Fern Root Noodles Spicy And Sour But Healthy
Fern root noodles (also called fern root vermicelli, Chinese name is 蕨根粉 Jue Gen Fen) are made of fern root powder. The fern root powder is a starch extracted from the rhizome of wild ferns that fern root goes through the process of washing, comminution, filtration, solarization. Most Chinese people would like to post this recipe on the internet because it is very easy to work for most people. But we can’t buy it on the local market. We commonly buy it online.
Fern Root Noodles
Fern root is a natural wild plant with the same function as medicine and food. It can be used as medicine and edible. It is rich in iron, zinc, selenium, and other trace elements, vitamins, and a variety of essential amino acids. Its VC content is as high as 28.6 mg per 100 grams. Compendium of Materia Medica contains that fern root dispels heat, detoxifies, diuresis the urethra, sleeps, and supplements five internal organs.
Fern Root
The noodles are a rare wild food that people have always loved. Bracken is a representative of traditional wild vegetables and is known as the “king of wild vegetables”. Compared with vermicelli, fern root powder has become black. Although it is ugly, it is anti-oxidant and makes people younger to a certain extent. Although it is starch, it will not gain weight when eaten.
Our spicy and sour fern root noodles recipe is a very popular appetizer in most Chinese restaurants. If we really master the ratio of the noodles sauce, we can make super delicious spicy and sour noodles (Chinese name is 酸辣蕨根粉) at home. It’s easy to lose your appetite when the weather is hot. At this time, please have these noodles to ensure your appetite. Today, I’m going to teach you how to cook this great dish. If you like to watch the detailed video guide, you can watch our youtube video below.
How To Make Fern Root Noodles
Step 1: Prepare Ingredients
Firstly, we should prepare ingredients. Finely mince 4 cloves of garlic. Then save them for later. Cut 1 bunch of green onion. Then save them for later. Cut 1 green pepper into dice. Then save them for later. Cut 1 red pepper into dice. Then save them for later.
Prepare Ingredients
Step 2: Prepare Noodles Sauce
Next, we should prepare the sauce for noodles. Add 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 2 tablespoons aromatic vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon chili oil into the bowl. Stir them evenly. Then save them for later. You can taste the sauce and then adjust it to your taste.
Prepare Noodles Sauce
Step 3: Cook Fern Root Noodles
Now we can start to cook these noodles. Add enough water into the pan. Then use a big fire to heat it. After the water has boiled, add 200g fern root noodles into the pan.
Cook Fern Root Noodles
Then use a big fire to cook them for 8 minutes. The noodles are hard to be cooked. So we should cook it more time to make sure that it doesn’t have any lump. After 8 minutes, drain and put them into the cold water to wash. Using cold water can help noodles to be flexible and not stick together.
Then drain and put them into the bowl. Then add some garlic, some red pepper, some green pepper, some green onion, some noodles sauce into the bowl. Stir them evenly. The number of ingredients depends on your hobby. But we think more ingredients are more delicious.
Add Ingredients
Then we got the delicious fern root noodles. Those noodles are very delicious if you like the spicy and sour taste. Hope you try it at home.
Spicy And Sour Fern Root Noodles
FAQ About Recipe?
Are Fern Root Noodles Healthy?
Of course, it is a vegetarian diet without any meat. It is rich in iron, zinc, selenium, and other trace elements, vitamins, and a variety of essential amino acids. Those things are good for our bodies. It retains most of the nutrients in the bracken root and has a greater health effect on the human body. It also has a good therapeutic effect on a sore throat, periodontitis, clearing fire, and diarrhea. The major 4 advantages are below.
- Relieve Heat: The fresh fern root is ground and cooked into fern root powder. It is a portion of natural food. The fern root powder contains various natural pigments, minerals, and other ingredients, especially containing more flavonoids and other antioxidants. Oxidizing ingredients, good taste, especially suitable for eating in summer. It also has good cooling and relieving heat.
- Clear Fire And Diarrhea: It also has a good therapeutic effect on a sore throat, periodontitis, clearing fire, and diarrhea. Therefore, fern root noodles are very suitable for the elderly as a diet food and summer cold dishes.
- Control Appetite: These noodles are often served as cold dishes at banquets and served very early on. Because it is rich in starch, it actually plays a role in balancing the three major energy-producing nutrients. Before eating meat dishes with a large amount of protein and fat, eat some of those noodles which can reduce the waste of protein. It also makes people feel fuller in advance, avoid eating too many vegetables, and actually play a role in protecting the health and balancing nutrition.
- Prevent Blood Sugar And Blood Lipids From Rising:Fern root powder contains more antioxidants such as flavonoids, which not only tastes cool and is suitable for summer consumption. It also has certain benefits in preventing blood sugar and blood lipids from rising compared with white rice.
Any Tips With This Reicpe?
Fern root noodles should be soaked enough. There are different thicknesses of the noodles that need different cooking times. The water that boils the noodles needs a little more time. Stir from time to time with a chopstick to prevent them from sticking together. If we use a nonstick pan, this situation can be a bit better.
The noodles sauce can have small changes for your requirement. Such as I do not love to eat raw garlic, I did not put the garlic, I love acid, aging vinegar more put some. Anyway or the old saying, suit your taste is good.
If you want to try other types of fern root noodles, you can try this cucumber with fern root powder. If you have any problems with this recipe, please leave your comment below.
Fern Root Noodles
Equipment(affiliate link)
Ingredients(affiliate link)
- 200 g fern root noodles
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 bunch of green onion
- 1 green pepper
- 1 red pepper
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons aromatic vinegar
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon chili oil
Instructions
- Firstly, we should prepare ingredients. Finely mince 4 cloves of garlic. Then save them for later. Cut 1 bunch of green onion. Then save them for later. Cut 1 green pepper into dice. Then save them for later. Cut 1 red pepper into dice. Then save them for later.
- Next, we should prepare the sauce for noodles. Add 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 2 tablespoons black vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon chili oil into the bowl. Stir them evenly. Then save them for later.
- Now we can start to cook fern root noodles. Add enough water into the pan. Then use a big fire to heat it. After the water has boiled, add 200g fern root noodles into the pan. Then use a big fire to cook them for 8 minutes. After 8 minutes, drain and put them into the cold water to wash. Then drain and put them into the bowl. Then add some garlic, some red pepper, some green pepper, some green onion, some sauce into the bowl. Stir them evenly. Then we got the delicious fern root noodles. We can adjust the use level of ingredients according to our flavor. Fern root noodles is very delicious if you like the spicy and sour taste. Hope you try it at home.
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