lettuce

Introduction

Lettuce (var. ramosa Hort.) is a common name for leaf lettuce, also known as goose lettuce, mark lettuce, lettuce, belonging to the genus Lactuca in the Asteraceae family. It is an annual or biennial herbaceous crop with obovate leaves densely packed into cabbage-like leaf heads, which can be eaten raw, crisp and refreshing, and slightly sweet.

Lettuce originated from the Mediterranean coast of Europe and was domesticated from wild species. The ancient Greeks and Romans were the first to eat it.

Lettuce has a long history of being introduced into China. It is widely cultivated in the southeast coastal areas, especially in the suburbs of large cities and Guangdong and Guangxi regions. In recent years, the cultivated area has expanded rapidly, and lettuce has also entered the tables of ordinary people from hotels and restaurants.

Nutritional value of lettuce

Lettuce is rich in nutrients, containing a lot of carotene, antioxidants, vitamin B1, B6, vitamin E, vitamin C, as well as a lot of dietary fiber and trace elements such as magnesium, phosphorus, calcium and a small amount of iron, copper and zinc. You can often eat lettuce to enhance the digestion and absorption of protein and fat and improve the blood circulation of the stomach and intestines.

The efficacy and function of lettuce

Romaine lettuce is rich in nutrients, with more fiber and vitamin C than cabbage. Stir-fried romaine lettuce has the effects of romaine lettuce itself, such as analgesia and hypnosis, lowering cholesterol, auxiliary treatment of neurasthenia, diuresis, promoting blood circulation, anti-virus, etc. Romaine lettuce contains minerals such as calcium, iron, and copper, among which calcium is the main substance for the development of baby's bones and teeth, and can also prevent and treat rickets. Iron and copper can promote the synthesis of hemoglobin, stimulate the development of red blood cells, prevent the baby's loss of appetite and anemia, and promote growth and development. Romaine lettuce is an alkaline food, which is neutralized by acidic foods such as grains and meat, and has the function of adjusting the acid-base balance of body fluids. Romaine lettuce is rich in dietary fiber, which can stimulate gastric juice secretion and intestinal peristalsis, increase the contact area between food and digestive juice, help digestion and absorption, promote the excretion of metabolic waste, and prevent constipation. Romaine lettuce has a high water content and is very nutritious. Its most prominent feature is that it is super low in fat. If you want to lose weight, romaine lettuce is your best choice. Many women like to eat crispy and delicious romaine lettuce. Lettuce is rich in B vitamins and vitamins C and E, as well as dietary fiber and a variety of minerals. Eating more lettuce is beneficial to the human digestive system. Lettuce can promote blood circulation in the gastrointestinal tract and help digestion of macromolecules such as fat and protein. In addition, lettuce also promotes the formation of bile and can disinfect the blood.

Side effects and contraindications of eating lettuce

Lettuce is cold in nature, so people with frequent urination and cold stomach should eat it with caution.

How to make delicious lettuce

Stir-fried lettuce

Ingredients: 600 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of oyster sauce, 60 grams of cooking oil, 10 grams of soy sauce, 10 grams of sugar, 20 grams of cooking wine, 1 gram of pepper, 1 gram of salt, 10 grams of water starch, 3 grams of MSG, 5 grams of sesame oil, appropriate amount of soup, 3 grams of minced garlic.

practice:

1. Remove the old leaves of the lettuce and wash them clean. Put water in a pot, add salt, sugar and oil, put the lettuce in after boiling, turn it over, squeeze out the water and put it in a plate;

2. Pour oil into a spoon, add garlic and stir-fry, then add oyster sauce, cooking wine, pepper, sugar, MSG, soy sauce and soup, thicken after boiling, drizzle with sesame oil and pour over the lettuce.

Lettuce with oyster sauce

Ingredients: 600 grams of lettuce, 30 grams of oyster sauce, 60 grams of cooking oil, 10 grams of soy sauce, 10 grams of sugar, 20 grams of cooking wine, 1 gram of pepper, 1 gram of salt, 10 grams of water starch, 3 grams of MSG, 5 grams of sesame oil, appropriate amount of soup, 3 grams of minced garlic.

practice:

1. Remove the old lettuce leaves and wash them clean. Put water in a pot and add salt, sugar and oil.

2. After the water boils, add the lettuce and turn it over. Don’t take too long. It took me 20 seconds to take it out. Squeeze out the water and pour it into a plate.

3. Put oil in the pot, add minced garlic and stir-fry, add oyster sauce, cooking wine, sugar, MSG, soy sauce, and water. Don't add too much water. Don't add salt here, because oyster sauce and soy sauce are salty. The seasonings in this step should be added in order, first add cooking wine-sugar-soy sauce-oyster sauce-MSG-salt-water.

