The ancient chestnut mutton soup really has "sheep" and is indeed "soup". In the Tang Dynasty, the original chestnut mutton soup was made of mutton. But after it spread from China to Japan, because monks don't eat meat, they made it into the shape of sheep liver with red beans, Ge Fen and flour. In addition, some people say that mutton soup is a dessert that imitates sheep liver. After it was spread to Japan, the word "liver" became the word "soup", and its name has been used ever since.
? ? The nutrition of mutton soup is made of different materials and has many nutritional characteristics. Red bean mutton soup has the functions of relieving hangover and detoxicating, relaxing bowels, lowering blood pressure, reducing blood fat and regulating blood sugar. Chestnut mutton soup can prevent hypertension, coronary heart disease and osteoporosis, relieve oral ulcer, invigorate qi and spleen, and help to delay aging.
? It turns out that the earliest mutton soup was actually made of mutton. Mutton soup cooked for a long time has high saturated fatty acid content and high freezing point of oil. Soup will solidify into a solid after cooling, and it is widely circulated because it is convenient to carry. Later, mutton soup spread to Japan with Zen. Because monks don't eat meat, they use red beans to make mutton soup, and later they gradually evolved into vegetarianism.