Bitter melon has a very good effect of clearing away heat, detoxifying and removing internal heat. It can play a certain role in preventing internal heat and preventing sore throat. Therefore, if you usually have internal heat, you can use bitter melon. Cooking soup can achieve the effect of removing internal heat. For example, it can be made into chicken legs, enoki mushrooms and bitter melon soup, tofu and bitter melon soup, etc., which have a good effect on removing internal heat, reducing inflammation and preventing edema. It is a very rare health-preserving soup.

Chicken Legs, Golden Needles and Bitter Melon Soup

Ingredients: 1 chicken leg, 1 bitter melon, 1/2 bowl of golden needles, appropriate amount. Method: Cut off the white inner membrane of the bitter gourd (the source of the bitter taste) and cut into pieces and blanch in boiling water. (The bitter taste has been reduced again) Take out the original pot of bitter melon and scald the chicken legs with Sichuan water. Wash the Sichuan blanched chicken legs and cook them in 2 stages, 1. Chicken drumsticks, bitter gourd and water, one cup of water in the outer pot of the electric cooker 2. Add enoki mushrooms (soak until soft, wash and tie), add half a cup of water to the outer pot to taste before eating

Tofu and Bitter Melon Soup

Ingredients: Bitter melon, a box of tofu, dried shrimps, and a few wolfberries grains, stock essence, salt. Method 1. Pour an appropriate amount of stock essence into water and bring to a boil. 2. Immediately put the tofu, wolfberry, and dried shrimps into the pot and bring to a boil. Finally, add the bitter melon and it is ready to serve (if the taste is light, you can add some salt). Tips: Bitter melon is the preferred vegetable in summer. In fact, the taste is not as bitter as the name. As long as you handle it before eating it, you will definitely fall in love with the taste. The refreshing finish is unmatched by other vegetables. Don’t like it Those who eat tubes, give it a try, it can also help you lose weight a lot:)

Ham and dried bean curd and bitter melon soup

Ingredients: 1 small bitter melon, 1 piece of dried tofu, salty About 150 grams of meat slices, 2-3 slices of ginger. Seasoning: appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of pepper, appropriate amount of cooking wine, appropriate amount of sesame oil. Method 1. Cut the bacon strips into strips, divide them into two halves, put half in a casserole, and simmer the soup over low heat. Stew until the bacon is fragrant; 2. Set aside the other half for use; 3. Cut the dried beans into thin slices and set aside for use; 4. Wash the bitter melon and use a peeler to peel the surface one by one until white. Soak the shaved melon strips in light salt water until the bacon layer is cooked, so as to remove some of the bitterness; 5. Wait for the bacon soup to cook until the bacon is completely flavorless, remove the bacon residue, add 2-3 slices of ginger, and sprinkle a few Add pepper; 6. Turn up the heat again, bring the soup to a boil, add dried tofu slices, and boil for a while; 7. Add bacon, add 1 tablespoon of cooking wine, and boil for a while; 8. Pick up the bitter melon strips, put them in the soup pot, and bring to a boil After a while, you can reduce the heat and pour in a few drops of sesame oil. Tips 1. Use a clay pot to boil salty meat soup. The soup will not change color. If you use an iron pot to boil salty ingredients, it will change color because the salt is working. 2. The bacon that has been through the soup is tasteless and can be removed. You can add new bacon; 3. Cut the dried tofu as thin as possible to make the soup soft and smooth; 4. The bitterness of the bitter melon can be removed after soaking in salt water.