【Beijing】Doujiang and Crystal Skin Jelly

Overview

After the Chinese New Year, it’s spring, and weight loss is around the corner! As the saying goes: If you don’t lose weight in February, you will be sad in June. When we Chinese people celebrate the festival, the most direct way to express it is to eat and drink together, the table is full of delicious food, chicken, duck, fish, wine and cola... Eating too much of these big fish and meat will easily lead to indigestion. Starting from the autumn fat, and continuing to the new year, the swimming rings on the waist and the inflatable cushions on the cheeks have long been unwilling to be lonely, and are flourishing and fulfilling! But then again, you can’t feed rabbits all the time during the Chinese New Year. I think this is the only dish [Old Beijing Bean Sauce and Crystal Skin Jelly] that contains meat, fat-free, full of collagen, beautifying and nourishing, and full of festive flavor, suitable for all ages, healthy and delicious, cheap and affordable, and easy to make. With so many advantages rolled into one, it is a must-have delicacy on the table for my family during the holidays. The upgraded version of crystal skin jelly is [Old Beijing Bean Sauce]. On the basis of crystal skin jelly, soybeans, diced carrots and seasonings are added, and it can be eaten directly after condensation. Cats have loved eating it since they were little. They like that it has the chewy texture of crystal skin jelly and the pleasure of chewing soybeans. Crystal skin jelly is crystal clear, with a small amount of salt added, so when eating it, prepare a bowl of spicy and sour dipping water. Garlic must be added as the finishing touch. Dip enough into the water and take a big mouthful. The crystal skin jelly is smooth and elastic, teasing the tip of the tongue and taste buds. It feels great.

Tags

• cold dishes
• home cooking
• chicken essence
• cooking wine
• dried soybeans
• green onions
• light soy sauce
• pigskin
• sugar
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• carrot
• ginger slices
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Soak the dried soybeans in water the night before

   

2. 2 The soybeans will swell the next day

   

3. 3 Clean the pork skin. If there is any residual pig hair on the surface, please use tweezers to remove it. I bought it in the supermarket. The quality is very good, hairless and clean, so I omitted this step

   

4. 4 Pour cold water into the pot, add green onions, ginger slices, peppercorns, and appropriate amount of cooking wine

   

5. 5 Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 10 minutes

   

6. 6 Then take it out and wait until the skin is no longer hot

   

7. 7 Use a knife to scrape the back of the meat skin vigorously. You must scrape off all the remaining fat layer. If it is not scraped clean, it will affect the transparency of the finished product. Scrape the front and back several times, avoid

   

8. 8 Wash the scraped meat skin again and cut into thin strips

   

9. 9 Add about twice as much water as the skin and bring to a boil over high heat

   

10. 10 Add appropriate amount of cooking wine

    

11. 11 After boiling over high heat, remove the scum, turn to low heat and cook for 1.5 hours. Add a small amount of salt after about 1 hour

    

12. 12 Cut two carrots into cubes and set aside

    

13. 13 1.5 hours later, the pork skin soup has been cooked to a pleasant milky white color

    

14. 14 Put half of the pork skin soup and the skin soup into the crisper. At this point, the steps for making crystal skin jelly are basically completed

    

15. 15 The following is the process of upgrading the old Beijing Dou'er from Crystal Skin Jelly. Add soybeans and diced carrots

    

16. 16 Add light soy sauce, salt, chicken essence and appropriate amount of sugar

    

17. 17 Simmer over low heat for another 10 minutes. New ingredients will be added and some foam will form. Please remove the foam

    

18. 18 Finally, put it into a crisper, and after cooling, place it in the refrigerator until it solidifies. Stir the soup several times before it solidifies, so that the ingredients can be evenly distributed in the jelly

    

19. 19 The next day, take out the crisper

    

20. 20 Turn the crisper over and blow the bottom and sides with a hair dryer until the heated surface melts slightly

    

21. 21 Then use the tool to gently open it from the side

    

22. 22 The bean paste and crystal skin jelly can be easily pulled out

    

23. 23 Cut into pieces and plate

    

24. 24 Cut into pieces and plate in the same way

    

25. 25 The old Beijing bean paste is flavorful, but the crystal skin jelly only adds a small amount of salt, so you need to prepare a dipping water (light soy sauce, vinegar, salt, sugar, chicken essence, spicy oil, crushed peanuts, minced garlic, minced green onion)

    

26. 26 Okay, one method, simple changes, to make two different flavors of delicious food at once

    

27. 27 On the dinner table during holidays

    

28. 28 This cold dish is also meat, but it’s definitely not greasy or greasy

    

29. 29 Full of collagen

    

30. 30 Beauty care, especially suitable for women

    

31. 31 The most traditional specialties of old Beijing

    

32. 32 Simple, delicious, healthy and brilliant, you can add a healthy dish to the festive family dinner