How do you eat lamb's quarters? These simple home-style methods are easy and delicious
1. Edible parts
Generally speaking, its seedlings and tender stems and leaves are all edible. However, for people, the main part eaten is its seedlings. Its stems and leaves can be fed to livestock.
2. Main cooking methods
(1) Cold salad: Choose fresh lamb's quarters so it will taste good. Put water in a pot, and after it comes to a boil, add the ingredient. Blanch it for a while; the time does not need to be too long, just a few minutes. After removing it, cool it with cold water. After that, remove the water it contains, and add seasonings such as salt, vinegar, sesame oil, and chili oil. Then, mix it evenly. Next, it is ready to eat.
(2) Steamed: This method also tastes good. Pour starch into flour and knead it into a dough. After washing the vegetable, blanch it briefly in boiling water. Then, cut it into sections, add salt, oil, and five-spice powder, and mix evenly. Then, cut the dough open and roll it into flat cakes one by one, then place the lamb's quarters we prepared on top. Then roll the cakes up, and after steaming them through, they are ready to eat.
(3) Use as filling: Many people like to use it as dumpling filling and wrap it to eat; this method also tastes good. First wash it clean, then likewise blanch it in water. Next, cut it into fine pieces, then mix it with minced meat. Add seasonings and mix evenly. Then you can wrap dumplings.
(4) Stir-fry: You can stir-fry it with sausage. Just one bunch of lamb's quarters is enough; wash it clean. Add oil and add seasonings. First add the sausage and stir-fry until it curls. Then add the lamb's quarters and vinegar. When it has been stir-fried until somewhat soft, you can turn off the heat.