Shrimp and eyebrow beans

Overview

Eyebrow beans are the seeds of the leguminous plant Phaseolus vulgaris, which are spherical or oblate, slightly larger than soybeans, and may also be shaped like cashew nuts, also known as rice beans. Distributed in Hebei, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces of China, there are also products in Vietnam. Meidou is the name that Cantonese people are used to. Eyebrow beans are sweet, mild in nature, salty, non-toxic, and enter the spleen and kidney meridian; they have the effects of strengthening the spleen, quenching thirst, tonifying the kidneys, producing essence, harmonizing the five internal organs, regulating the health, regulating the body and replenishing qi; it can be boiled to treat thirst and thirst, and used externally to treat mumps. Fresh eyebrow beans have a sweet and glutinous texture and are delicious in soups, dishes, and porridge. Especially when making braised pork, add an appropriate amount of eyebrow beans and stew them together. The beans taste fresher than the meat.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• old man
• autumn recipes
• banquet dishes
• dinner
• chicken powder
• dried shrimp
• meidou
• oil
• oyster sauce
• pork belly
• salt
• shallots

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare ingredients

   

2. 2 Soak the eyebrow beans until soft, wash and drain the water, wash and cut the pork belly into thin slices, mince the shrimps, peel and chop the shallots

   

3. 3 Heat a pan, add a little oil, add pork belly and stir-fry until the surface becomes brown

   

4. 4 Add dried shrimps and shallots and continue to stir-fry for a while

   

5. 5 Pour in the soaked and washed eyebrow beans

   

6. 6 Stir well

   

7. 7 Add 2 bowls of water, cover the pot and simmer over high heat until the soup is slightly dry

   

8. 8 Add salt, oyster sauce, chicken powder and stir-fry evenly