Yangwei decoction for warming stomach for the elderly in winter
Drinking soup in winter is a very suitable way to warm the stomach and nourish the elderly, and the role of food tonic is sometimes more suitable for the elderly than medicine tonic. Soup is the most suitable food for winter tonic. The soup tastes mellow and simple, and does not need any additional ingredients. Whether it is sweet or fresh, it is incisive. The most important thing for Chinese food is to drink the old fire soup, which is to use at least one main ingredient, vegetables, auxiliary materials and even medicinal materials, simmer for several hours, boil out the original soup, and drink it warmly. All the nutrients in the soup will be dissolved in the soup, which is very nourishing and healthy.
1, taro mutton soup
Ingredients: mutton 500g, taro150g, onion15g, ginger10g, refined salt 8g and Shaoxing wine 20g.
Practice: remove the fascia of mutton, wash it, cut it a few times, put it in a boiling water pot, and blanch the blood; Mash onion and ginger for later use; Wash taro and cut into 2 cm thick strips; Taro and mutton are put into the pot, and appropriate amount of water, onion, ginger, pepper and Shaoxing wine are added. First, boil them with high fire to remove the floating foam. Stew on low heat until cooked, remove the mutton and let it cool; Slice the mutton, put it in a bowl, remove the onion and ginger from the original soup, season it slightly, and pour the taro into the mutton bowl.
Efficacy: Taro mutton soup is very suitable for the elderly to warm their stomachs in winter and has a very good nourishing effect. Taro is rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium and other ingredients, and has the functions of invigorating the spleen, resolving hard mass, regulating middle energizer, resolving phlegm, replenishing essence and marrow. Paired with mutton, it is also a good winter health care product.
2. White pepper and carrot beef brisket soup
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons of white pepper, carrot 1 root, onion 1 root, 300g of beef brisket and 3 slices of ginger.
Practice: wash the brisket, cut into pieces, roll it in boiling water for a while, and take it out; Put all the ingredients together in a clay pot, add water, boil with strong fire, simmer for about 1.5 hours, add salt and sprinkle with pepper.
Efficacy: White pepper and carrot beef brisket soup can help the elderly warm their stomachs and dispel cold and dampness. White pepper is a warm medicine and food with the same origin, which has the functions of dispelling cold, removing dampness, stimulating appetite, strengthening spleen and removing fishy smell. The biggest feature of carrot is that it contains carotene, which can enhance physical fitness after eating.
3. Hu Aishan Dangshen Quail Soup
Ingredients: Codonopsis pilosula 15g, yam 50g, quail 2, lean meat 250g, ginger 3 slices.
Practice: wash all the materials and soak them slightly; Slaughtering and cleaning quail; Wash lean meat and cut it into whole pieces without a knife. Then put it into a clay pot filled with ginger, add 2500 ml of clear water (about 10 bowl of water), boil it for two hours with strong fire, and add appropriate amount of salt.
Efficacy: Hu Aishan Dangshen Quail Soup is very suitable for the elderly to warm their stomachs in winter. Quail can nourish the spleen and stomach, nourish yin and kidney, and nourish bones and muscles. With Hu Aishan, Codonopsis pilosula and lean meat, it can tonify qi and blood and help the viscera function of digestive system. It can be used as daily soup in winter.
Two main points of cooking soup for the elderly in winter
1, material selection should be appropriate.
Old people should pay attention to the choice of ingredients when drinking warm stomach soup in winter, and choose ingredients that can help drive away cold and warm stomach. The raw materials used to make soup are generally animal raw materials, such as chicken, duck, lean pork, pork elbow, pork bone, ham, salted duck, fish and so on. , but it must be full of flavor, small smell and less blood stains. This kind of food is rich in protein, succinic acid, amino acids and nucleotides. Water-soluble nitrogen-containing extracts from poultry meat, including creatinine, protein, creatine, creatinine, urea, amino acids and other non-protein nitrogen-containing substances, are the main sources of soup flavor.
2. Food should be fresh.
The ingredients used to warm and nourish the stomach must be fresh. Freshness is not the "seasonal freshness" that has always been emphasized. Modern freshness refers to 3-5 hours after the slaughter of fish and livestock. At this time, various enzymes in fish or poultry meat decompose protein and fat into amino acids, fatty acids and other substances easily absorbed by human body. This time is not only the most nutritious, but also the best taste.
When winter comes, the elderly must eat more foods that can warm their stomachs and drive away the cold, and nourish their bodies. So what soup is suitable for the elderly to drink to help warm the stomach? We have introduced taro mutton soup, white pepper carrot beef brisket soup, Hu Aishan Dangshen quail soup and other soups. For the elderly, it can dispel cold and dampness, stimulate appetite and strengthen the spleen, enhance physical fitness and help digestion, which is very beneficial to health.