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How to make watermelon rind taste good? The method for making licorice watermelon rind strips

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Watermelon rind is rich in carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins, and has effects such as clearing heat and detoxifying, and promoting urination. The following introduces the technique for making licorice watermelon rind strips: Cut into strips. Thoroughly wash fresh watermelon rind with clean water, drain off the water, remove the green outer skin and the red flesh, then use a stainless steel knife to cut the watermelon rind into strips 0.2 cm wide and 6 cm long. Salting. First mix sodium benzoate and table salt, in amounts of 0.1% and 10% of the weight of the watermelon rind strips respectively. Then, in a container, salt in the order of one layer of watermelon rind and one layer of mixed salt, with a somewhat larger amount of mixed salt on the topmost layer. The salting time is generally 24 to 48 hours. Rinsing. Put the salted watermelon rind strips into a container holding clean water, changing the water once every 1 hour, until the salt content in the watermelon rind strips drops to 1% (the salt content is tested with a handheld salinity refractometer). Sugar processing. Put the rinsed watermelon rind strips into a bamboo basket and drain off the water. Then, in a container, process with sugar in the order of one layer of watermelon rind strips and one layer of sucrose. The amount of sucrose used is 20% of the fresh watermelon rind strips, and the sugar processing time is 24 to 48 hours. Baking. Take out the sugar-processed watermelon rind, drain off the sugar liquid thoroughly, arrange it evenly on a baking tray, send it into the drying room, and bake at 65 to 70 degrees C until the moisture content of the watermelon rind is 25%. Auxiliary ingredient formula. Calculated per 100 kg of fresh watermelon rind strips, prepare the auxiliary ingredients: sodium saccharin 0.05 kg, monosodium glutamate 0.2 kg, citric acid 0.05 kg, table salt 0.5 kg, potassium sorbate 0.01 kg. Soaking the auxiliary ingredients. Place the dried watermelon rind strips in a container. Dissolve the auxiliary ingredients according to the formula in licorice water, pour into the container, and mix the watermelon rind strips thoroughly from top to bottom. On the second day, mix from top to bottom another 1 to 2 times, leave for 2 days, take out the watermelon rind strips and bake them. The licorice aqueous solution is made by boiling 4 kg of licorice and 25 kg of water per 100 kg of fresh watermelon rind strips, and filtering it. Baking. Evenly arrange the watermelon rind strips that have been soaked with auxiliary ingredients on a baking tray, and send them into the drying room for baking. It is suitable to control the drying room temperature at 60 to 65 degrees C. During baking, turn them several times, and when the moisture content of the product drops to about 25%, the baking is finished. Mixing in licorice powder. Cool the watermelon rind strips at room temperature. Mix licorice powder (used in an amount of 0.1% of the fresh watermelon rind strips) into the watermelon strips, and mix evenly to obtain the finished product.

Watermelon rind is rich in carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins, and has effects such as clearing heat and detoxifying, and promoting urination. The following introduces the technique for making licorice watermelon rind strips: Cut into strips. Thoroughly wash fresh watermelon rind with clean water, drain off the water, remove the green outer skin and the red flesh, then use a stainless steel knife to cut the watermelon rind into strips 0.2 cm wide and 6 cm long. Salting. First mix sodium benzoate and table salt, in amounts of 0.1% and 10% of the weight of the watermelon rind strips respectively. Then, in a container, salt in the order of one layer of watermelon rind and one layer of mixed salt, with a somewhat larger amount of mixed salt on the topmost layer. The salting time is generally 24 to 48 hours. Rinsing. Put the salted watermelon rind strips into a container holding clean water, changing the water once every 1 hour, until the salt content in the watermelon rind strips drops to 1% (the salt content is tested with a handheld salinity refractometer). Sugar processing. Put the rinsed watermelon rind strips into a bamboo basket and drain off the water. Then, in a container, process with sugar in the order of one layer of watermelon rind strips and one layer of sucrose. The amount of sucrose used is 20% of the fresh watermelon rind strips, and the sugar processing time is 24 to 48 hours. Baking. Take out the sugar-processed watermelon rind, drain off the sugar liquid thoroughly, arrange it evenly on a baking tray, send it into the drying room, and bake at 65 to 70 degrees C until the moisture content of the watermelon rind is 25%. Auxiliary ingredient formula. Calculated per 100 kg of fresh watermelon rind strips, prepare the auxiliary ingredients: sodium saccharin 0.05 kg, monosodium glutamate 0.2 kg, citric acid 0.05 kg, table salt 0.5 kg, potassium sorbate 0.01 kg. Soaking the auxiliary ingredients. Place the dried watermelon rind strips in a container. Dissolve the auxiliary ingredients according to the formula in licorice water, pour into the container, and mix the watermelon rind strips thoroughly from top to bottom. On the second day, mix from top to bottom another 1 to 2 times, leave for 2 days, take out the watermelon rind strips and bake them. The licorice aqueous solution is made by boiling 4 kg of licorice and 25 kg of water per 100 kg of fresh watermelon rind strips, and filtering it. Baking. Evenly arrange the watermelon rind strips that have been soaked with auxiliary ingredients on a baking tray, and send them into the drying room for baking. It is suitable to control the drying room temperature at 60 to 65 degrees C. During baking, turn them several times, and when the moisture content of the product drops to about 25%, the baking is finished. Mixing in licorice powder. Cool the watermelon rind strips at room temperature. Mix licorice powder (used in an amount of 0.1% of the fresh watermelon rind strips) into the watermelon strips, and mix evenly to obtain the finished product.

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