Nutritional value of olives

Olives are dark in color, rich in aroma, and delicious, making them a popular dish for Chaoshan people.

Olive Vegetable Introduction

Olives and salted mustard leaves (commonly known as pickled mustard leaves) are cooked into black olive dishes, which are appetizing, help digestion (digestive food) and increase appetite. The traditional production process of Chenghai olive dishes is: wash the olives, soak and rinse them with clean water, filter out the sour and astringent water; then select the salted pickles, chop them with a knife, put the olives and mustard leaves into an iron (iron food) pot, add peanut oil and appropriate amount of salt, cook over low heat until they are almost cooked, add chopped red peppers, garlic, a little sesame seeds, peanut kernels and other auxiliary ingredients, mix well, and cook for another five minutes.

Nutritional value of olives

Nutritional value: Rich in chlorophyll and essential calcium (calcium food), iodine, iron, zinc, magnesium and other trace elements

Olive vegetable preparation method

Olive dish is a special dish in Chaoshan area. It is made by frying the sweet taste of olives and the plump leaves of mustard greens. Its exquisite production technology can be traced back to the Song and Ming dynasties. After processing, it has the characteristics of "clear, fresh, refreshing, tender and smooth". It can be said to be a wonder in the famous Chaoshan cuisine.

The preparation of olive paste is very particular and requires eight steps: first, select fresh green and plump olives, remove the bitterness, then stir-fry repeatedly with fragrant peanut oil and salt to extract the fragrant flavor and retain the precious olive oil component, add selected mustard leaves, control the heat at different times, stir slowly, let the olive juice and sesame oil gradually seep into it, and make it gradually black and shiny. After more than ten hours of slow fire frying and adding spices, the smooth and refreshing olive paste is made.

When you eat it, you will feel the fragrance on your tongue and intestines. When you chew it carefully, the fragrance will linger on your teeth and cheeks, which is a unique charm of "the fragrance of horse hooves returning from stepping on flowers". In addition, olive pickles are rich in precious nutrients of olive oil and multiple vitamins (vitamin food), which can promote the production of body fluids and spleen, and promote digestion. They are natural green and healthy (healthy food) foods among Chaoshan pickles.

Fried Beans with Olives

1. Dice sword beans and fry them in oil;

2. Chop the olives, mix with the minced meat, and stir-fry with oil;

3. Pour in the sword beans, season and stir well.

4. Deep-fry the sword beans until the skin is wrinkled. It consumes little oil and cooks quickly while keeping the color green.

After cooling, put it in the jar. This dish needs a lot of oil, which is very helpful for digestion and appetizing. Just put some on the plate as a side dish. The water in the jar cannot be mixed with raw water to prevent it from getting moldy. If it is well preserved, you can use a few Olives. Olives are a well-known Chaoshan mixed salted side dish. Not only are Chaoshan people at home and abroad fond of them, but many outsiders also praise them after eating them. Not only that, black olives are also an important Chaoshan ingredient like preserved radish and pickles. Using them to make fried rice or steamed meat can produce an indescribable oily and delicious taste.

The nutritional value of olive paste is very high, and the preparation process is also very simple. You can make it at home. If you have time, you must make this unique Chaoshan specialty dish for yourself.