4. After the water boils, thicken it, drizzle with sesame oil, and pour it on the lettuce.

Salad lettuce

Ingredients: 200 grams of lettuce, 150 grams of soaked black fungus, appropriate amounts of ginger, salt, sugar, MSG, vinegar and sesame oil.

practice:

1. Wash the lettuce, cut into sections, add salt and mix well to marinate; wash the fungus, peel the ginger, and cut into thin strips.

2. Add salt, sugar, MSG and vinegar to the lettuce, mix well, put it in a plate, add shredded fungus and ginger, drizzle with sesame oil and mix well.

Efficacy: Promote blood circulation, dredge meridians, reduce fat and lose weight.

Lettuce and Mushrooms with Oyster Sauce

Ingredients: a head of lettuce, a few mushrooms, garlic, oyster sauce, salt, sugar, and chicken powder.

practice:

1. Cut off the roots of the lettuce, rinse it thoroughly, break it into large pieces and drain the water.

2. After the mushrooms are soaked, rinse them thoroughly, cut off the roots, and squeeze out the water.

3. Put some oil in the pot, add garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in mushrooms and stir-fry for about one minute until cooked, pour in lettuce and stir-fry quickly for a few times, pour in two tablespoons of oyster sauce, adjust the salt slightly according to your taste, add a little sugar and chicken powder to enhance the flavor.

Fried duck eggs with lettuce

Ingredients: 60g lettuce, 60g duck eggs, some oil, some salt, some green onions, some wine

practice:

1. Prepare a duck egg and a lettuce;

2. Chop the lettuce;

3. Add chopped green onion and wine to the duck eggs and beat them;

4. Add to the pan and stir-fry;

5. Heat the pan with cold oil, put the lettuce into the pan and stir-fry until it changes color, then add appropriate amount of water;

6. When the lettuce is almost cooked, add the minced egg;

7. Add appropriate amount of salt;

8. Stir-fry until well-flavored.

Meatball Lettuce Soup

Ingredients: 1 pound of lettuce, 1 pound of meatballs, salt, oil

practice:

1. Wash the meatballs and make crosses on them. Pay attention to the strength. If you cut too shallow, they won't expand, and if you cut too deep, they will break.

2. Select the lettuce, soak it in water for about 1 hour, wash and drain it for later use.

3. Pour the meatballs into the pot, add appropriate amount of water to cover the meatballs, and bring to a boil over high heat.

4. Cook the meatballs for a while and add the lettuce.

5. Stir well and add appropriate amount of salt.

6. Add oil and bring to a boil.

Lettuce and Tomato Salad

Ingredients: tomatoes, lettuce, salad dressing, 100g salad dressing

Preparation: Blanch the tomatoes, peel them and cut them into pieces; wash the lettuce, fry it into slightly smaller slices, mix it with the tomatoes and add salad dressing.

Lettuce Porridge

100g lettuce, 200g fragrant rice, 10g shallot, 2g refined salt, 3g Golden Dragon Fish edible blending oil

practice:

1. Wash the rice and soak it in advance for half an hour, so that the porridge will be more fragrant, thick and delicious; add enough water and bring to a boil, add a small amount of salt and oil, turn to medium heat and cook for another 10 minutes.

2. After half an hour, when the rice porridge is cooked and fragrant, add the chopped lettuce and cook for 2 minutes. The delicious lettuce porridge is ready.

Lettuce Clear Soup

Ingredients: 250g lettuce, some seasoning oil, some fish sauce, some chicken powder, some water for soaking mushrooms

practice:

1. Soak the lettuce for 30 minutes, then wash and drain.

2. Pre-cooked pork bone soup.

3. Pour the soaked mushroom water into the soup pot.

3. Cover the pot and bring to boil over high heat.

4. Add lettuce.

5. Pour in an appropriate amount of fish sauce.

6. Add appropriate amount of chicken powder, mix well, bring to boil, and turn off the heat.

Lettuce and Shrimp

Ingredients: 1 head of lettuce, 150g shrimp, 100g celery, 100g pear, 20g yellow pepper, 20g cherry tomato, some fruit salad dressing

practice:

1. Wash and cut the lettuce leaves into bowl shapes, and soak them in ice water; remove the shrimp intestines and puree them; wash and dice the celery; peel and dice the pear; wash and dice the yellow pepper; wash and dice the cherry tomatoes, and set aside.

2. Put the shrimp, diced celery and diced yellow pepper prepared in step 1 into boiling water and blanch them. Take them out and soak them in ice water. When they are cool, take them out and drain them. Then cut the shrimp into dices and set aside.

3. Mix the diced shrimp, diced celery, diced yellow pepper, diced pear and diced cherry tomatoes from step 2, put into the lettuce bowl from step 1, and drizzle with fruit sauce.

