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Ants Climbing a Tree is a classic Sichuan home-style dish. It is salty, savory, and slightly spicy. The vermicelli is soft and spongy, soaking up the sauce, while the minced meat is tender and fragrant. Main ingredients are sweet potato vermicelli and minced meat, rich in carbohydrates and protein for quick energy replenishment. Difficulty: Medium. Clear steps, beginner-friendly. Takes about 20 minutes to complete.
Pork rib and bitter melon soup is a clear, savory Cantonese home-style soup with a sweet aftertaste: tender ribs, and bitter melon that cools and cuts through richness. It's rich in protein and vitamins, and the dried shrimp adds calcium. Blanching to remove odors and carefully removing the bitter melon pith is a bit challenging for beginners, but an electric pressure cooker simplifies it greatly. Traditional slow simmering takes 2 to 4 hours, so start 4 hours ahead; a pressure cooker needs only about 1 hour.
This Italian-style sauce is rich and delicious, with a mix of vegetables and beef for a complex texture. It is rich in protein and various vitamins, making for a balanced nutritional profile. The process is slightly tedious and requires some cooking basics, specifically how to fry beef to achieve a grainy texture and how to control the heat for slow simmering. Prep to finish takes about an hour. You can make a larger batch and freeze them for convenient use anytime.