There are many traditional Chinese medicines that are both medicinal and used as ingredients in cooking, such as Dangshen, Huangqi, Danggui, and Shudi. Chuanbei is also a type of traditional Chinese medicine. Can Chuanbei be used for soup?
Can Chuanbei be used for soup?
Yes, it can.
Chuanbei is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of nourishing the lungs, stopping coughing, and resolving phlegm. It can be used to treat various hot cough conditions such as cough due to wind-heat, long-term cough due to lung deficiency, and dry cough due to yin deficiency. The common methods of consumption include grinding into powder and drinking with water, stewing with snow pear, and making into paste. In fact, Chuanbei can also be used for soup. This method of consumption can fully utilize its medicinal and nutritional value and facilitate the absorption of its medicinal effects by the body.
Ginseng, Chuanbei, and Apple Soup
Ingredients: 120g apple, 20g Chuanbei, 8g ginseng, 180g lean meat, 130g snow pear, 15g fig, 25g jujube, 10g almond, salt to taste.
Instructions:
1. Wash the snow pear, remove the core, and cut into small pieces.
2. Wash and core the apple, and cut into chunks.
3. Cut the lean meat into pieces.
4. Put an appropriate amount of water in a pot and bring it to a boil. Add the lean meat and mix well.
5. Blanch for about 2 minutes, remove and drain.
6. Put all the ingredients into a clay pot with an appropriate amount of water.
7. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for about 2 hours.
8. Add salt and mix well before serving.
Effects: Nourishes yin and invigorates qi, moistens the lungs and stops coughing.
Tiandong Chuanbei Pig Lung Soup
Ingredients: 300g pig lung, 200g white radish, 20g almond, 15g Chuanbei, 10g Tiandong, 20g ginger slices, salt, chicken essence, cooking wine to taste.
Instructions:
1. Cut the white radish into small cubes and set aside.
2. Slice the pig lung, blanch it in boiling water to remove blood, wash and drain.
3. Put an appropriate amount of water in a clay pot, add ginger slices, almond, Chuanbei, Tiandong, and pig lung.
4. Add cooking wine, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 60 minutes.
5. Add the radish cubes and continue to simmer for 20 minutes.
6. Add salt and chicken essence, mix well, and simmer for another 10 minutes before serving.
Effects: Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, resolves phlegm and eases wheezing.
Carp Chuanbei Soup
Ingredients: 200g carp, 9g Chuanbei, shredded ginger, dried tangerine peel, pepper, salt to taste.
Instructions:
1. Remove the scales and internal organs of the carp, wash and set aside.
2. Put Chuanbei, pepper, shredded ginger, and dried tangerine peel into the fish belly, and seal it.
3. Put the carp into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, season with salt.
4. Boil over medium heat, then remove the ingredients from the fish belly.
5. Serve the fish meat and drink the soup.
Effects: Clears heat and resolves phlegm, nourishes yin and moistens the lungs.
Tiandong Chuanbei Lean Meat Soup
Ingredients: 8g Tiandong, 10g Chuanbei, 500g lean pork, 15g egg white, shredded ginger, scallion, 8ml cooking wine, 2g salt, 2g chicken essence, 3ml water starch.
Instructions:
1. Clean the lean pork and slice it into thin pieces, then put it in a bowl with egg white.
2. Add salt, cooking wine, and water starch to the bowl, mix well, and marinate for a while.
3. Put an appropriate amount of water in a clay pot and heat over high heat.
4. Add Chuanbei and Tiandong, cover the pot, and simmer over high heat for 30 minutes.
5. Open the pot, add the lean pork, shredded ginger, and scallion, and season with a little cooking wine, salt, and chicken essence.
6. Mix well and simmer for another 5 minutes.
7. Serve the cooked lean meat soup in a bowl.
Effects: Nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, stops coughing, and generates fluid.
Chuanbei Lily Carrot Soup
Ingredients: 250g lean pork, 100g chicken feet, 100g carrot, 20g Chuanbei, 30g lily, shredded ginger, salt, chicken essence to taste.
Instructions:
1. Wash Chuanbei and lily, clean the chicken feet, remove the tips.
2. Wash and cut the carrot and lean pork into pieces, wash the ginger and slice it.
3. Boil water in a pot, blanch the lean pork and chicken feet to remove blood, then remove and wash.
4. Put all the ingredients into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water.
5. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 1 hour.
6. Finally, add salt and chicken essence to taste.
Effects: Nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, stops coughing, and resolves phlegm.
