Pork Intestines

Pig intestines are used to transport and digest food. They are very tough and not as thick as pig stomachs. They also have a moderate amount of fat. According to their functions, pig intestines can be divided into large intestines, small intestines and intestinal heads. Their fat content is different. The small intestines are the leanest and the intestinal heads are the fattest. Pig large intestines are a famous Hakka dish. Because Hakka people were very poor in the 1930s and 1940s, they also cooked animal offal into delicacies.

Nutritional value of pig intestines

Pig large intestine has the effects of moistening dryness, replenishing deficiency, quenching thirst and stopping bleeding. It can be used to treat weakness, thirst, prolapse of the anus, hemorrhoids, blood in the stool, constipation and other symptoms. It moisturizes the intestines, removes wind and heat in the lower abdomen, and stops urination. Every 100 grams of pig large intestine contains: calories 196 (kcal) cholesterol 137 (mg) sodium 116.3 (mg) phosphorus 56 (mg) potassium 44 (mg) fat 18.7 (g) selenium 16.95 (μg) calcium 10 (mg) magnesium 8 (mg) vitamin A 7 (μg) protein 6.9 (g)

The efficacy and function of pig intestines

1. Pig large intestine is cold in nature and sweet in taste;

2. It has the effect of moistening the intestines, removing wind-heat in the lower abdomen, and stopping frequent urination.

3. Using pig large intestine to treat large intestine diseases has the effect of moistening the intestines and curing dryness, regulating bloody diarrhea and internal toxins. Ancient doctors often used it for hemorrhoids, bleeding stools or bloody diarrhea. For example, the pig intestine pills in "Renzai Zhizhi Fang" and "Qixiao Liangfang" and the Lianke pills in "Bencao Mengquan" are all famous prescriptions for treating rectal diseases, all of which use pig large intestine.

4. Qianjin. Food Therapy: Pig's intestines, for those with excessive bleeding from the intestines. Tang? Yu Shi: for those with thirst due to deficiency. Urine compress.

5. "Compendium of Materia Medica": It is used to treat wind-heat in the large and small intestines. "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can moisten the intestines and treat dryness. "Sui Xi Ju Diet": It is contraindicated for those with unclear external infection and spleen deficiency and diarrhea.

Medicinal value of pig intestines

① Treat intestinal wind and internal poison: Cook a pig's large intestine with coriander shells. (Jiuji Fang)

② Treat children with long-term bloody stools, hunger after eating a lot, no abdominal pain, no urgency: 2 liang of Coptis chinensis (crushed), 2 chi of tender pig intestines (remove fat), stuff the pig intestines with Coptis chinensis, tie both ends, cook until very soft, grind into powder, add cake paste and make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 30 to 50 pills each time, before meals, with rice water. (Pig intestine pills in Renzhai Zhizhi Fang)

③Treatment of loose stools: It doesn’t matter how much Evodia rutaecarpa is, pick it clean, use one or two large pig intestines, fill them with Evodia rutaecarpa, tie the two ends, cook over charcoal fire until very soft, grind into powder, nine times the size of sycamore seeds. Take 50 pills with rice drink before meals in the morning and evening. (《百一选方》)④Treatment of bleeding from hemorrhoids, fistulas and urinary tracts: wash one pig intestine, control it, stir-fry Sophora japonica flowers, grind into powder, stuff it into the intestines, tie the two ends, cook with rice vinegar, pound and mix, make pills as big as sycamore seeds, take 50 pills each time, take with Angelica sinensis wine before meals. (《奇效良方》Pig intestine pills)

⑤ Treat internal hemorrhoids: 10 liang of Coptis chinensis (cooked with wine), 4 liang of Citrus aurantium (fried with bran). Put 7 inches of large intestine into water and soak glutinous rice, cook until soft and pound into pills. ("Compendium of Materia Medica Mengquan" Lian Ke Pills)

Side effects and contraindications of eating pig intestines

Edible to everyone

1. Suitable for people with colorectal diseases, such as hemorrhoids, blood in stool, and rectal prolapse; suitable for people with frequent urination;

2. Avoid eating during cold period; because of its cold nature, people with spleen deficiency and loose stools should also avoid eating it.

How to make delicious pig intestines

Pork Intestines and Tofu Pudding

Ingredients: pig intestines, tender tofu, Pixian bean paste, pickled peppers, peppercorns, salt, soy sauce, MSG, ginger, minced garlic, shallots, cooking oil, scallions, cooking wine, water bean powder Features: red and white tofu, fresh and thick pig intestines, mellow texture, tender tofu, spicy but not dry, appetizing and refreshing. Procedure: 1. Wash the pig intestines, boil water in a pot, add cooking wine, ginger, scallions and pig intestines, cook until done, then remove and cut into long strips for later use.

2. Chop the Pixian bean paste and pickled peppers into small pieces.

3. Add a little oil to the pan and put the intestines in and stir-fry. At the same time, add pepper, ginger and onion until dry and fragrant, then remove from the pan and set aside.

4. Heat oil in a pot, add bean curd and pickled pepper, stir-fry until fragrant and colorful, add broth and bring to a boil, remove the bean curd and pickled pepper residue, add bean curd to taste, cook the pig intestines until they are soft and tasty, then remove the sauce and serve on a plate, sprinkle with chopped green onions. Note: When cooking pig intestines, first wash them to remove the mutton smell, second, cook them until they are soft but not overcooked, and stir-fry until the water is dry to make them fragrant. After removing the bean curd residue, the dish will be cleaner. When cooking, make sure to cook them well to make them taste rich.

How to cook pork intestines

【Features】 Rich in flavor, the intestines are fat and soft.

[Ingredients] Main ingredient: 250g of clean and cooked pig intestines. Accessories: 10g of soaked magnolia slices, 15g of boiled rapeseed, 10g of boiled carrots, 10g of soaked mushrooms. Pork oil, soy sauce, vinegar, pepper water, Shaoxing wine, MSG, onions, ginger, garlic, coriander stems, chicken soup, wet starch.

【Production process】

1. Cut the cooked pork intestines into oblique slices (about 1.5 cm thick). Cut the soaked magnolia slices and carrots into slices. Cut the rapeseed into sections. Cut the green onions into juicy pieces. Chop the ginger and garlic into minced pieces. Cut the coriander into sections. Cut the mushrooms into halves.

2. Use soy sauce, vinegar, pepper water, Shaoxing wine, MSG, wet starch and chicken broth to make juice.

3. Put lard in the spoon. When the oil is 80% hot, pour the pig intestines into the spoon and fry for a while, then pour into a colander to drain the oil.

4. Heat a small amount of oil in a spoon, fry the onion, ginger and garlic, add the magnolia slices, rapeseed, carrots and mushrooms and stir-fry briefly, then pour the fried pig intestines into the spoon, cook the juice on top, add the coriander segments, stir-fry a few times and serve.

Spicy pork intestines:

1. Boil the raw pig intestines with raw water. When the pig intestines turn white, take them out immediately.

2. Cut the pig intestines into inch-long pieces and set aside.

3. Chop the onion, ginger and garlic into small pieces and set aside. Prepare the bean paste, pickled pepper, salt, MSG, cooking wine, peppercorns and pepper powder.

4. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, and when it is 60% hot, stir-fry the bean curd and pickled pepper until they turn red, add the onion, ginger, garlic, and peppercorns, and when they are fragrant, pour the pig intestines in and stir-fry for a while, add the prepared cooking wine, salt, and MSG, stir-fry again, serve on a plate, and sprinkle pepper powder on the finished dish. 5. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, heat it, and pour it on the finished dish.