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Heat oil in a cold pot and fry peanuts over low heat. During this time, use chopsticks to stir the peanuts back and forth. When it changes color, remove from the pan, sprinkle with a little salt and mix well.

   

2. 2 Wash and cut the bitter chrysanthemum into sections. (Be sure to tear each piece apart and wash carefully, otherwise sand will easily accumulate)

   

3. 3 Put the minced onion and garlic in a bowl, add salt, sugar, white sesame seeds, and pour in light soy sauce.

   

4. 4 Heat the pan and add oil. When the oil is hot, pour it directly into the bowl. (You don’t need too much oil, just use more oil than usual for cooking)

   

5. 5 Pour the juice into the bitter chrysanthemum and mix well, then add the peanut beans and mix well. (It is best to eat this right out of the pot, otherwise it will be easy to pickle in the soup, and the peanuts will not be crispy. It can be used as the last dish on the table)

   

6. 6 Mix well.