Half of an old hen

1 section of lotus root

1 carrot

1 star anise

Salt according to personal taste

a little bit of wine

onion, ginger, and garlic

scallions and green onions.

6 dried shiitake mushrooms

Methods

1, prepare the ingredients.

2. Wash the hen with cold water and then fry small pieces with food scissors.

3, blanch the cut chicken pieces, cold water into the pot, boil can be, fish out and rinse with cold water.

4, chicken pieces are ready, rinse especially clean.

5, lotus root peeled, washed, and then cut diamond-shaped pieces. (Put in the utensil, soak cold water and standby.)

6, carrots cleaned and cut diamond-shaped pieces.

7, add blanched chicken pieces to what pot, add water, add more water as appropriate. Add peeled onion, ginger and garlic, star anise.

8, add a little cooking wine.

9, add the mushrooms soaked in advance, cover the lid, large fire to boil, turn the fire slowly simmer for 40 minutes. (I use dry mushrooms, if you buy fresh mushrooms do not need to soak, wash can be.)

10, 40 minutes later, add the cut lotus root, continue to simmer for 15 minutes.

11, 15 minutes and then add the cut carrots, add salt, simmer for 5 minutes to turn off the fire.

12, nutritious and delicious 'lotus root chicken soup is good yo ~

13, out of the sprinkle on a little green onion can be eaten.

14, close look, extremely delicious, nourishing a soup.

Tips

1, the hen is best to use food scissors to cut small pieces, so that it is easier to eat.

2, chicken pieces blanching: after fishing out must be rinsed repeatedly with cold water to rinse the impurities on the chicken pieces. The ingredients can be put according to personal favorite.

The efficacy and role of lotus seed

1, prevent fire

Lotus seed is a nature of the cold ingredients, heat is the main effect of its heat, usually the most suitable for those who have too much fire eaten, they ate the lotus seed can reduce the fire. They can eat lotus seed to reduce the heart fire and also clear the mind, and can prevent a variety of symptoms of fire, people in the mouth and tongue sores and sore throat and other symptoms of fire eat more lotus seed can make the symptoms quickly reduced.

2, prevention and relief of insomnia

Lotus root seeds can regulate the nerves and can be nutritious neurons can also improve the function of the central nervous system, in addition, it contains vitamins and trace elements in the human body after the absorption of the human body can regulate the human mood, and often eat to calm the mind can improve the quality of human sleep, it can prevent insomnia can also be used for the treatment of insomnia, the night time is the most important thing to prevent the occurrence of insomnia, but also for the treatment of insomnia. It can prevent insomnia and can be used in the treatment of human insomnia. The treatment of insomnia is particularly effective when lotus seeds are taken at night before going to bed.

3, prevention of hypertension

Hypertension is a highly prevalent disease in humans, and it is difficult to completely cure after the emergence of a long period of time, the need for long-term medication will seriously jeopardize the health of the people, so it should be prevented at ordinary times, and the lotus root seeds of this ingredient can prevent high blood pressure occurs, because it is rich in trace elements of potassium, which can improve human heart function, and can also be used in the treatment of insomnia, the lotus root seeds are very good for the treatment of insomnia. It can improve the function of the human heart, and can accelerate the metabolism of sodium in the body, but also can expand blood vessels, promote blood circulation, it can let the blood pressure to maintain a normal and stable state can also prevent the heart lesions.

4, cancer prevention and anti-cancer

Lotus root seeds are not only rich in vitamins and trace elements, it also contains some of the yellow cardiac tannins, which is a typical alkaline component, can maintain the acid-base balance of the human body's internal environment, but also an important anticancer substance, can prevent cancerous cells in the body, and can reduce the activity of many viruses, can prevent them from affecting the human body. activity, can prevent them from transmitting damage to human cells, can prevent cancer from the root cause.