Mutton is tender and sweet, nourishes yin and nourishes the kidneys, and is one of people’s favorite foods in winter. And now people's living standards are high, even if the price of mutton is relatively expensive, it is still within the acceptable range. 1. Ingredients for radish and mutton soup: 1000 grams of radish, 500 grams of mutton, appropriate amounts of refined salt, pepper, green onions and ginger. Method: Remove the fascia from the mutton, cut it into cubes of about 3 cm, blanch it in a boiling water pot, remove the blood, remove and drain, put it in the pot, and pour in an appropriate amount of water. Peel the radish, wash and cut into water chestnut slices and set aside. First, put the onions and ginger in the mutton pot over high heat. After boiling, simmer for about 30 minutes. Then add the sliced ??radish and cook until the mutton is cooked.
Put the meat and broth into a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Efficacy: This soup has therapeutic and nourishing effects on common colds and coughs, chronic bronchitis, asthma caused by deficiency and cold, cold and painful abdomen, physical weakness and fear of cold, soreness and weakness in waist and knees, sallow complexion, thinness of muscles, deficiency of qi and blood, physical weakness after illness or postpartum, etc. Suitable for people with weak health. 2. Ingredients for astragalus and mutton soup: 150 grams of mutton, cut into small pieces, mixed with 6 grams of astragalus, 5 grams of ginger, 10 grams of green onions, and 5 grams of star anise. Method: Put the ingredients together in a pot of cold water, bring to a boil over high heat, remove the foam, turn to medium-low heat and simmer until the mutton is cooked, add a little salt. Efficacy: This soup has the effects of warming yang and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and tonifying the kidneys. It is suitable for people who are afraid of cold and cold limbs, have weakness in the limbs, shortness of breath, laziness, and soreness of the waist and knees.
However, this soup should be regarded as a medicinal diet. It is best to consult a traditional Chinese medicine doctor whether it is suitable for taking it. 3. Ingredients for wolfberry mutton soup: 150 grams of mutton, 20 grams of wolfberry, 5 grams of minced ginger, a little star anise, onion, garlic, salt, etc. Method: Wash the mutton, cut it into small cubes of uniform size, put it into boiling water and bring to a boil. Put it into the boiling water pot together with the washed wolfberry, cut the ginger and star anise, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer. . After the mutton is mature, add onions, garlic, salt and other seasonings, and continue to simmer until the mutton is cooked. Efficacy: This soup has the effects of improving eyesight, fixing essence, strengthening muscles and tonifying kidney, and is suitable for those with insufficient kidney yang. It is suitable for elderly people with blurred vision, unclear vision, red and swollen eyes, and joints that are not suitable for flexion and extension.
4. Ingredients for winter melon and mutton soup: 150 grams of mutton, 5 grams of ginger, 10 grams of green onions, 100 grams of winter melon, and salt. Method: Wash the mutton and cut it into small pieces. Put it into a pot of cold water with ginger and green onions. After boiling, remove the foam and turn to medium-low heat to simmer. When it's cooked, add washed and cut winter melon (cut into large pieces, don't peel it) and a little salt, and stew until the mutton is cooked. Efficacy: Winter melon and mutton soup can relieve water and relieve stranguria, and is suitable for people with edema and difficulty urinating. During the 7th to 9th month of pregnancy, if you eat the second soup, it can strengthen the spleen and qi, diuresis and prevent pregnancy.