Dry gastrodia elata is made of fresh gastrodia elata, and its water content is relatively low. If it is directly washed and boiled, it is difficult to cook, so it needs to be soaked and softened in advance. According to the different water temperature, it usually takes 20-30 minutes to soak the dried gastrodia elata.
Tips Dry Gastrodia elata should not be soaked for too long, otherwise it will easily lead to the loss of effective components of Gastrodia elata, thus reducing its nutritional value and medicinal value.
It is recommended to soak gastrodia elata or hot water in cold water.
You can use cold water or hot water to soak dried gastrodia elata, but it is generally recommended to use cold water, because the temperature of hot water is relatively high, and although the soaking time is relatively short, it is easy to lead to the loss of nutrients in dried gastrodia elata. Although the soaking time of cold water is relatively short, it can well retain its nutritional value and medicinal value.
3 How much gastrodia elata does the stewed chicken put at a time? It is recommended to use 20-25g at a time.
Stewed chicken with gastrodia elata is a health-preserving recipe with high nutritional value and edible value, which is made from gastrodia elata and old hen. Gastrodia elata, as a Chinese herbal medicine, has a strong function of calming the wind and stopping spasm, calming the liver and suppressing yang, expelling wind and dredging collaterals. It is generally recommended to use about 20-25g for chicken stew each time, because Gastrodia elata as a Chinese herbal medicine has certain side effects to a certain extent, and excessive consumption will pose a threat to human health.
4 The taboo of old hen stewing gastrodia elata is not suitable for overeating old hen stewing gastrodia elata. Although it is good, eating too much also has side effects. Eating too much stewed chicken with gastrodia elata is easy to increase the burden on the human stomach, which is easy to cause discomfort such as abdominal pain and diarrhea, which is harmful to human health.
People with hot constitution should be careful to eat gastrodia elata stewed by old hens, which is mild in nature. It is not recommended for people with damp-heat or excess heat constitution, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms of discomfort.