The summer heat in the traditional 24 solar terms has officially arrived. The summer heat is the hottest solar term in a year. At this time, all aspects of the body will be affected, such as excessive sweating, poor sleep quality, loss of appetite, easy fatigue and so on. Therefore, it is necessary to use diet to adjust and supplement, increase the intake of nutrients, and achieve the purpose of eliminating summer heat and fatigue. Nutrients should be light and nourishing food, that is, "clear". Old duck is a good tonic in summer, and its protein content is much higher than that of pork and other livestock meat. Because ducks are amphibians, their meat tastes sweet and cold, and they have many functions such as clearing away heat and nourishing, nourishing yin and benefiting qi, reducing fire and eliminating edema. Therefore, there is also a saying among the people that "an old duck is better than summer".

There are many ways to eat duck. In summer, the best way to eat duck soup is to cook it. I remember when I was a child, in the dog days of hot summer, my mother always cooked old duck soup for the whole family. Not drinking enough three times a week not only supplements the excessive consumption of nutrition, but also eliminates the discomfort caused by the heat. When cooking duck soup, you can add lotus seeds for nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, yam for nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid production, mung beans for clearing away heat and toxic materials, and white lentils for invigorating the spleen and eliminating dampness to stew together. This soup is suitable for all ages. It can not only complement the nutrition of meat dishes, but also tonify deficiency, relieve summer heat and strengthen yang. It is really a good summer tonic.

Shuangdou old duck soup

Ingredients: half a duck, fresh lotus seeds 100g, yam 150g, white lentils 50g, mung beans 50g, dried tangerine peel 1 slice, appropriate amount of ginger and salt.

Practice: 1, soak white lentils and mung beans for 30 minutes in advance, and scrape off the white layer of dried tangerine peel with a knife after soaking soft;

2, fresh lotus seeds peel off the lotus seed shell, if you are afraid of suffering, you can remove the lotus seed core, but the lotus seed core can clear the heart, so it is best to stay;

3. Chop the duck meat, put it in clear water and boil it, then cook it until the duck meat shrinks and the blood foam floats, then take out the duck meat and rinse it;

4. Put lotus seeds, ducks, mung beans and white lentils into a pot, and add dried tangerine peel and ginger slices;

5. After peeling the yam, cut it into sections with an oblique knife and put it into the pot;

6. Add a proper amount of water, and then turn to low heat to cook 1~ 1 half an hour;

7. Finally, add salt to taste;

A bowl of old duck soup, a seemingly simple list, tastes delicious and makes you forget it.

Tip:

1. When choosing ingredients, it is best to choose water ducks or mature old ducks over two years old. Because the old duck can clear away heat and reduce fire, the effect of benefiting water and nourishing yin is more obvious.

2, with tangerine peel soup, it can not only strengthen the spleen and regulate qi, but also eliminate dampness and phlegm, so that the soup can be supplemented without stagnation, and it can also remove the smell of duck.