Contemporary migrant workers really don’t want to take out food again.
But cooking is very difficult, ingredients, seasoning, heat and time are all indispensable.
Especially the seasoning, I can’t understand the mystery of a little amount of a few, Even if there is a recipe, the eyes will be useless.
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In addition, we also found that because of the isolation at home, some friends who can cook have also entered the bottleneck period of cooking.
I can’t do it. I can’t live without burping. It tastes like instant noodles.
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What to do?
Actually, if you want to quickly improve your cooking skills, you don’t need to look for recipes or practice spoons. The easiest way is to buy the right seasonings and an air fryer. You can really do it with your hands. .
Today, the institute invited food R&D engineers and senior food experts, and specially prepared “9 hidden seasoning artifacts”< strong>!
Those who cook well
probably used it all
The same ingredients, the same heat, it’s just a matter of taste.
However, cooking seasoning is not only about saltiness, but also different flavor materials such as sour, sweet, fresh, and spicy according to different ingredients. good to eat.
Andthe type of seasoning, ratio, time of addition, and even the order in which it is added can all affect the final taste.
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However, luckily there are some “cheating” products that can help us cut corners!
Simply omit the metaphysical seasoning link, which means that the chef has prepared the ingredients in advance, and you only need to put fresh ingredients in it to make dishes that are not inferior to the restaurant.
Come, let me introduce the “magic” of Chef Xiaobai: Lazy Man’s Seasoning Pack, Aquatic Seasoning, Bean Curd.
01
Lazy Seasoning Pack
The scientific name is compound seasoning, which is actually made by mixing a variety of seasonings in a certain proportion.
Thirteen spice, bean paste, chicken essence… all belong to traditional compound seasonings, but these are not “lazy” enough.
The upgraded version of the Lazy Man’s Seasoning Package does not need to add and balance the proportions of various seasonings by yourself. One package can complete a dish.
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Many products are developed according to the chef’s recipe, and the taste is much more reliable than tinkering with yourself.
02
Seafood Seasoning
The main raw material is fish, shrimp, crab and shellfish and other aquatic products, plus salt and sodium glutamate.It is made of other compounds, such as fish sauce, shrimp paste, and oyster sauce.
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Because it contains natural umami substances such as amino acids and nucleotides, the biggest feature of this type of seasoning is a “fresh”, especially suitable for activating vegetables with little taste.
Like oyster sauce is the secret weapon of many kitchen novices. It comes with fresh, salty, and sweet ingredients. It is used instead of salt in cooking, and there are almost zero mistakes.
03
Sufu
Tofu is fermented with salt, wine, etc. It has a certain salty taste, but compared with pure table salt, it has more umami and mellow sauce flavor brought by fermentation, and has a certain salty taste. Thickening effect, only used to dip steamed bread as a pickle is too bad.
A piece of fermented bean curd ≈ salt + umami substances + thickening.
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Try to replace the salt with fermented bean curd, without adding any seasoning, the taste will go to a higher level.
And a small amount of fermented bean curd can enhance the taste, relatively low sodium content, and provide a small amount of calcium.
9 Hidden Spices
Help you cook hard dishes at home
This time, we invited Zhang Huchuan, a food author, to take out her lazy seasonings, and organize this list for everyone according to different practices, hurry up and collect!
Boiled
As long as you can boil water, you can make hard vegetables
01
Chuanwazi
Bobo Chicken Seasoning
Specifications
360 g (makes 2 servings)
Price
$15.8
How
I want to eat ingredients, cooked
Babo chicken stock, add 500ml warm water and mix well
Cooked ingredients, soak them in the base for half an hour before eating
True ・ 0 requirements for culinary skills, a treasure seasoning that is fragrant when soaking in the soles of shoes.
Add a little warm water to effortlessly restore the taste of Sichuan street food, and it can also solve all kinds of ingredients that you can’t finish or don’t know how to eat.
Red and oily, with a strong aroma, the potatoes, lotus root slices, and chicken feet are full of soup, stained with enough sesame seeds, who can resist this!
When I am hungry at night, I have a bowl of chicken for a late night snack. I feel that the whole person is alive. The epidemic isolation is an excellent choice to solve the loneliness of the mouth at home.
It will be more delicious after soaking for a while, but it is really fragrant and can’t wait.
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When hungry at nightWaiting for a late night snack, I feel that the whole person is alive, and the epidemic isolation is an excellent choice to solve the loneliness of the mouth at home.
It will be more delicious after soaking for a while, but it is really fragrant.
02
Knorr
Golden Pepper Fish Head Seasoning
Specifications
125 g (2-3 servings)
Price
$13.9
How
Fish head/meat/chicken with seasoning
Boil water and steam for 10~15 minutes
In 10 minutes, you can make a fish head with chopped peppers that will not lose to the restaurant!
It saves a lot of time compared to chopping, seasoning, and frying the peppers yourself, but the taste is even better, and the fresh and spicy rice is very good.
If you can’t get a fish head, you can also use it to make chopped pepper fish meat, chopped pepper chicken nuggets, or stir-fried razor clams with yellow peppers.
