Braised sweet potato powder with Monopterus albus

Monopterus albus has delicate meat, delicious taste and high nutritional value. It contains 17.2% protein, 1.2% fat and 1% ash, and also contains thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, ascorbic acid, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Its nature is warm, non-toxic, nourishing the middle energizer, nourishing blood, strengthening bones and muscles, and expelling wind and dampness. Sweet potato powder is soft and strong, shaped like shark's fin. Braised sweet potato powder with Monopterus albus is a folk specialty dish in Ningxiang, which is called "Ningxiang shark's fin". The finished dishes are smooth, soft, delicious and nutritious. Every Duanyang Festival, Ningxiang people's families will cook this dish, which is also a delicacy at ordinary times. Main ingredients: 400g eel with thick fingers, 300g sweet potato powder. Ingredients: garlic seed, ginger, onion, perilla, salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking oil and vinegar. Method of making: (1) firstly, the eels are raised in clear water for one or two days, and then the eels are slaughtered and eviscerated, and then the eels are chopped and pounded into eel paste. (2) The sweet potato powder is soaked in hot water to be soft, ginger and garlic are cut into rice, onion is cut, perilla is chopped, and pepper is crushed for later use. (3) The pot is heated, and lard is put into it to heat 60% to 70%.
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