The most nutritious spinach roots you can eat this way!

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The spinach that Popeye loves to eat has become a common dish on the general family table because it is rich in nutrients. It can be stir-fried, boiled, or cooked with other ingredients, or even juiced and added flour, made into spinach crust or water crust, and has a wide range of uses.

The highest nutritional value of roots

When most people cook spinach, the roots will usually be removed. In fact, spinach can be eaten from the head to the end, and 1 cm near the root has the highest nutritional value. Therefore, before cooking, you can first wash and cut the roots, then scrape the skin with a knife, stir-fry with oil, then add spinach and stir-fry, which has a special flavor.

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When choosing spinach, first check whether the roots are fresh purple-red. If they have turned black, it means that they may have been left for too long and are less fresh; the spinach stems must be upright and full to taste better. If there is a phenomenon of folding, they should be pressed during delivery.

Because spinach is easy to pile up mud and sand, it is necessary to clean the leaf surface and roots before cooking, and soak for about 30 minutes before cutting into suitable mouth sizes.

In addition, spinach with thick leaves has a better taste, and the leaves should not have yellow, withered or damaged symptoms, otherwise it means it is not fresh. If you can't finish it at a time, it is best to cover it with a paper bag and put it in the refrigerator to refrigerate it, and eat it in 2 or 3 days. Not only will it taste the best, but it is the most nutritious.

(This article is authorized to be reprinted from Taiwan’s good food)