Something fresh on the New Year’s Eve dinner table—cold iced vegetables

Something fresh on the New Year’s Eve dinner table—cold iced vegetables

Overview

Crystal ice cabbage - Ice cabbage refers to Mesembryanthemum crystallinum of the family Apricotaceae, which is distributed in Africa, western Asia and Europe. It is characterized by a large number of large bubble-shaped cells on the leaves and stems, which are filled with liquid and reflect light like ice crystals under the sun, hence the name iceplant. Ice-leaf sunflower is a type of halo-alkali plant that can grow on the coast. The liquid in the bubble cells contains salt, so it tastes salty. It is eaten as a vegetable in some parts of Europe and is now introduced into China. Ice vegetables are rich in amino acids, anti-acidification substances and other highly functional substances. The sourness in ice vegetables is the natural sourness of apples, and it is rich in minerals such as sodium, potassium, and carotene. It is one of the characteristics of cabbage, bok choy, lettuce, etc., making it a vegetable with high nutritional value. (Excerpted from Baidu). I have never eaten or seen this vegetable before. My husband was given a box of frozen vegetables, and I went to Baidu to find out what they were. There is no cooking method on the Internet, but various information indicates that it belongs to the category of eating it raw or cold. So I mixed a bowl of juice and mixed it with a plate to try. I didn't expect it to be so popular. It's actually because the vegetables themselves taste so good. This ice dish tastes particularly crispy and melts in your mouth upon chewing. The leaves and stems are covered with small transparent water drops, all filled with moisture. The taste is particularly crisp. On the New Year's Eve dinner table where there is a lot of fish and meat, serving such a green and refreshing cold iced vegetable will definitely be very popular.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Wash the ice vegetables and drain them.

    Something fresh on the New Year’s Eve dinner table—cold iced vegetables step 1

  2. Cut into small pieces.

    Something fresh on the New Year’s Eve dinner table—cold iced vegetables step 2

  3. Chop the garlic into minced pieces and set aside.

    Something fresh on the New Year’s Eve dinner table—cold iced vegetables step 3

  4. Put the minced garlic into a bowl, add two tablespoons of light soy sauce, two tablespoons of balsamic vinegar, a tablespoon of sugar, a little salt, an appropriate amount of chili oil and two drops of sesame oil and mix thoroughly to make a bowl of juice.

    Something fresh on the New Year’s Eve dinner table—cold iced vegetables step 4

  5. Pour the juice into a bowl and mix well before eating. The taste is very special.

    Something fresh on the New Year’s Eve dinner table—cold iced vegetables step 5