Silver strips, the first time I heard this dish name, I thought it wasn't really something edible. It was only when I saw its true form that I believed it could indeed be eaten.Haha, close to New Year, let's cook a plate of silver strip vegetables. May you have abundant wealth and good fortune in the coming year.This silver strip is said to be a specialty from Henan region. Though I haven't seen fresh ones before, this time I used canned ones.CannedPackaged, it can be used for cold salads, stir-frying, or boiling. Personally, I prefer using it for stir-frying as its crunchy and tender texture makes it a good match when cooked.

  Silver strips are also known by other names like ground spirit, silver sprout, or silver strip vegetable; in Northwest regions, they are commonly called "ground spirit."This vegetable uses the underground stem as its edible part.It has crisp and tender flesh, no fibers, a sweet taste, and contains more water. It is nutritionally rich and can be stir-fried, boiled, or used for cold salads.It has various health benefits, with significant effects on longevity. The "Yanxian silver strips" from Yanxian, Henan province, are the most famous.It contains a substance praised by the global food and medicine industry as a "health treasure" and a "super bifidus factor"—sucrose.It is currently considered the most effective prebiotic with anti-aging properties and health benefits to prevent illness.

  Glistening and crispSilver strip stir-friedLean meat

  Ingredients: silver strips, lean meat,gingergarlicsoy sauce, cooking wine, sesame oil,cumin seeds,red pepper,garlic sprouts, salt

  Silver strips stir-fried with lean meat

  1. Rinse the silver strips with clean water and pat dry.

  2. Slice the lean meat, marinate with ginger, garlic, soy sauce, cooking wine, sesame oil, and salt for half an hour.

  3. Heat oil and fry cumin seeds until fragrant, then remove them.

  4. Add the marinated meat slices and stir-fry until they change color, then set aside.

  5. In a new pan, heat oil and stir-fry the white part of garlic sprouts and red pepper.

  6. Add salt.

  7. Add silver strips.

  8. Add meat slices.

  9. Just before turning off the heat, addgreen onionsegments

  Enjoy this dish that is simple to make but delivers excellent results with a mild spicy flavor.

  1. The texture of silver strips is very crisp; do not overcook to maintain the taste.

  2. Silver strips come in canned form and are salty, so you can reduce the salt content when cooking.

  Simple yet effective method provides a delicious meal with a mild spicy flavor that goes well with rice.

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  Horse hoofand lean meat should not be eaten together: they provide kidney nourishment, blood tonification, moistening of the intestines, and laxative effects.Horse hoof contains protein, fat, sugar, minerals, vitamins, and nicotinic acid. It functions in kidney energy replenishment, strengthening the body's essence, and moistening the intestines.Lean pork is sweet and smooth, providing intestinal lubrication, fluid production, and muscle nourishment.PorkAlias: boar, pig. This is meat from a domesticated swine in the pig family.Swine are mammals with large heads, long noses and snouts, small eyes, big ears, short legs, and a hefty body. They were domesticated around 8,000 years ago from wild boars.Pork is an important animal-based food in Chinese cuisine today due to its fine texture, lack of connective tissue, and low muscle content.

  Nutritional value of porkPork, also known as swine, domestic pig. It is the meat from the pig family.

  Because pork fibers are relatively fine and soft, with less connective tissue and fewer muscles.Pigs are mammals, with large heads, long noses and snouts, small eyes, big ears, short legs, and a fat body.Mutton is one of the important animal foods on the dining table of Chinese people today.Because pig meat fibers are relatively fine and soft, with less connective tissue and muscle.