Sitting the month after giving birth is a Chinese tradition, and this period of time is also for mothers to recuperate. Therefore, the confinement diet has become a very popular dietary method. Below, the editor will teach you the simplest confinement meal - Stewed Pork Ribs with Soybeans.
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Stewed Pork Ribs with Soybeans
[Ingredients]
Pork ribs, soybeans, salt, ginger
[Instructions]
1. Soak the soybeans in advance. After blanching the pork ribs, wash off the foam;
2. Take a pot and add enough water. Then put in the pork ribs, soybeans, and ginger slices. Bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer on medium heat;
3. Let the soup in the pot be in a rolling boiling state until the broth becomes milky white, then simmer on low heat;
4. Continue to simmer for 2 hours, add salt to taste, and it is ready to be consumed.
[Nutritional Benefits]
1. Pork Ribs
Pork ribs have a very high nutritional value. They have excellent functions such as tonifying the kidneys, nourishing the blood, nourishing yin, and moisturizing dryness. They can effectively treat and relieve symptoms such as thirst, postpartum blood deficiency, and constipation caused by fever. Pork ribs have a typical effect of tonifying the middle and benefiting qi, and they also have very good health benefits for the spleen and stomach.
Pork ribs contain not only protein, fat, and vitamins but also a large amount of calcium phosphate, collagen, and bone glue, which can provide calcium for infants and the elderly.
Eating pork ribs can provide a large amount of heme to the body and also contains cysteine, which can promote iron absorption and has excellent effects in improving iron-deficiency anemia.
2. Soybeans
Soybeans are the plant food with the highest protein content. The quality of their protein is similar to that of eggs and milk. The protein content of soybeans exceeds that of meat and eggs, equivalent to twice that of beef and two and a half times that of eggs. Therefore, scientists call soybeans the "warehouse of protein". Soybeans contain 18% fat, mostly unsaturated fatty acids, with good quality and low melting point, which are easily digested and absorbed. They also contain abundant essential fatty acids and linoleic acid, which are indispensable for maintaining human health.
Soybeans contain calcium, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc, iodine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin E, and soybean sprouts are rich in vitamin C. Therefore, they are a good source of minerals, trace elements, and vitamins.
The protein and amino acids in soybeans are very rich and easily absorbed and digested, especially the soy isoflavones in soybeans, which have very good effects on the body. Eating soybeans can tonify qi, moisturize the skin, and moisturize dryness, making it an excellent nourishing food.
