What desserts can be made with coconut

There are many ways to eat coconut. For example, after opening a fresh coconut, you can drink the coconut juice or eat the coconut meat. You can also use coconut to make some delicious foods. For example, coconut chicken and coconut rice are both common foods made with coconut. You can also use coconut to make some desserts, which not only taste good, but also have certain effects in regulating and maintaining health.

1. Coconut Chicken

Ingredients: half a Qingyuan chicken, 1 coconut, a few red dates, and appropriate amount of salt.

practice:

(1) Wash and chop the chicken into pieces.

(2) Peel and husk the fresh coconut and set aside.

(3) Open the coconut, pour the coconut water into a bowl, cut the coconut meat into pieces, and wash the red dates.

(4) Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, put the coconut meat and red dates in, bring to a boil over high heat, then cover and simmer over medium heat for 30 minutes.

(5) Open the lid, add the chicken, then cover and simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes.

(6) Open the lid and pour in the coconut juice.

(7) Bring to a boil over high heat, add chicken stock and salt and turn off the heat.

Comments: The coconut milk, coconut meat and chicken soup is sweet and full of chicken aroma.

2. Coconut Rice

Ingredients: 1 coconut, 125g glutinous rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar, 30g crystal candied dates, 30g raisins, 15 lotus seeds

practice:

(1) Wash the glutinous rice and soak it in clean water overnight until the rice breaks into pieces when you pinch it with your hands. Wash the lotus seeds, raisins and wolfberries and soak them in clean water for 2 hours.

(2) Wash the coconut shell and mark the three depressions on the coconut.

(3) Use a kitchen knife to cut out a triangle (it is best to cut at these three points), then pour out half of the coconut juice and leave the other half in the coconut shell.

(4) Drain the soaked lotus seeds and wolfberries, and add the crushed rock sugar, glutinous rice, candied dates, raisins, lotus seeds, wolfberries, etc. into the coconut shell.

(5) Finally, reinsert the cut piece of coconut shell.

(6) Place the closed coconut shell into a pressure cooker, steam for 70 minutes and then turn off the heat. Then simmer for 30 minutes. When cooked, open the lid and eat.

Comments: Coconut rice is a traditional farm snack in Hainan. It is made by steaming high-quality glutinous rice, natural coconut meat and coconut milk together. It has a unique cooking method and tastes delicious.

3. Coconut meat, shrimp and pork bone soup

Ingredients: 150g coconut meat, 150g shrimp, 300g pork spine, 20g ginger juice.

practice:

(1) Wash the coconut meat and cut into pieces; wash the shrimp; wash the pork spine and chop into small pieces.

(2) Pour water into a pot and bring it to a boil. Add coconut meat, pork spine, and shrimps and bring to a boil. Skim off the foam and add ginger juice when the shrimp flavor begins to overflow. It is then ready to drink.

Comments: This dish is made with the most common coconut and shrimp in Sanya. It is simple to prepare and has a unique flavor. It replenishes Qi and produces body fluid, moisturizes the complexion.

4. Braised chicken with coconut meat

Ingredients: one chicken (about 1250 grams), 300 grams of coconut meat, 100 grams of onions, 5 grams of almonds. Seasoning: 75 grams of cooking oil, 10 grams of garlic cloves, 10 grams of coriander, 10 grams of chili, 5 grams each of coriander seed powder and cumin powder, and appropriate amounts of coconut milk and fine salt.

practice:

(1) Wash the chicken, remove the head and feet, chop it into cubes, put it into boiling water and cook until it is 50% cooked, then remove it from the water, drain it and cut the coconut meat into shreds.

(2) Wash and slice the onions and garlic cloves. Remove the stems and seeds of the chili peppers and mash them with the almonds. Set aside.

(3) Heat the pan and pour in cooking oil. When the oil is 50% hot, add onion slices, garlic slices, and coconut shreds and fry until golden brown. Transfer to the stew pot.

(4) Add chicken pieces, chili pepper, almond paste, coriander seed powder, cumin seed powder, and coconut milk, mix well and bring to a boil. Then simmer over low heat until the chicken is soft and the soup is thick. Add salt to taste and sprinkle with chopped coriander.

Comment: Coconut braised chicken is a common home-cooked dish made with chicken and coconut as the main ingredients. It is characterized by its strong fragrance.