Soup-making tips show how to make soup more nutritious

Some issues to pay attention to when making soup

The first is to understand the medicinal properties

For example When making chicken soup, to strengthen the stomach and eliminate food, add nutmeg, amomum villosum, bay leaves, and angelica. In order to nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, add potato meat, paeonol bark, Alisma, yam, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Poria cocos. In order to nourish yin for women, jujube, astragalus, angelica, wolfberry and so on are added.

The second is to understand the nature of flesh.

Meat is generally the main ingredient in soups. For example, black-bone chicken, yellow chicken, fish, ribs, keel, pig's feet, mutton, beef bone marrow, ox tail, dog neck, sheep spine, etc. The meat properties are different, some are fatty, some are sour, some are hot, and some are hot. Temperature, different handling methods before putting into the pot, different heat conditions after putting into the pot, and different minimum time required.

The third is to understand the auxiliary ingredients

The common soup auxiliary ingredients include Bawang flower, dried vegetables, dried shrimps, peanuts, wolfberry, American ginseng, grass ginseng, and white fungus. , fungus, jujube, star anise, cinnamon, fennel, nutmeg, grass fruit, tangerine peel, dried squid, perilla leaves, etc. There are many, and the combination is exquisite, and they are put into the pot sooner or later.

The fourth is to understand the side dishes

When making soup, you rarely rely on soup alone to complete a meal, and you also need to eat other dishes, but some will conflict with each other. , affecting the performance of soup properties. For example, when eating mutton soup, you should not eat leeks together; when eating pig's trotter soup, you should not eat preserved eggs and crabs, etc.

The fifth is to know how to load the pot

Generally, the ratio of water to soup is about 1:3-1:4, and salt, Add baking soda (only for acidic soup), etc., bring to a boil over high heat to remove foam, and simmer over low heat until about half to 3/4 of the soup remains.

The sixth thing is to know how to put it into the bowl

According to different soup properties, some have the soup first and then the meat, some eat the soup with the ingredients, and some eat it first After the soup, some people drink the soup and abandon the food. If the requirements are met, the effect will be maximized, otherwise it will affect the acceptance effect.

How to make soup more nutritious

Chinese people like to drink soup. On the family dinner table, soup has become a good way to communicate family emotions. From the perspective of production and usage, soup making can be divided into two production methods. One is to make the soup first and use the soup to make soup dishes; the other is to make the soup directly in the container and eat it with the soup and vegetables. The former can be divided into white soup and clear soup, and can be used as the raw material for the latter.

The following takes the most common ingredients such as chicken, pork knuckle, and pork tenderloin as examples to introduce the key points when making clear soup.

If you want to make chicken soup, you should first disembowel and wash the chicken, remove the breast and leg meat, and use the remaining skeleton for making soup. The same goes for making hoof soup. Wash and cut the pork knuckle first to expose the bones. Generally, when making soup, raw materials such as whole chicken are often used, and at most they are simply cut into pieces for ease of cooking. After preparing the raw materials, add water and boil over high heat. This step may seem simple, but if you ask how much water you should add, you may get a variety of answers. However, this is the key to making soup. The study found that when the raw materials and water are cooked in different proportions of 1?1, 1?1.5, 1?2, and 1?

the color, aroma, and taste of the soup are very different. The result is The best time is 1-1.5. The nutritional content of the soup was measured. The content of ammonia nitrogen (this component can represent amino acids) in the soup was also the highest at this time, even higher than when there was less water. This is because too little water is added and the raw materials cannot be completely submerged, which affects the concentration of nutrients in the soup. As the amount of water added increases, the concentration of ammonia nitrogen in the soup will decrease after being diluted. However, the calcium and iron content in the soup is the highest when the ratio of raw materials to water is 1:1.

In addition, when making soup, you should also pay attention to the following issues:

① The raw materials should be fresh, preferably animal raw materials, and you can choose meat or bones from pigs, chickens, cattle, sheep, etc.

② The raw materials should be put into the pot under cold water, and water should not be added midway. This will help dissolve nutrients and ensure the quality of the soup.

③ Add salt later to facilitate the dissolution of nutrients in the raw materials.

Tonic supplements are great for correcting mistakes.

Theoretically speaking, tonic supplements do not mean maintaining health. Tonic is to relieve the deficiency. On the other hand, it means "not supplementing what is deficient". All drugs, when added to a normal person who does not need supplementation, will mess up the balance of a normal person.

