In hot summer, we should pay attention to removing fire and reducing fire when eating anything. Ice cream, sugar water, etc. They have become the first choice to cool down, but these foods can only cure the symptoms, but they cannot fundamentally reduce the fire. The fire in your body is still burning, so let's cook some soup to get rid of the fire and dampness, and clear the fire in your body!

When cooking soup in summer, the ingredients should be paid attention to reducing fire and removing dampness, which requires that the main ingredients of soup should be selectively sweet and cool, such as mung beans, coix seed, kelp, wax gourd, lotus seeds and other Chinese herbal medicines such as sword flowers and Abrus cantonensis. Chinese caterpillar fungus, summer grass and ginseng are not suitable for soup making in summer. Even in winter, nourishing herbs such as nourishing yin and strengthening yang are not suitable for young people and children.

Although cooking soup is a chore in the kitchen, it is not because cooking is complicated, but because cooking takes a long time and is time-consuming. Actually, making soup is very simple. As long as the ingredients are properly matched, three stews and four stews (the chef said that it usually takes two to three hours to cook and four hours to stew), you can cook slowly on the fire. The fire should not be too big, and the heat should be based on the boiling degree of the soup. After the pot is boiled, simmer slowly, so you can control the heat when boiling the soup.

Most northerners think that the soup should be seasoned, such as onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, aniseed, chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine and so on. In fact, according to Guangdong people's experience in making soup, these seasonings are unnecessary. If necessary, a piece of ginger is enough. Soup pays attention to the original flavor. As long as the cooking time is long enough, the delicious soup will naturally overflow.

Master these basic principles, and you will master the essence of making soup.

The following soup list is for 4-6 people.

Nutrition soup

Ingredients: 400g tomato, peeled and cut into pieces, 300g potato, peeled and cut into pieces, 200g carrot, washed and cut into pieces (flying water), 3 candied dates, 5 horseshoes, and 6 kg clear water.

Practice: Except tomatoes, all other ingredients are boiled in water, boiled for about 2 hours, then added with tomatoes and boiled for another half hour. Season with salt when eating.

Chef's experience: This soup is nutritious and suitable for all ages. This is a very appetizing soup. When cooking, the ribs are washed by "flying water", that is, the raw ribs are scalded in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, which will make the meat firm and taste better when eaten. In soup, such as chicken, ribs, pork and other meat, most of them need to fly water before they can enter the pot.

Braised chicken with chicken bone grass

Ingredients: a piece of black-bone chicken, flying water, about 150g of dried Abrus cantoniensis, washed and chopped, 250g of ribs, 3 candied dates, 20g of octopus and 6kg of clear water.

Practice: Boil the pot with clear water for about 3 hours, and season with salt when eating.

Chef's Experience: This soup can clear liver, purge fire, relieve stomach qi, and prevent hepatitis if drunk frequently, which is suitable for all ages. Abrus cantonensis is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which is the most abundant and cheapest in Guangxi. Its main function is to remove wet fire. This herb is generally available in Chinese medicine shops, and the price is10-about a catty in 20 yuan.

Stewed pigeon with kelp and mung bean.

Ingredients: 2 squab washed, each squab chopped; 250g pork tenderloin, washed and cut into pieces, 400g kelp, 80g mung bean, 3 candied dates and 6kg clear water.

Practice: same as above

Chef's experience: kelp and mung bean are cool, and they are all things to remove fire. This soup can clear away heat and detoxify, and it is a good summer product. If there are children at home, it is easy to get prickly heat in summer, so drink this soup more.

Guangdong Jianhua Bao sparerib

Ingredients: 250g dried saury, soaked for about half an hour to 1 hour, washed and chopped, 500g spareribs chopped, washed and cooked, 3 candied dates, carrots 100g diced, and 6 kg clear water.

Practice is the same as above.

Chef's experience: Jian Hua dry goods, also known as Lady Enforcers, can be bought at the dry goods counter of large grocery stores. The price is around 20 yuan 10- 1 kg. This soup also has the effect of clearing away heat and moistening the lungs, which is very suitable for drinking in summer. Sword flowers can be used not only as ribs, but also as chicken feet, black-bone chickens and young pigeons. They are very delicious.

What is the difference between lean meat soup, pig moon show and pig's trotters?

All three are delicious meat that can be added with soup. Generally, lean broth is coarse in meat. The monthly exhibition of pigs refers to the lean meat of pig's front feet. After many hours of stewing, it is still tender and edible. A pig's foot fight means that the meat of the pig's front and rear feet is facing the stomach. Because of its fat content, it is most suitable for cooking with melons, vegetables and octopus, which can add flavor to soup.

In the above soups, you will find that almost every soup contains several candied dates. Jujube can not only adjust the taste of soup itself, but also play a role in eliminating dampness and moistening dryness. Northerners love to put jujube in soup, but putting jujube in soup in summer is easy to make a fire, so it is most appropriate to choose candied jujube at this time. What is the purpose of putting octopus in soup? Maybe someone here will ask. In fact, the role of octopus in soup is only to refresh, and the taste of seafood will make your soup more delicious. In addition, the octopus mentioned here refers to the small cuttlefish.

Remarks: casserole is suitable for soup making. Casseroles crack easily when they are hot and dry. If your casserole is used for a long time, you should use it with caution. In addition to safety, in order to make the soup taste better, we should also choose some fine casseroles. In addition, take out the meat that has survived the soup and dip it with Guangdong soy sauce, shredded onion, shredded ginger and shredded pepper. It tastes delicious, too.