Old hens have high nutritional value and can improve immunity and prevent diseases, so old hens are very suitable for pregnant women. Stewing pregnant women's old hens can largely retain the nutrition of old hens. The following small series will introduce several practices of old hen soup suitable for pregnant women.

1. Stew old hen

After washing the old hen, chop it into small pieces, soak it in cold water for two to three hours, boil it, skim off the floating foam, add a small piece of fresh ginger, an onion and a little salt, cover it, and simmer slowly. After two to three hours, turn off the fire and skim off the oil slick, then add water to continue the stew. Turn off the fire in an hour or two and you can go out. The biggest advantage of stewed old hen is that it retains the original flavor of chicken and tastes very good, which is especially suitable for pregnant women with severe pregnancy reaction.

2. Lycium barbarum old hen soup

The old hen was chopped and soaked for more than half an hour. Put the chicken pieces in the pot and bring them to a boil. Then skim the floating foam, drink the floating oil, add appropriate seasoning and medlar according to the taste, and take it out for about two hours. Lycium barbarum old hen soup has a slight sweetness and is suitable for pregnant women.

3. Huangqi hen soup

Astragalus has the function of invigorating qi and blood, but most pregnant women lack qi and blood, so when cooking soup with old hens, a small amount of Astragalus can be added to help pregnant women replenish qi and blood.