Water chestnut, lotus root and tube bone soup

Overview

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that raw lotus root is cold in nature, while cooked lotus root is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It is beneficial to the stomach, spleen, nourishing blood, muscle growth, and antidiarrheal functions. Water chestnuts are sweet and cold in nature and have the effects of clearing away heat and reducing phlegm, appetizing and digesting, promoting body fluids and moisturizing, improving eyesight and sobering up. There is a folk saying in our country that men cannot live without leek and women cannot live without lotus root. Regular consumption of lotus root is of great benefit to improving complexion. Lotus root is a blood-enhancing friend for women. This soup adds tube bones and water chestnuts, which can not only nourish blood and nourish the skin, but also nourish yin and promote fluid production.

Tags

• soups
• soup
• maternity
• old man
• autumn recipes
• winter recipes
• banquet dishes
• lunch
• soothes the liver and regulates qi
• barrel bone
• cooking wine
• ginger
• green onions
• jujube
• lotus root
• water chestnut
• wolfberry
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Soak the drum bones in clean water for 2 hours, changing the water twice during the process. Add ginger, scallions and cooking wine and blanch.

   

2. 2 Put the tube bones into the soup pot, add ginger and green onions.

   

3. 3 Bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, turn to low heat, and add lotus roots.

   

4. 4 Add the peeled water chestnuts and red dates and simmer over low heat for 1 and a half hours.

   

5. 5 Add wolfberry 5 minutes before serving, add salt and coriander and serve.