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Knorr has a wide variety of lazy seasoning packages, including Chaoshan brine juice, hot and sour soup with black pepper, and sweet and sour sauce with dried tangerine peel…you don’t even have to eat the same for a week. Friends who have tried, come to the message area to chat~
03
Add some sour soup and beef seasoning
Specifications
50 g (1-2 servings)
Price
$9.8
How
Enoki mushrooms, fat beef, cooked
Boil beef seasoning with 300 ml of water, pour over ingredients
The time of cooking instant noodles makes a sour soup and fat beef, I even feel that something is wrong.
“Add Flavor” is a new star in the lazy seasoning world, focusing on health, the fat content per packet is only 0.85 grams.
The taste is not heavy, but more than 23% of the Hainan Yellow Lantern Chili Sauce also ensures that it is fresh and sour.
Colds
Recreate expensive salads with ease
04
Baileys
Vinegar Dressing
Specifications
250 g
Price
$16.8
Usage
Mix the vegetables, eggs, and meat you want to eat
Wash the vegetables and tomatoes, cook the eggs and chicken breasts and cut everything, drizzle some vinaigrette and you can graze happily and without any burden.
This salad dressing is 0 fat, 0 sucrose, fresh and slightly acidic, making it a great appetizer on hot days.
05
Kewpie0 Fat Salad Dressing
Thousand Island flavors
Specifications
200 ml
Price
$23.8
Usage
Mix the vegetables, eggs, and meat you want to eat
Thousand Island salad dressing that friends who like sour taste will love, is refreshing and flying.
Mainly seasoned with vinegar and sugar substitute, it is really low in calories, only 31 kcal per 100 grams, which is 1/15 of the calories of ordinary thousand island sauce.
Put a spoon or two every time you mix it with salad, it’s not a burden at all.
Fried Vegetables
One spoonful for all kinds of stir fry
06
Sun IslandGarlic Sauce
Specifications
100g
Price
$2
Usage
Add a spoonful of stir-fried vegetables and meat
Add a little water to make barbecue sauce
The niche hot sauce from Harbin is a panacea, you can add a little to anything.
Stir-fry vegetables, stir-fry meat… Add a spoonful, and it’s delicious.
Add a little water to dilute to make barbecue sauce, barbecue sauce.
Use it for dipping barbecue, it is better than the barbecue restaurant outside, and it kills most of the barbecue sauce on the market.
The spicy taste is not too heavy, students who don’t like spicy food can also try it.
07
Spring Yellow Lantern Chili Sauce
Specifications
150 g
Price
$7.50
Usage
Fry meat, stir-fry vegetables, add a spoonful of seafood
This hot sauce is very spicy.
It’s the same as the Sun Island Garlic Sauce above, and it belongs to the top pick.
Without adding salt, sugar, cooking wine, and a spoonful of yellow lantern chili sauce, you can make many hard dishes that no one would believe if you say you are a novice.
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For example, stir-fry meat, make seafood, and use it to make spicy fried clams.
The clams spit sand, fry them in the oil pan, then add a spoonful of yellow lantern sauce and water to simmer for 1 minute, and a private house spicy fried clams is easy to serve.
08
Lee Kum Kee Oyster Sauce
Specifications
510 g
Price
$45.9
Usage
Boil the vegetables, add half a spoon of oyster sauce and mix well
Oyster sauce is one of the favorite seasonings for any newbie in the kitchen.
The classic lettuce with oyster sauce is to boil the lettuce and mix it with oyster sauce.
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Although it is easy to use, there are many oyster sauces on the market that are added in a small amount. This Jiuzhuang oyster sauce is expensive, but the first ingredient list is oyster sauce, which is mellow and delicious. Strong oyster flavor.
It is a combination of salty, fresh and sweet. It can be used for cooking, stir-frying and mixing.
09
Wang Zhihe rose bean curd
Specifications
350g
Price
$10.9
Usage
Add a piece of stir-fried vegetables
Fry the water spinach and lettuce, stir-fry 1 piece of fermented bean curd + 1 spoon of fermented bean curd juice and pour it into the pot, stir-fry it for two more times, and it is a delicious dish.
The mediocre vegetables have a thousand-turn aroma under the touch of fermented bean curd, a touch of fermented freshness, and a hint of rich sauce flavor. Green vegetables!
Seeing this, some friends may worry that these seasonings are unhealthy, with thousands of sodium per hectogram.
That’s true, but don’t be surprised by the numbers, otherwise the sodium content of table salt is about 40,000 mg/100g, so you can’t eat salt, right?
It’s just seasoning, doesn’t dry out half a bottle at a time.
We have compiled a list of recommended seasonings and estimated sodium intake based on approximate serving sizes for your reference.
Boiled seasoning packs are generally for two people, and they also need to be added with water before eating. The ingredients such as fat and sodium will be diluted, so don’t worry too much.
In addition, these lazy seasonings are not only salty, but also have other flavor substances added. Under the synergistic effect of taste, even if you add a little less, it will not feel dull, but it will help Reduce sodium intake.
If you still think the above recommendations are not enough, You can eat it if you want, bibimbap and noodles are suitable for hot sauce, we also ask Food experts sorted it out—
Recommended chili sauce with less sodium
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