The Nutritional Powerhouse: Longlian Egg Soup

February 21, 2024

  Eggs are composed of egg white and yolk, which is our most intuitive understanding. In fact, these small eggs contain a lot of nutrition. Here is a recipe for Longlian Egg Soup.
 


 

  【Name】

  Longlian Egg Soup

  【Ingredients】

  15g longan meat, 50g lotus seed meat, 2 eggs, 1 piece of ginger, 4 jujubes, a pinch of salt.

  【Procedure】

  1. Steam the eggs over water until cooked, remove the shells, and rinse with clean water; wash the longan meat, lotus seed meat, ginger, and jujubes separately with clean water;

  2. Remove the core of the lotus seed meat and keep the reddish-brown lotus seed coat; peel the ginger and cut into two slices; remove the jujube pits.

  3. Put an appropriate amount of clean water in a clay pot, boil it with high heat, then add the above ingredients and simmer over low heat for about 2 hours. Add a pinch of salt and serve with a meal.

  【Nutritional value of eggs】

  First of all, eggs are rich in protein. A single egg contains about 7 grams of high-quality protein, including all eight essential amino acids needed by the human body. The types and amino acid composition of egg protein are very perfect, second only to breast milk.

  In addition, eggs also contain lecithin (1510 mg/100g), which is an important nutrient in our nervous system. In addition to these, eggs also contain rich nutrients such as B vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, iron, zinc, selenium, etc.

  With such rich nutritional value, eggs are still affordable, costing about 3-4 yuan per kilogram. It can be said that eggs are the most cost-effective food on earth!

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