Pine Nut Corn
Cuisine: Chinese
Pine Nut Corn is a lightly sweet and crisp home-style quick dish.
Difficulty
2 / 5
★★☆☆☆
Ingredients
- Corn kernels (sweet corn recommended)
- Roasted pine nuts
- Carrots (optional, for color)
- Vegetable oil
- White sugar
- Salt
- Starch
- Water
Steps
- Blanch corn kernels and cut carrots for 1 minute, then drain and set aside.
- Heat wok with oil, sauté cut carrots briefly, then add corn kernels and stir-fry.
- Add white sugar and salt, mix well.
- Mix water and starch to make a slurry, pour into the wok and stir-fry quickly until the sauce slightly thickens.
- Add roasted pine nuts and stir-fry until evenly combined.
- Turn off heat and plate the dish.
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Notes
Pine Nut Corn is a lightly sweet and crisp home-style quick dish. The pine nuts are savory and crispy, while the corn is sweet, making it a popular Northern Chinese home-cooking staple. The combination of corn and pine nuts provides a good balance of dietary fiber, unsaturated fatty acids, and various vitamins.
Easy to make with a difficulty rating of ★★ and 580 kcal.
Instructions for a standard serving:
- Corn kernels: 200g (Canned sweet corn or par-boiled fresh corn can be used).
- Roasted pine nuts: 30g.
- Carrots: 50g (Cut into small cubes, optional).
- Vegetable oil: 15 ml.
- White sugar: 10g.
- Salt: 1g.
- Starch: 5g.
- Water: 20 ml (For the slurry).
- Pine nuts can be stir-fried over low heat beforehand until slightly golden and crispy for extra flavor.
- If using canned corn, drain the excess water beforehand to prevent the stir-fry from becoming too watery.
- Do not use high heat while stir-frying to prevent burning the pot or charcoalizing the pine nuts.
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