Can Cordyceps flowers be fried and eaten? What is the best way to fry Cordyceps flowers?

We all know that Cordyceps flower is a relatively rare nourishing food. It looks thin and long, and has good efficacy and function. Many people often use Cordyceps flower to stew soup, which can have a very good nourishing effect. So what is the best thing to stir-fry Cordyceps flower with? Let's take a closer look!

What is Cordyceps Flower

Cordyceps flower has nothing to do with the precious Chinese medicine Cordyceps sinensis. It actually belongs to a kind of fungus and is very similar to common edible fungi such as shiitake mushrooms and oyster mushrooms.

It's just that the fungus species, growth environment and growth conditions are different. In order to distinguish it from Cordyceps, merchants gave it a beautiful name, calling it "Cordyceps Flower".

Cordyceps flowers have high nutritional value and are suitable for mental workers and people with sub-health. They are often used as soup ingredients and medicinal foods.

What to stir-fry with Cordyceps flowers

Cordyceps flowers are usually used to make soup and rarely used for cooking. I always feel that cooking with cordyceps flowers is still a bit of a luxury.

The main reason for eating Cordyceps flowers is their nutrition, and secondly, their mushroom-like taste. If you use it to make soup, both the ingredients and the soup can be completely eaten, without wasting anything.

If you use it to stir-fry, since it is a fungus ingredient, it is a good match with edible fungi ingredients, such as oyster mushrooms and enoki mushrooms.

It’s just that the soup in the dish is high in oil, and we usually don’t eat the soup at home, but it seems a waste to throw it away, so I seldom use Cordyceps flowers to cook.

However, in addition to stewing soup and cooking directly, I also use it to cook tofu in winter. On the basis of the home-made minced meat tofu, I put some cordyceps flowers and cook them together. The final oil is not much, the soup can also be eaten, and the taste is particularly good.

So if Cordyceps flower is to be served as a dish, I think it would be appropriate to cook it with tofu, which is known as "plant meat".

Tofu is also a food with high nutritional value. It is rich in high-quality protein. It is also a food we need to eat more in winter. It is very good when paired with Cordyceps.

How to make Cordyceps flower

Main ingredients: 20g Cordyceps flower, a piece of southern tofu, 150g lean pork, an egg

Seasoning: 8 grams of salt, 5 milliliters of rice wine, appropriate amount of water starch, a small amount of cooking oil

Preparation method:

1. Cut the southern tofu into pieces, put them into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water to cover the tofu, and then add 5 grams of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat and then turn off the heat, but do not take out the tofu, let it soak in water for later use. This can effectively remove the beany smell.

2. Take out the Cordyceps flowers and put them into a small bowl. Rinse them with cold water first, and then soak them in cold water for 15 minutes.

3. Wash the lean pork with rice water, cut into small pieces, and soak in clean water for 20 minutes. You can change the water during this period. Take out the meat, drain the water, chop it into minced meat, pour in rice wine, and stir it in one direction with chopsticks.

4. Rinse the eggs under running water, break them into a small bowl, beat them with chopsticks, pour them into the minced meat, and stir in the same direction.

5. Take out the tofu cubes, put them in a large bowl, drain and set aside. Wash and dry the pot, heat it up and pour in a small amount of vegetable oil (just enough to fry the minced meat), when the oil is 50% hot (you will start to feel the heat when you hover your hand about 5 cm above the oil), pour in the minced meat and use chopsticks to separate them.

6. Pour an appropriate amount of water into the pot, pour the tofu cubes in, and gently spread them out with a spoon.

7. Take out the cordyceps flowers and spread them evenly on the tofu, then cover the pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium-low heat and cook for 15 minutes.

8. Add 3 grams of table salt and stir well. Pour in an appropriate amount of water starch to thicken before serving. Then you can serve on a plate.

What should I pay attention to when eating Cordyceps flowers?

1. The Cordyceps flowers do not need to be soaked for too long to avoid the loss of nutrients.

2. The varieties of Cordyceps flowers you buy may be slightly different, some are thicker, some are thinner. Then you need to pay attention to the cooking time. During this process, you can use chopsticks to pick up a few strands to taste whether they are cooked.

3. Most of the time, you only need to add a little salt for seasoning. Cordyceps flower is a fungus ingredient. It is delicious when cooked with meat and eggs.