Imagine a scene outside your window filled with a flurry of snowflakes, while indoors, your family is gathered around a stove, savoring steaming hot soup. What a picture of leisure! In fact, drinking soup in the winter not only warms us up but also boosts our health. Traditional Chinese medicinal soups are the perfect companion for the season. Adding a single Chinese medicinal herb to your soup not only enhances its flavor but also amplifies its health benefits, improves your physical constitution, and helps prevent certain illnesses. What's not to love? Here are a few traditional Chinese medicinal health soups to share with friends:
Tea Tree Mushroom and Duck Soup
1. The First: Goji Berry, Fruit, and Oatmeal Porridge
Ingredients: Goji berries, rolled oats, dried hawthorn, fresh fruit, almonds, honey
Cooking Method: Wash the hawthorn and goji berries, then soak them in boiling water. Crush the almonds and chop your favorite fresh fruits. Place the rolled oats in a pot, add boiling water while stirring to form a porridge. Add the soaked hawthorn and goji berries, crushed almonds, and fresh fruit. It is ready to eat. Whole grains are beneficial for digestion, fresh fruits are nutritious, dried fruits are rich in various trace elements, and goji berries are excellent for replenishing vital energy. This is a simple and healthy traditional Chinese medicinal health soup for the winter solstice.
2. The Second: Angelica and Beef Soup
Cooking Time: Approximately 1.5 hours.
Ingredients: Beef, angelica root, green onions, ginger slices
Cooking Method: 1. Wash the beef, cut it into small pieces, and blanch it in boiling water to remove scum. 2. Add a small amount of olive oil to a pot, sauté the green onions and ginger until fragrant, then add the blanched beef and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes. 3. Add an appropriate amount of water, cooking wine, and salt to the pot and bring to a boil. 4. After the water boils, add the angelica root, reduce the heat, and simmer for about 1 hour. This is a highly nourishing traditional Chinese medicinal health soup for the winter solstice.
3. The Third: Tea Tree Mushroom and Old Duck Soup
Cooking Time: Approximately 2 hours.
Ingredients: Tea tree mushrooms, old duck, green onions, ginger slices
Method for the Traditional Chinese Medicinal Health Soup: 1. Clean the old duck and chop it into pieces. 2. Add a small amount of olive oil to a pot, sauté the green onions and ginger until fragrant, then add the duck pieces and sear over low heat for 1-2 minutes. 3. Add an appropriate amount of boiling water and salt to the pot and bring to a boil. 4. Once the water boils, reduce the heat and simmer for about half an hour. 5. Clean the tea tree mushrooms, add them to the soup, bring back to a boil, and then simmer for another hour until the flavors are infused. This is a traditional Chinese medicinal health soup suitable for all ages, offering extremely high nutritional value with the combination of mushrooms and duck.
Tea mushroom duck soup