Jiaozi is mainly divided into dumpling skin and dumpling stuffing. In order to make the stuffing soft and juicy, fat, animal oil and vegetable cream are often added to the stuffing. The meat used for stuffing is only 7 minutes thin at most, and the fat content usually exceeds 40%. Even the stuffing made of low-fat fish and shrimp should be added with animal fat to improve the taste. This will bring a lot of saturated fat and calories, which is not good for health.
How to eat jiaozi without getting fat?
Choose jiaozi with coarse cereals and vegetarian stuffing.
To achieve a true nutritional balance in jiaozi, we should start with raw materials, reduce the intake of fat and animal oil, and increase the intake of vegetables. Meat stuffing should be matched with vegetables rich in dietary fiber and minerals as much as possible, and some foods rich in soluble fiber can be added, such as mushrooms such as mushrooms, auricularia auricula and tremella, as well as algae such as kelp and Undaria pinnatifida. They can improve the taste, help reduce the absorption of cholesterol and fat, and control the rise of blood lipid after eating meat stuffing.
Bamboo shoots and dried vegetables can also absorb fat. You can also stuff all kinds of bean products and fish instead of some meat, which is beneficial to reduce the fat content. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the fact that high-fat vegetables should not be eaten when eating these stuffed foods, and they should be accompanied by refreshing cold vegetables.
In contrast, vegetarian stuffing based on eggs and vegetables is healthier, in which the oil comes from vegetable oil and the proportion of vegetables is relatively large. Because there is more phosphorus in eggs, this kind of stuffing should be matched with green leafy vegetables rich in calcium, potassium and magnesium, as well as raw materials such as shrimp skin and laver to promote acid-base balance. However, pure starch raw materials such as vermicelli have low nutritional value and are not suitable as the main raw materials for stuffing.