Nutritional value of the old hen:

The old hen meat protein content ratio is high, variety, and high digestibility, it is easy to be absorbed and utilized by the human body, there is to enhance the physical strength, strengthen the body's role. Old hen meat contains phospholipids that are important for human growth and development, and is one of the important sources of fat and phospholipids in the dietary structure of the country.?

Old hen meat has a good therapeutic effect on malnutrition, fear of cold, fatigue, menstrual disorders, anemia, weakness, etc.? Generally more than three years old hen is used to make soup. Old hen soup has high nutritional value, after surgery, postpartum, people with deficiency of qi and blood can drink old hen soup to replenish blood and qi, and help the organism recover.

The reason why the old hen soup is respected by many people, mainly from the Chinese medicine, the hen's chicken is yin, more suitable for maternal, old and frail and long illnesses and weak people to eat. And the old hen due to the long growing period, the chicken meat contains more fresh flavor substances than young chicken, which is the main reason to make the chicken soup taste more delicious.

Chicken 100 grams of food content, edible part of 34%, 74.2 grams of water, 21.5 grams of protein, 2.5 grams of fat, 0.7 grams of sugar, 111 kilocalories of calories, 11 milligrams of calcium, 190 milligrams of phosphorus, 1.5 milligrams of iron, carotene 0, thiamin 0.03 milligrams of riboflavin 0.09 milligrams of niacin 8.0 milligrams of vitamin C-, vitamin A-. Crude fiber 0, ash 1.1 g.

Comparing chicken with beef and pork, its protein quality is higher and its fat content is lower. In addition, chicken protein is rich in all essential amino acids, the content of which is very similar to the amino acid profile in eggs and milk, so it is a high-quality source of protein.

The reason why old hen soup is so highly regarded by many people is that, in Chinese medicine, the chicken meat of the hen is yin, which is more suitable for women in labor, the old and weak, and those who have been sick for a long time to consume. And the old hen due to the long growing period, the chicken meat contains more fresh flavor substances than young chicken, which is the main reason to make the chicken soup taste more delicious.