Olive vegetable is a very local and distinctive delicacy that is not only particularly favored by Chao-Shan people at home and abroad but also leaves many people from other regions yearning for more after tasting it. There are many ways to prepare olive vegetable, such as using it to stir-fry rice or steam meat, both of which are excellent choices.
How to Make Olive Vegetable: Olive Vegetable Ham Fried Rice
Ingredients Needed
300 grams of cooked rice, 2 eggs, 10 grams of olive vegetable, 10 grams of ham, 5 grams of chopped green onions, 25 milliliters of peanut oil.
Steps
1. Dice the ham.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add two eggs.
3. Scramble the eggs, then add the diced ham and stir-fry until fragrant.
4. Add the cooked rice and chopped green onions, stir-frying until the grains are separate.
5. Add the olive vegetable and stir-fry evenly before serving.
Tips
1. The olive vegetable is very salty, so there is no need to add additional salt.
2. Do not use too much oil when stir-frying the rice, as it will be greasy.
How to Make Olive Vegetable: Olive Vegetable Salted Egg Steamed Meat Patty
Ingredients Needed
Ground meat, 1 salted duck egg, olive vegetable, ginger, cornstarch, chicken powder, cooking wine.
Steps
1. Chop the ginger finely, separate the yolk and white of the salted duck egg, and dice the egg white.
2. Mix the cornstarch, ginger, cooking wine, and egg white into the ground meat.
3. Add an appropriate amount of olive vegetable and chicken powder, stirring gently.
4. After mixing evenly, place the ground meat into a heat-resistant container, press it flat, and make a small indentation in the center.
5. Place the salted duck egg yolk in the indentation.
6. Steam over water, continue steaming for about 15 minutes after the water boils, then serve.
Tips
1. Both the salted egg and olive vegetable are quite salty, so there is no need to add salt when mixing the meat.
2. Stir the ground meat in one direction.
3. The steaming time depends on the quantity and thickness of the meat patty.
How to Make Olive Vegetable: Olive Vegetable Noodles
Ingredients Needed
Noodles, olive vegetable, vegetables, roasted white sesame seeds, salt.
Steps
1. In a pot, bring an appropriate amount of water to a boil, add the noodles and some salt, and cook until done.
2. Drain the noodles and rinse with cold or ice water, then drain thoroughly.
3. Add the olive vegetable and mix well.
4. Use the same boiling water to blanch the vegetables until cooked.
5. Place the blanched vegetables in the noodles and sprinkle with roasted white sesame seeds.
How to Make Olive Vegetable: Olive Vegetable with Green Beans
Ingredients Needed
400 grams of green beans, 50 grams of olive vegetable, an appropriate amount of oil, an appropriate amount of salt.
Steps
1. Wash the green beans and cut them into sections.
2. Boil water in a pot, add an appropriate amount of salt, and blanch the green beans until cooked. Once cooked, remove the green beans.
3. In a wok with oil, stir-fry the green beans for a while, then add an appropriate amount of olive vegetable, stir-frying evenly before serving.
Tips
1. When stir-frying the green beans, add a little salt to let them absorb the flavor.
2. The green beans must be blanched until fully cooked before eating, as undercooked green beans can cause food poisoning.
Nutritional Information About Olive Vegetable
Nutritional Value
1. Olive vegetable is rich in the precious nutritional components of olive oil and various vitamins, as well as necessary calcium, iodine, and iron, zinc, magnesium, and other trace elements.
2. Nutritionists believe that olives are both vegetables and fruits with high nutritional value. Olives contain 67% water, 23% oil, 5% protein, and 1% calcium, iron, phosphorus, and other minerals, as well as various vitamins including Vitamin A, D, K, and E.
Benefits and Effects
1. The vitamin E in olive oil is a vascular protector that can lower cholesterol and triglycerides.
2. Olive oil can be used as an auxiliary treatment for gastric ulcers, prevent gallstones, and treat back pain. Eating 2 teaspoons of olive oil before breakfast every day can help alleviate back pain and reduce harmful cholesterol levels in the blood.
3. Olive oil can also act as a sedative and as a good remedy for constipation, jaundice, and gallstones.