Fried plantain hearts with minced meat

Overview

Everyone knows that plantains can be eaten, but few people know that you can cook with plantain hearts. Eating from the mountains, the Dai, Lahu, Hani and other ethnic minorities living in the tropical rain forests of southwestern Yunnan use the young stem hearts of wild plantains that grow in the mountains and valleys to make delicious dishes on the table. Wild plantain can bloom and bear fruit just like banana, but the fruit is small, with dense black seeds inside the peel, and almost no edible pulp. It is generally used as pig feed. The stem heart of wild plantain has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, diuretic and reducing swelling, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Before the wild banana blooms, you can pick its stems and peel off the outer skin to get the fluorescent tube-like inner stems, which can be eaten cold, stir-fried, or stewed.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• common dishes
• meat dishes
• banana heart
• garlic
• lean meat
• oil
• spicy soaked millet
• ginger
• salt
• soy sauce

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Peel off the old stems from the heart of the wild plantain and cut into thin slices.

   

2. 2 Put the cut banana hearts into a small basin and crush them with your hands. Pour some water into the small basin, stir them around with chopsticks, and remove the silk wrapped around the chopsticks.

   

3. 3 Pinch the shredded plantain hearts dry with your hands and place them on a plate for later use.

   

4. 4 Chop the lean meat into minced meat and set aside.

   

5. 5 Cut the ginger and garlic into small pieces, soak the millet and mince it.

   

6. 6 Heat oil in a wok, add ginger, garlic and millet and stir-fry until fragrant.

   

7. 7 Add minced meat and stir-fry until cooked.

   

8. 8 Add the banana hearts and stir-fry until cooked.

   

9. 9 Add a spoonful of light soy sauce and stir-fry evenly.

   

10. 10 Add appropriate amount of salt and stir-fry evenly before turning off the heat and serving.