What is the best thing to stew with ginseng?

Ginseng is not only a traditional Chinese medicine, but also an indispensable health food in our lives. In the south, many friends will buy some ginseng to make soup. So, what is the best thing to stew with ginseng? In fact, generally speaking, we stew ginseng and chicken together. The soup after stewing is very suitable for the elderly and patients. So, what is the easiest way to stew chicken with ginseng?

Ginseng stewed chicken is a good tonic.

raw material:

1 fresh hen (about 1.5 kg), 1 ginseng (about 10 grams), 50 grams of mushrooms, 20 grams of green beans, 10 red dates, 20 grams of ginger, 10 grams of salt, 5 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of MSG.

How to make ginseng stewed chicken:

1. Bleed and slaughter the live hen, remove the feathers, remove the internal organs, tail tip, and claws, cut it open from the abdomen (back to back), soak it in clean water for 4 hours, remove it, and drain it.

2. Put the ginseng in a bowl, add 100 ml of water, cover it, put it in a steamer, steam it over high heat for half an hour to dissolve the ginseng juice in the soup, and set aside.

3. After the mushrooms are soaked in water, remove the stems, wash and slice them; wash the green beans and red dates; peel the ginger, wash and slice it for later use.

4. Put the soaked and cleaned chicken into a porcelain basin, add clean water to cover the chicken, then add mushroom slices, green beans, red dates, ginger slices, salt, sugar, ginseng soup, and MSG. Put the chicken in a steamer and steam it over high heat for 50 minutes. Take it out and place the ginseng on the back of the steamed chicken.

5. When eating, the ginseng can be temporarily sliced ​​according to the number of people eating and tasted separately.

Myth 1: Drinking ginseng chicken soup is the best way to nourish

For many years, a nourishing method has been popular among the Chinese people, which is to stew chicken soup with ginseng in winter. People often believe that this is the best way to nourish the body. In recent years, experts have found that people with excessive stomach acid, bile duct disease, renal insufficiency, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes should not drink egg soup.

In fact, there are many ways to eat ginseng. You can soak it in water and drink it, chew it directly, hold it in your mouth, take it with water, stew it with water, stew it with Chinese medicine, etc. These ways of eating can all have a good tonic effect.

Myth 2: Eating ginseng can cause internal heat

Many people believe that "eating ginseng will cause getting a sore throat." In fact, this view is extremely biased and is the biggest misunderstanding of ginseng. The biggest reason why many people get angry after eating ginseng is eating too much.

However, ginseng has strong medicinal properties, especially perennial garden ginseng and wild ginseng. It must not be taken in excess, otherwise it will have the opposite effect. Symptoms such as nosebleeds and mouth ulcers will occur. So how much ginseng is suitable to eat every day? Fresh ginseng is different from dried ginseng, garden ginseng is different from wild ginseng, the weak and the strong are different, the elderly are different from the young, nourishing and curing are different, mild and severe illnesses are different, eating only once is different from eating every day.

The dosage of pure wild ginseng is much less than that of garden ginseng. Adults should not consume more than 0.3 grams of dried wild ginseng per day. If you eat wild ginseng regularly, the amount should be less, generally 0.1 grams is enough.

Myth 3: You can’t eat ginseng in summer

Some people say that you cannot eat ginseng in summer, otherwise you will get a sore throat. This statement is very one-sided. Experts believe that it is okay to eat ginseng in summer, as long as you pay attention to the slight differences in the type and quantity when taking ginseng compared to winter.

Ginseng products include fresh ginseng, white dried ginseng (raw sun-dried ginseng), red dried ginseng (red ginseng), ginseng root, ginseng powder and ginsenoside tablets. There are many types of ginseng that can be eaten in summer, such as: fresh ginseng, raw sun-dried ginseng, ginseng roots, ginseng powder, ginsenoside tablets, etc. Red ginseng can also be eaten, but the amount must be controlled. For example: the amount of red ginseng eaten in winter is within 5 grams, and in summer it is controlled within 3 grams.

Myth 5: Children and young people do not need to eat ginseng

Whether children can eat ginseng depends on the individual. Children with good physique and healthy development do not need to eat ginseng. However, children with weak constitutions or developmental problems can eat ginseng, but the dosage must be strictly controlled.

In the southern regions, during the autumn and winter, adults often take the initiative to give their children some ginseng soup or something like that, which can help them resist dampness and cold, with good results.