Should chayote be peeled? How to fry it?

Not everyone has eaten chayote, so they may not know much about it. It contains a variety of vitamins. The editor of 38 Women's Network recommends that friends who are deficient in vitamins can eat more chayote in their daily lives to supplement vitamins. But you need to pay attention to how it is done when eating.

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Does chayote need to be peeled?

Chayote, like tomatoes, cucumbers and other foods, can be used as a vegetable Edible and can also be eaten as fruit. Chayote is a very easy to digest food. Generally speaking, if the chayote is relatively tender, there is no need to peel it, but it is better to remove the stems at both ends. If some chayote are older, you can remove the skin, because too thick skin will affect the taste of the chayote. Before peeling the chayote, you can soak it in water for a while. This will make it easier to peel the soaked chayote.

What are the ways to eat chayote?

(1) How to eat it

There are many ways to eat chayote. The fresh melon can be sliced ??or shredded. It can be used for meat stir-fry, vegetarian stir-fry, cold salad, soup, hot pot, high-quality dumpling filling, etc. It can also be processed into pickled products or canned. Abroad, chayote is eaten by steaming, baking, frying, sautéing and other methods. In addition to fruits, rhizomes can also be eaten. The method and flavor are similar to potatoes, and contain more vitamins A and C. Young leaves and shoots can also be eaten as vegetables.

When eating chayote, it is best to choose young fruits with shiny shoulder parts and shallow longitudinal grooves on the surface of the peel. The peel is bright green, tender and not hardened. Chayote is on the market in late autumn and is very resistant to storage. It can be stored at room temperature from October to March to April of the following year, and the flavor remains basically unchanged.

(2) How to make chayote

Chayote can be cooked or eaten raw as a fruit. When cooking with chayote, you can not only eat it cold, but you can also stir-fry it, make soup, etc. Chayote has a refreshing, delicious taste, crisp texture and bright color, making it widely loved by people. Let’s take a look at some specific ways to cook with chayote!

1. Cold chayote

Ingredients: chayote, bell pepper, green pepper, white sugar, soy sauce, MSG

Method: First wash the chayote and cut it into shreds, then wash the red and green peppers, remove the stems and seeds, and cut them into shreds as well. Blanch the chayote shreds and chili shreds in boiling water, remove and drain and set aside. Finally, add soy sauce, sugar, MSG, chayote shreds and chili shreds in a container, stir evenly, and serve on a plate.

2. Stir-fried chayote with meat

Materials: chayote, shredded pork, oil, salt, light soy sauce, sesame oil

Method: Wash the chayote first Remove the skin and core and cut into strips, then cut the ginger into shreds. Then fry the meat and shredded ginger in a hot oil pan, and pour in an appropriate amount of light soy sauce. Pour shredded chayote into the pot, add salt and stir-fry evenly, then add appropriate amount of water and simmer briefly. Just add some sesame oil at the end.

3 Stir-fried chayote

Ingredients: chayote, salad oil, salt, garlic

Method: First cut the chayote into slices and pat the garlic broken. Then heat the oil. Add minced garlic to the pot and stir-fry until fragrant, then add chayote and salt and quickly stir-fry until fragrant.

What are the health benefits of eating chayote?

1. The selenium content of chayote seedlings is as high as 30.58-53.01 micrograms per 100 grams, which is unmatched by many vegetables. Modern medicine has proven that selenium is an indispensable trace element for the human body. The daily intake of each adult should be 30-50 micrograms. Selenium has a strong antioxidant effect and can protect the structure and function of cell membranes from damage. .

2. Chayote is comprehensive and rich in nutrients among melon vegetables. Regular consumption is beneficial to enhancing the body's ability to resist diseases.

3. The selenium content of chayote seedlings is as high as 30.58-53.01 micrograms per 100 grams, which is unmatched by many vegetables. Modern medicine has proven that selenium is an indispensable trace element for the human body. The daily intake of each adult should be 30-50 micrograms. Selenium has a strong antioxidant effect and can protect the structure and function of cell membranes from damage. .

4. Zinc has a greater impact on children’s intellectual development. Children lacking zinc have low intelligence. Regular consumption of fodo melon, which contains more zinc, can improve intelligence.

5. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the functions of regulating qi, harmonizing the central nervous system, soothing the liver and relieving cough. It is suitable for people with indigestion, chest tightness, bloating, vomiting, liver and stomach gas pain, and bronchitis cough with phlegm.

6. Chayote has a good effect on infertility caused by nutrition in men and women, especially on the decline of male sexual function.

What should you pay attention to when eating chayote?

Eating chayote and hawthorn together can easily destroy vitamin C. Chayote is a warm food, so people with yin deficiency, body heat and weak constitution should eat less.

Chayote can be eaten raw as a fruit, with a slightly sweet and refreshing taste like cucumber; it can also be used as a vegetable, stir-fried, boiled, or made into soup. Common home-cooked dishes include stir-fried diced bergamot chicken, deep-fried bergamot meat rolls, bergamot chicken soup, and cold bergamot spine.

When purchasing, if there are a small number of thorns on the skin of the melon, and you can clearly feel that the thorns have hardened when you put your hand in and out, and there are seeds protruding from the surface of the bergamot hand, it means that these chayote are ripe. Try not to choose.

Summary: I believe that through the above article, you have learned whether chayote needs to be peeled, as well as the methods and methods of eating chayote and other related information. The chayote that the editor of Sanba Women's Network introduced to you today tastes very good, and the preparation is also very simple. It is recommended that everyone cook and eat it during normal times.