The invention relates to a cucumber-flavored
sunflower seed and a
processing method thereof, which belong to the field of agricultural product and
by product processing. The cucumber-flavored
sunflower seed is prepared from the following components: 500g of
sunflower seeds, 80 to 100g of cucumber, 25 to 30g of table salt, 10 to 15g of
monosodium glutamate, 5 to 10g of
sodium cyclamate, 10 to 20g of anise, 10 to 20g of
cassia bark, 10 to 15g of pepper, 10 to 15g of chicken
powder, 10 to 20g of
pericarpium citri reticulatae, and 5 to 10g of fructus lycii. The
processing method comprises the steps of cleaning the sunflower seeds, putting the cleaned sunflower seeds into a pot, and adding water; putting the table salt, uniformly stirring, and putting the
monosodium glutamate, the
sodium cyclamate and the chicken
powder; loading the anise, the
cassia bark, the pepper, the
pericarpium citri reticulatae and the fructus lycii into a gauze bag, sealing, and putting the gauze bag into the pot; after boiling with big fire,
slicing the cucumber, extracting a juice through a juice extractor, putting the juice into the pot, cooking for 20 minutes with small fire, turning off the fire, and uniformly stirring; and naturally cooling, when water is cooled,
fishing out the seeds, and
drying the seeds through a seed
drying machine. According to the cucumber-flavored
sunflower seed and the processing method thereof provided by the invention, the
cucumber juice is added during a stir-frying process of the seeds, so that the stir-fried seeds have a fresh taste of the cucumber, contain partial nutritional ingredients of the cucumber, have a higher nutritive value, and is fresh and tasty in
flavor.