Sesame Sauce Lettuce

Ingredients: Lettuce, bitter melon, carrots (appropriate amount, a little salad oil, a little salt, a little MSG, soy sauce, sesame paste

practice:

1. Take out an appropriate amount of sesame paste;

2. Add soy sauce, salt, MSG and appropriate amount of water in the middle;

3. Stir well to release the sesame paste;

4. Cut the bitter melon into 1 cm thick segments and hollow out the flesh in the middle;

5. Blanch the fish in water with a small amount of oil and salt;

6. After boiling for two minutes, remove from the water, rinse and set aside, and prepare some shredded carrots;

7. Wash the lettuce and cut it into small pieces;

8. Take out a piece of lettuce leaf and put a few carrot strips in the middle;

9. Roll up the lettuce leaves, add another piece of lettuce leaf on the outside and continue rolling;

10. Wrap the rolled lettuce with the blanched bitter gourd rings;

11. Arrange it, cut off the excess part at the bottom, and prepare the remaining lettuce in the same way;

12. Arrange on a plate and put sesame paste into the prepared small dish and serve together.

Stir-fried lettuce

Ingredients: lettuce, shredded ginger, salt, soy sauce, sunflower oil

practice:

1. Tear lettuce by hand (for exercise);

2. Cut the ginger into shreds with a knife;

3. Heat sunflower oil in a pan until it is 50% cooked, add shredded ginger, and then add lettuce;

4. When the lettuce becomes soft, add salt and soy sauce;

5. Remove from heat after about 2 minutes.

Lettuce and Tofu Skin

Ingredients: 2 lettuces, half a sheet of tofu skin, 1 red pepper, 1 spoon of seasoning oil, 5g salt, 2g MSG, 5g minced garlic, 3g minced ginger, 6 leeks.

practice:

1. Rinse the lettuce, cut into fine pieces and drain.

2. Cut the tofu skin into 6 palm-sized pieces, put them into a pot, add water and salt, and cook.

3. Chop the red pepper into small pieces and set aside.

4. Heat the pan, add lettuce, stir-fry slightly, and drain.

5. Put oil in the pot and cook it until it is 50% cooked. Add chopped ginger, garlic and red pepper and sauté until fragrant. Add lettuce and stir-fry evenly. Add salt and MSG and serve.

6. Wrap the fried lettuce into the tofu skin one by one, tie it with chive leaves and serve.

Lettuce and seaweed soup

Ingredients: 100 grams of lettuce, 10 grams of dried seaweed.

Seasoning: scallion, pepper powder, salt, chicken essence, and vegetable oil.

practice:

1. Wash the lettuce and tear it into small pieces: Wash the seaweed and tear it into small pieces.

2. Pour vegetable oil into the pot and heat it to 70% hot. Add onion slices and pepper powder and stir-fry until fragrant. Pour in appropriate amount of boiling water.

3. After the water boils, pour the lettuce and seaweed into the pot and cook for 2 minutes. Season with salt and chicken essence.

Braised pork ribs with lettuce

Ingredients: 400g pork ribs (large), 50g lettuce (leaf), 60g soybean oil, 20g sugar, 10g soy sauce, 5g vinegar, 5g onion juice, 5g ginger juice, 5g Sichuan peppercorns

practice:

1. Wash the ribs and chop them into 3 cm long pieces; cut the lettuce into sections, the green onions into sections, and the ginger into pieces.

2. Heat oil in a spoon, put in the ribs and fry them, then remove them.

3. Put some oil on the pan, fry the scallion and ginger, add 400 grams of soup, sugar, soy sauce, salt, vinegar, and pepper, then put the ribs in, simmer the ribs over low heat, and when the soup becomes thick, remove the scallion and ginger.

4. Place the lettuce segments on one side of the plate and the spareribs on the other side.

Fried pork with lettuce

Ingredients: 35g pork, 50g lettuce, minced garlic, lettuce fried pork, 5g olive oil, 15ml soy sauce, salt

practice:

1. Wash and slice the pork.

2. Wash the lettuce and cut into pieces.

3. Heat olive oil in a pan and add minced garlic and sauté until fragrant.

4. Add the pork slices and lettuce, stir-fry evenly, simmer for 2-3 minutes, and season with salt.

Medicinal value of lettuce

Lettuce is sweet and cool in nature. Because its stems and leaves contain lettuces, it tastes slightly bitter and has the effects of clearing away heat and refreshing the mind, relieving pain and inducing hypnosis, lowering cholesterol, and assisting in the treatment of neurasthenia. Lettuce contains active ingredients such as mannitol, which has the effects of diuresis, promoting blood circulation, clearing the liver and gallbladder, and nourishing the stomach.