Spring is the first of the four seasons, when all things revive and Yang Qi grows. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that liver wood is strong in spring, so health care should focus on nourishing the liver. Medical books record that it is better to eat liver when there is less acidity in spring.

You might as well make a bowl of Qi, Chrysanthemum and Liver Soup. Pork liver rich in vitamin A, paired with chrysanthemums and wolfberries, is an excellent food for removing dampness and nourishing the liver and blood.

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Qiju liver slices soup

Ingredients

150 grams of pork liver, 25 grams of wolfberry, 2 fresh chrysanthemums, 150 grams of crab-flavored mushrooms, 6 grams of salt, 3 grams of pepper, appropriate amount of sesame oil

Method

1. Soak the wolfberry in warm water, pick the petals of the chrysanthemum, and soak them in light salt water for 1 to 2 hours.

2. After washing the pork liver with water, put 2 grams of salt in the water and soak it for 2 hours.

3. Remove the roots and wash the crab mushrooms

4. Wash the pork liver and remove the fascia, cut into thin slices, put it in a bowl, add 2 grams of salt and a little starch to marinate Make for 10 minutes.

5. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, add crab-flavored mushrooms and wolfberry and bring to a boil.

6. Put the marinated pork liver slices into a pot of boiling water and cook over high heat until the pork liver is cooked.

7. Add 2 grams of salt to the soup, sprinkle with chrysanthemum petals, and drizzle with sesame oil.

Kitchen Tips

If fresh chrysanthemums are not available, 5 grams of dried chrysanthemums can be used instead. Dried chrysanthemums can be purchased in supermarkets.

Efficacy

Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty was a gourmet who claimed to be a gourmet. He had a special liking for eating chrysanthemum. He wrote, "I use qi as a food." "Food, chrysanthemum is used as food, seedlings are eaten in spring, leaves are eaten in summer, flowers are eaten in autumn and roots are eaten in winter." The beauty of eating chrysanthemums lies between the lines. Chrysanthemums are fragrant, refreshing and nourishing.