The nourishing state of Lao Huo Tang is directly proportional to the soup material and climate. For example, in Beijing, when sandstorms are raging and the moisture in the air is almost dry, it is necessary to choose "stewed pork lungs with dried vegetables" and "stewed pork ribs with snow ear papaya" to moisten the lungs to quench thirst and replenish qi and blood; If your body is full of anger, you can try sweet and cold soup materials, such as "chicken bone grass with old chicken" and "cold melon with red beans with keel"; If the body is too cold, you can choose some hot soup, such as "stewed duck with fresh ginseng" and "stewed pigeon with cordyceps sinensis", but remember that cordyceps sinensis, ginseng and American ginseng are not suitable for making soup. Even in autumn and winter, these nourishing and aphrodisiac soups should be cautious, especially for the elderly and children. From a purely cosmetic point of view, the choices are mostly stews, such as "stewed lotus seeds with longan and red dates", "stewed bird's nest with ginseng and snow ear" and "stewed lily with tremella and almond".
Soup should be made in a casserole with delicate texture. Nowadays, it is more fashionable to use a crock pot. As for stew, it is natural to choose stew. Compared with soup, stew is more grand. The so-called three pots and four stews is the truth. In other words, soup usually takes three hours and stew takes at least four hours.
In operation, making soup is actually very simple. As long as the raw materials are reasonably matched, put the raw materials into the pot, boil them and simmer them slowly. The heat is controlled by the soup, and the rest is a matter of time.