Nowadays, young people, how many people will use medicinal materials and stew chicken soup with medicinal diet? I guess most of them are old. Therefore, young people might as well learn how to stew a bowl of chicken soup that suits them. Today, I will share 8 kinds of herbs suitable for stewing chicken. If they are added to this chicken soup, it will undoubtedly make the chicken soup more mellow and nutritious. If you want to drink another bowl after drinking, friends must collect it.
Jujube is a kind of food with very high vitamin content, especially vitamin A and vitamin C, which is known as "natural vitamin pill". At the same time, as a tonic, it has a good effect of nourishing yin. There is a folk proverb: "Eclipse three dates, and you will live forever." Although it looks exaggerated, it can also explain its edible value.
As a common medicinal material, it is the most common one in chicken soup. Jujube is rich in sugar. Adding jujube to chicken soup is not only sweeter, but also more nutritious.
Tips for soup making: Mash or cut both sides of jujube as much as possible to let the meat of jujube leak out, which can precipitate more nutrients.
Lycium barbarum is a very sweet food. There are Ningxia Lycium barbarum and China Lycium barbarum, and there is almost no difference in nutrition between them. It is mainly rich in Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, betaine, Lycium barbarum pigment and other substances, which is beneficial to human body. It is also a kind of medicinal material with good pharmacological action, which has the function of clearing heat and improving eyesight.
Adding Lycium barbarum into chicken soup not only has better nutrition and sweeter taste, but also can make chicken soup have a good medicinal diet effect.
Tips for soup making: Lycium barbarum is rich in active ingredients, and it is usually better to add Lycium barbarum when the chicken soup is almost ready.
Chuanqiong is the rhizome of Chuanxiong, but Chuanqiong does not represent all of Chuanxiong, and their functions are also very different. Pay attention when buying. Chuanxiong rhizome, like most rhizome medicinal materials, has its own unique smell. Pharmacologically, it has a good effect of promoting qi circulation and expelling wind.
Chuanqiong can be used to stew chicken soup, beef soup, pork bone soup, fish head soup or duck soup, all of which are suitable.
Tips for soup making: It is best to soak the soup in water before stewing, and then stew the soup with water, with the dosage of 10g each time.
Angelica sinensis is also called western Angelica sinensis, golden Angelica sinensis and native Angelica sinensis. Gansu is the main producing area of Angelica sinensis, and the unique geographical environment makes the quality of cultivated Angelica sinensis extremely high. The whole root of Angelica sinensis, which is called "Quangui" in the industry, is usually washed, dried and pressed into flat slices to make Angelica sinensis play a higher role.
Angelica sinensis is one of the most common medicinal materials in chicken soup, with sweet and pungent taste and warm nature. It is very suitable for stewing chicken soup and has good conditioning and blood circulation promoting effects.
Tips for soup making: soak for a while, and then stew the soup with the soaked water. Most codonopsis pilosula in the market is the original species and the most common codonopsis pilosula.
Dangshen is also called Fangdang, Shangdangshen and Zhong. The smell is sweet and has the taste of ginseng. Generally, codonopsis pilosula is dried, and dried codonopsis pilosula smells more fragrant. Try to smell it when you buy it If there is a pungent smell of sulfuric acid, don't buy it.
Codonopsis pilosula has a good effect of eliminating phlegm and benefiting qi. Used in chicken soup to make the soup sweet and mellow.
Tips for soup making: before using Codonopsis pilosula, wash it, then steam it, and then use it for stew, or cut it short and then stew it.
Beiqi is a kind of astragalus. Many people think that Beiqi and Huangqi are two varieties, but they are not. Both of them are the same species, but they come from different places. Relatively speaking, the effect of Beiqi is relatively better, and the cold environment in the north makes it more effective.
Astragalus membranaceus has a good function of benefiting qi, which can be used for making tea, stewing soup and boiling water. , but it is best to use Beiqi and Hu Aishan stew soup.
Tips for soup making: Wash Astragalus before use, and you will find that the washed water will be dirty.
This medicinal material may be unfamiliar to many people, just like some withered roots, but it is very precious, and the largest one can grow to the size of a car wheel hub. It smells very special, almost like milk. Therefore, its nickname is "Five Fingers Milk". Strengthening the spleen is one of its medicinal effects.
The root system of five-finger peach is very hard, so don't cut it with a knife at home.
Tips for soup making: It is best to cook in a pressure cooker 1 hour, and then add chicken stew.
Polygonatum odoratum, alias Polygonatum odoratum, Alpinia officinarum, Zhu Xi, Insect cicada, etc. Is made of fresh Polygonatum odoratum, which is unhairing, dried and sliced. It is rich in protein, hydrochloric acid, crude fiber and vitamins, and has good edible value. Once considered as a rare nourishing medicinal material, it has a good effect of nourishing yin.
Polygonatum odoratum can be used for stewing soup, cooking and drinking water, but the dosage should not be too much, and the dosage should not exceed10g for one person at a time.
Tips for soup making: Polygonatum odoratum can be soaked first or stewed directly with water.
The above eight kinds of medicinal materials which are very compatible with chicken soup have their own functions, and they are all common ingredients. Chicken soup will taste better with them, and the more you drink it, the more you want to drink it.