Water-proof stewing soup, also known as water bath stewing, is an ancient cooking skill, which is highly respected because it can retain the nutrition and original flavor of ingredients to the greatest extent. Whether you are a health expert or a food lover, it is very important to master the correct duration of stew.

The stewing time varies with the ingredients.

The duration of stew depends on the type and quantity of ingredients. Generally speaking, the longer you stew the soup, the richer the taste of the soup and the more fully the nutrition is released. The stewing time of different ingredients is different:

Meat: It takes about 1- 1.5 hours for chicken, 2-2.5 hours for beef and 1- 1.5 hours for pork.

Vegetables: root vegetables such as carrots and corn take about 1 hour, and leafy vegetables such as spinach and Chinese cabbage take about 15-30 minutes.

Dry goods: dry goods such as red dates and medlar take about 30 minutes-1 hour, and tremella and lotus seeds take about 1-2 hours.

Master the golden cooking time

After determining the type of ingredients, adjust flexibly according to the recommended stewing time and actual situation. It should be noted that the longer the stew, the better. Stewing for too long will not only destroy the taste of ingredients, but also lead to nutrient loss.

Light soup: if you want to drink light soup, the stew time can be shorter to ensure that the ingredients are cooked.

Thick soup: If you want to get thick and mellow soup, you need to extend the stewing time so that the ingredients can fully release nutrition and collagen.

Meat and vegetable collocation: For soup with meat and vegetable collocation, it is recommended to stew the meat first, and then add vegetables to avoid losing the fresh and crisp taste of vegetables by stewing too early.

Clever use of small moves will get twice the result with half the effort.

In addition to grasping the time of cooking soup, the following tips can also help you easily stew delicious and nutritious soup:

Choose suitable saucepans: ceramic saucepans, glass saucepans, etc. , but it is best to choose a saucepan with wide bottom, thick wall and good thermal conductivity.

Grasp the amount of water: the amount of water should drown the ingredients, but not too much. Generally, the surface of ingredients is about 2-3 cm above the water surface.

Boil with big fire, simmer with small fire: after boiling water with big fire, simmer with small fire to avoid the soup overflowing.

Seasoning in time: salt should not be put before stewing soup, so as not to affect the taste of ingredients. Season the soup until it is 67% ripe.

After stewing, stew: after stewing the soup, don't take it out immediately after turning off the fire, stew for 15-30 minutes, so that the ingredients can fully absorb the soup and taste better.

Stew the soup from the water, nourish it with a cup, and warm your body and heart. Mastering the cooking time of ingredients and using these cooking skills flexibly can also easily stew nutritious and delicious health soup.