Chinese medicine believes that eating some tea tree mushrooms has a special effect of reducing cholesterol, preventing and fighting cancer. Regular consumption can also have anti-aging and beauty effects. So how do you cook tea tree mushrooms?
【Medicinal Recipe Name】
Tea Tree Mushroom and Old Duck Soup
【Ingredients】
Tea tree mushrooms (20g), dried mushrooms (10g), old duck (1), bamboo shoots (2 sections), ham (20g), 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp monosodium glutamate, and green onion (as needed).
【Instructions】
(1) Soak the tea tree mushrooms and dried mushrooms in warm water, remove and wash them, and reserve the soaked water.
(2) Peel off the outer layer of the bamboo shoots, remove the old roots, pat them with the back of a knife, and cut them into sections.
(3) Remove the head, tail, claws, and internal organs of the old duck, wash it, and cut it into large pieces. Pour water into a pot, bring to a boil over high heat, add the duck pieces and cook for 5 minutes. Once the surface changes color, remove the duck. Wash and cut the green onion into sections. Wash the ginger and crush it with the back of a knife.
(4) Pour the filtered mushroom water into a clay pot, add enough water again, bring to a boil over high heat, add the duck pieces, ham slices, green onion sections, ginger pieces, tea tree mushrooms, and dried mushrooms. Cover the pot and simmer over low heat for 3 hours.
(5) After 3 hours, add the bamboo shoot sections and continue to simmer for 20 minutes. Add a little salt for seasoning before serving.
【Tips】
Tea tree mushrooms need to be soaked in hot water for 5 to 10 minutes before stir-frying. Good tea tree mushrooms have a crispy and chewy texture, smooth mushroom caps, and a special fragrance without impurities. Poor quality tea tree mushrooms are tough to chew, hard to swallow, and lack flavor.
【Precautions】
1. Suitable for people who can consume tea tree mushrooms.
Generally suitable for everyone, especially for those with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.
2. Which constitution is suitable for consuming tea tree mushrooms?
A person with a healthy and balanced constitution.
3. Which patients should not consume tea tree mushrooms?
People with osteoporosis.
4. Which population should not consume tea tree mushrooms?
People with chronic illnesses and weak constitutions.
5. Which constitution is not suitable for consuming tea tree mushrooms?
People with specific allergies.
6. Food taboos.
Do not consume moldy tea tree mushrooms.
