Many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners almost especially promote porridge in terms of health preservation. It can be said that porridge has become an indispensable part of traditional Chinese medicine's "food and maintenance", especially in winter.
After the Tang and Song Dynasties, doctors in the past dynasties used porridge more and more widely, and the records of medicinal porridge gradually increased. There are records of medicinal porridge in the monographs of Sun Simiao, Li Shizhen, Liu Bowen and others.
However, when it is said to be medicinal porridge, there are relatively few porridge foods that add traditional Chinese medicine to the porridge. More, it is still our more common ingredients, but these ingredients have unique pharmacological functions, such as lotus seeds, red dates, longan, lotus leaves, tuckahoe, perilla seeds, etc.
Yams also have high medicinal value. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mountain medicine is sweet and non-toxic. It has the effects of nourishing the spleen and kidney, nourishing the lungs, stopping diarrhea, and suppressing sweat. It is a good tonic "food medicine".
After the winter solstice,"cathode yang develops", and the yang qi in the human body vigorously develops, making it easier to absorb external nutrients and exert a nourishing effect. Tonic is one of the traditional folk health methods in my country to recharge your strength. At this time, it is best to eat some tonics. However, in my opinion, no tonic is as affordable and direct as yam, which is known as a "food medicine." It is said that eating yams in winter is better than eating tonics, which is not without reason.
Mashed chicken and yam porridge, with yam in porridge, is very suitable for winter health care. With mashed chicken and ginger, it can be said to warm the heart and stomach at home.
Chicken and yam porridge
Recipe Recommendations
- glutinous rice 200 grams
- yam 1 piece
- chicken breast appropriate amount
- carrots 100 grams
- Jiang 1 small piece
- salt appropriate amount
- pepper appropriate amount
- peanut oil appropriate amount
Steps for Chicken and yam porridge
1
Prepare materials. Wash the yams and peel the carrots.
2
Sprinkle the japonica rice several times and soak in clear water for half an hour.
3
Put the rice into the casserole, add enough water, bring to a boil over medium heat, and turn to low heat.
4
Cut the ginger into minced pieces and dice the carrots into small pieces.
5
Chop the chicken into pieces and basically paste it.
6
Put the oil in the pan, first add the shredded ginger and stir-fry.
7
Add the minced chicken and stir-fry until water vapor.
8
After the rice is stewed for about half an hour, put the stir-fried chicken minced into a casserole and stir.
9
Peel the yam, dice it, and rinse it with water to remove the mucus.
10
Add diced yam into the casserole and stir.
11
Add yam and simmer for about 20 minutes.
12
Pour in diced carrots
13
Add carrots and simmer for about 10 minutes, add salt and pepper.
14
Cease fire and simmer for 5 minutes before serving.
15
Add some shredded shallots or shredded shallots to both embellishment and seasoning.Chicken and yam porridge Make Tips
It is best to stir-fry the chicken first to prevent the raw chicken from foaming when it is put into the pan.