Flounder contains a wealth of protein and other vitamins. Eating it in moderation has excellent nourishing effects on the human body, especially for those with weak bodies. Braised flounder is a common eating method in life, with delicious taste, pure texture, and simple steps. You can make it at home by yourself!

I. Common Home Cooking Method of Braised Flounder

1. Defrost the flounder.

2. Heat the oil in a flat-bottomed pot, turn the heat to low, and fry both sides of the flounder to color.

3. Heat the oil in a flat-bottomed pot and add star anise, ginger slices, garlic cloves, and Sichuan peppercorns and dried chili peppers to flavor, then add flounder, and pour in cooking wine, soy sauce, and braising soy sauce.

4. Finally, add an appropriate amount of boiling water and cook until the sauce is reduced, without adding salt.

5. It can be served once it is cooked.

II. Nutritional Value of Flounder

Flounder is rich in protein, trace elements, and vitamins, which have a good tonifying effect on the human body. For those with weak constitutions and the elderly, eating flounder can achieve a good therapeutic effect. Flounder is not only thick, crisp, and delicious in taste, easy to digest and absorb, but its swim bladder, meat, and bile can also be used to treat diseases. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that yellow fish tastes sweet, is neutral in nature, and has the effects of improving eyesight, calming the mind, replenishing qi, and invigorating the spleen and stomach. Modern nutritional research also finds that flounder has a high protein content and is rich in fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine, and a large amount of omega-3 fatty acids, which have a high medicinal value.

Flounder is rich in trace element selenium, which can eliminate free radicals produced by human metabolism, delay aging, and has preventive and therapeutic effects on various cancers.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that flounder has the effects of invigorating the spleen and stomach, calming the mind and stopping diarrhea, and replenishing qi and essence. It has a good therapeutic effect on anemia, insomnia, dizziness, loss of appetite, and physical weakness in women.

II. Diet Recommendations and Taboos

Each meal should be 80 to 100 grams. Flounder is a stimulant, so asthmatic patients and those with allergic constitutions should eat it with caution.

Flounder cannot be eaten with Chinese herbal Szechuan peppercorn, and should not be fried with cow or sheep oil.