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Hainan Rural Cuisine - Lei Gong Bamboo Shoots

Leigong bamboo shoots, scientific name closed sheath ginger, is Hainan's unique wild herb. Young stems like bamboo shoots, like shade, rain and lightning weather grow better, so Hainan people called "Lei Gong bamboo shoots".

Hainan Rural Cuisine - Lei Gong Bamboo Shoots

Leigong bamboo shoots, from its name, you can know that its growth period is usually during the thunderstorm season, that is, in May and June every year, May is the most luxuriant growth season, the yield is particularly high, and after June slowly decreases.

Hainan Rural Cuisine - Lei Gong Bamboo Shoots

How to consume Regal bamboo shoots.

1. Stir-fried Lei Gong bamboo shoots

Remove the shells from the regal bamboo shoots, wash them, and chop them finely.

Sauce: oil, salt, pepper, etc.

Stir-fried Lei Gong bamboo shoots must be more oil, Lei Gong bamboo shoots absorb oil, oil put less fried bamboo shoots are not very good.

If you like light taste, you don't need to put chili peppers, because the stir-fried soup is particularly sweet.

I like to put some chili pepper stir-fry, a little spicy, tasty, especially the rice.

Lei Gong bamboo shoots are very popular in restaurants, a small plate are more than ten dollars, because it is a green natural and pollution-free wild vegetables.

Hainan Rural Cuisine - Lei Gong Bamboo Shoots

2. pickled lei gong bamboo shoots

Remove the shells from the regal bamboo shoots, rinse and dry.

Fold it into small sections

Wash the container for pickling, make sure not to get oil, the oiled pickled rayong shoots will be soft and bad.

Put the rayon shoots into a container and add the right amount of salt. It is better to put more salt than less salt, less salt can also cause the rayon shoots to break down.

Finally, be sure to add warm boiling water, and the water must not be over the regal shoots.

Marinate until the rayon shoots turn brown and serve.

Hainan Rural Cuisine - Lei Gong Bamboo Shoots

The marinated rayon shoots can be eaten directly or stir-fried.

Be sure to use clean chopsticks or disposable gloves to remove the rayon shoots from the container, and never get oil on them; if you do, this bottle of rayon shoots will all go bad.

The removed Lei Kung shoots can be eaten directly with some soy sauce or chili, or you can stir-fry them with some chili, which is sour and spicy and especially appetizing.

When you get home from work on a hot day, you are tired and hungry, so you can take out the soaked bamboo shoots with thin rice, which is delicious.

Leigong bamboo shoots is a dish on the dinner table of rural Hainan people, have not eaten you may want to try, I believe you will love it once you eat.