North and South Apricot Olive Pork Lung Soup
Overview
Southern almonds, also known as sweet almonds and southern apricots, are specially designed for consumption. They are rich in protein and vegetable fats and can moisturize the lungs and nourish the skin. If it is used to relieve cough, northern apricot is used as medicine. Southern almonds are the seeds of different varieties of the Apricot family. The shape is like a bitter almond but slightly larger. South almond has a sweet, mild and non-toxic nature. It can moisten the lungs and relieve cough. It is mostly used for dry cough and fatigue cough. Northern almond, also known as bitter almond, can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine to reduce qi, relieve cough and asthma, and moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation. It is used for cough and asthma, chest fullness and phlegm, blood deficiency and body fluid dryness, intestinal dryness and constipation. Olives are used to treat heat in the lungs and stomach, as well as swelling and pain in the throat. . . This pot of soup is mainly made for my dad. He has been smoking for a long time and has no way to quit. Looking at those anti-smoking advertisement pictures, it is really shocking and scary! He can only adjust through diet, hoping to reduce the damage to his lungs caused by tobacco.
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Prepare ingredients: pig lungs, olives, apricots, tangerine peel, and ginger.
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Soak the northern and southern apricots for a while, wash, remove and drain.
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Wash the olives and cut them into pieces. (The flavor can easily penetrate into the soup when cut)
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Disposal of pig lungs: Use a faucet to lavage the trachea, then squeeze out the blood, cut into pieces, put a spoonful of salt and an appropriate amount of water in the pot and bring to a boil, add the pig lungs and cook over high heat for about 10 minutes, pick up the pig lungs and soak them in clean water for two or three times, squeeze out the water, and then pick them up again after the washing water is clean and free of impurities.
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Put all the ingredients into a soup pot, add about 5 bowls of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium heat and simmer for about 90 minutes.
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Add salt and chicken powder, scoop up and drink.