Steps for making braised winter melon and precautions for braised winter melon

Winter melon has thick flesh, and if it is cooked well, it tastes very similar to meat. The thick flesh of winter melon makes it suitable for braised and other meat dishes. If the braised winter melon is added with the aroma of gravy, the braised winter melon can present the taste and aroma of meat. Many people who cook vegetarian dishes will use winter melon as an ingredient to make it look real. So how to cook braised winter melon? Let's take a look.

How to make braised winter melon

1. How to cook braised winter melon

Prepare 700 grams of winter melon, and then season with soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sugar. First wash the winter melon, peel and remove the seeds. Then heat the oil pan. When the oil pan is 50% hot, pour the winter melon in and start stir-frying until the winter melon starts to soften slightly. At this time, you can add soy sauce. After pouring dark soy sauce that covers half of the winter melon, stir-fry the winter melon to let the taste of the dark soy sauce penetrate into the middle of the winter melon. Finally, if you have oyster sauce at home, adding a little oyster sauce will make the taste better. After adding soy sauce, add sugar and water. Then cover it and wait for the winter melon juice to concentrate. After the juice is collected, the delicious braised winter melon is out of the pot.

2. Tips for braised winter melon

It is not easy to make braised winter melon delicious. In order to make the winter melon absorb the flavor smoothly, it is best to keep the skin of the winter melon facing down, so that the flavor can easily absorb into the winter melon. Secondly, the fire should not be too high when stir-frying the winter melon, otherwise the winter melon will easily become mushy, affecting the taste later.