Which drugs are tonics has not yet been determined to this day. Just as it is said in "Yicue·BuXieLun": "Reducing one thing to replenish the other, replenishing this and replenishing the other, so purging is replenishing." There is a famous saying in Chinese medicine, "the six internal organs are tonified by clearing them." So rhubarb and Glauber's salt will not Can it justifiably be called a tonic?

Wu Da bitterly stated in "Seeking Truth in Medicine" that tonic supplements with "Jiangliangzhi" are harmful but useless. The so-called noble body refers to a person who is usually pampered, has abundant nourishment, and has no real illness. If these people take tonics, it is no different than taking arsenic with their eyes open.

"Idiot Doctor" said: "Everyone in the world says that tonic is good, but they don't know that it is very difficult to supplement without it. The human body is a small world, the sun and the moon are the channels of the divine river, the chest is smooth, and the intestines and stomach are well-regulated. Eating three grams of rice every day is better than a big bag of ginseng. Try it now. The eight treasures are constantly listed to make yourself high. Those who are good at nourishing are like a mantis clinging to the treetops.

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Long-lived people mostly live in deep mountains and old forests. He or she is living a simple life. Who has the conditions to take supplements? On the other hand, from the unification of China by Qin Shihuang to the Qing Dynasty, there were quite a few short-lived emperors. What is classified as short-lived? ? According to the old saying, "One must not die young at fifty", if one dies before the age of fifty, his life will be short-lived.

Look at today, there are constant reports in newspapers: 10-year-old girls have breast development, 9. The menstrual cramps in a 11-year-old girl and the appearance of beard in an 11-year-old boy are all caused by taking supplements. I can't bear to see the harm caused to children.

In fact, as long as you use your brain, you will know that supplements cannot maintain health. If clothes are torn, they need to be mended; if they are short, they need to be mended; if they have holes, they need to be mended. But for clothes that are not torn, short, torn, or have holes, have you never seen anyone make new clothes? Apply a patch. Even if you are indeed deficient, the deficiencies include yang deficiency, yin deficiency, qi deficiency, blood deficiency, qi and blood deficiency, body deficiency, spleen deficiency, kidney deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, kidney yin deficiency, stomach yang deficiency, stomach yin deficiency, Deficiency of Wei Qi, Deficiency of Heart Qi, etc., there are corresponding supplements and tonics for each type of deficiency. If a person with Yang deficiency takes supplementary Yin medicines, not only will there be no benefit, but sometimes there will be side effects. , all have their indications, and it is impossible to treat all deficiency symptoms. Just like a piece of clothing, it cannot be suitable for all spring, summer, autumn and winter. Furthermore, if you are used to taking supplements at ordinary times, once your righteousness is weakened, when you really need to supplement, it will If you take supplements for a long time, you have already developed tolerance, and there is nothing you can do.

Be careful about the timing of taking supplements

"Take supplements in winter this year, and kill tigers in the third spring next year" is a popular saying. In order to improve the quality of supplementation, you need to know the time and method of supplementation.

When is the best time to take supplements in winter? One is from the beginning of winter to the beginning of spring. The second is before and after the winter solstice; the third is during the 39th day. Relevant experts believe that it is best to take supplements before and after the winter solstice. Of course, the choice of winter supplementation time varies from person to person. People with a yang-deficient constitution need to take supplements for a long time, starting from the beginning of winter until the beginning of spring; people with average physiques who do not need major supplements can take supplements on the 39th day. Therefore, there has long been a saying among the people that "summer supplements are taken during the three volts and winter supplements are taken up during the 39 days." ” statement. As for what to supplement and how to supplement, it is best to consult a doctor.

The “three principles” of supplementation:

Winter supplementation foods should adhere to three functions:

First, it must have a heat preservation function, that is, eat more foods that can increase heat energy supply and are rich in fat, protein and carbohydrates, including meat, eggs, fish and soy products.

Second, it must have the function of protecting against cold. Medical research shows that people’s fear of cold is related to the lack of minerals in the body. Therefore, attention should be paid to supplementing minerals. Only by not being partial to food can the body’s needs for potassium, iron, sodium and other minerals be ensured. p>

Third, it must have the function of preventing dryness. The climate is dry in winter, and people often have symptoms such as dry nose, dry tongue, and cracked skin. It is very necessary to supplement vitamin B2 and vitamin C. Vitamin B2 is mostly stored in the liver, eggs, and liver of animals. Milk; Vitamin C is mainly found in fresh vegetables and fruits.