In the blink of an eye, a period of time has passed since the beginning of the “Sanfu Days,” arriving at the mid-term of the “Sanfu Days.” It will take a long time to endure this hot weather. The heat makes people feel restless and anxious, with poor digestion, especially prone to heatstroke. The only solution is to rely on air conditioning for cooling, but the room’s humidity is too high, with much moisture invading the body, leading to facial swelling and excessive body dampness. In the “Sanfu Days,” it is not only important to prevent heatstroke but also vital to eliminate dampness. It is recommended to drink more delicious soups such as this carrot, finger peach, coix seed, lotus seed, and old duck soup, which is said to have an excellent dampness-eliminating effect. Hurry and learn how to make it. During the “Sanfu Days,” it is advisable to drink more of “this soup,” replenish nutrients, invigorate the spleen, and remove dampness. Don’t be clueless about eating.
Detailed cooking steps for the Carrot, Finger Peach, Coix Seed, Lotus Seed, and Old Duck Soup:
Ingredients: Select high-quality poria cocos about 15g (poria cocos and coix seed are known to be strong in dampness elimination, serving both as food and medicine for making soups, with exceptional dampness-relieving effects), around 25g of coix seed, 30g of finger peach (a medicinal herb resembling a tree root, commonly used by many people in the South to stew soups, with excellent dampness removal and detoxification effects, advisable to stock up on), half a fresh domestic duck (must choose a fresh, live duck, not a frozen one; it is recommended to choose a green-headed duck for a delicious and nourishing duck soup), cold water and warm water as needed, a little cooking wine, 100g of fresh carrots, a handful of lotus seeds, some cooking wine, a bit of ginger and spring onion, a small piece of dried tangerine peel, a pinch of salt, and others.
Create the carrot, finger peach, coix seed, lotus seed, and old duck soup in steps as follows:
1: Prepare the carrots, finger peaches, coix seed, and old duck in advance. Wash the carrots thoroughly, peel them, cut them into thicker slices, and set aside.
2: Wash the finger peaches, soak the lotus seeds in warm water in advance, remove the lotus seed core, soak the dried tangerine peel in warm water, scrape off any impurities, wash clean and set aside.
3: Wash the coix seed, then soak it in cold water and warm water for 3 hours; refrigerate it or stir-fry in a hot pan to remove moisture. This will ensure that all the nutrients are cooked out.
4: Wash the poria cocos, slice the ginger, wash the spring onion, tie it into knots, pre-slaughter the old duck, handle it carefully, chop it into pieces, or soak it in cold water.
5: Add a little cold water to the pot, then add the duck meat, ginger slices, and spring onion knots, a little cooking wine. Stew the duck meat briefly to remove any blood impurities.
6: Prepare a soup pot in advance, put the prepared duck meat in the pot, then add poria cocos, carrots, coix seed, lotus seeds, dried tangerine peel, and finger peaches. Add a sufficient amount of purified water, ensuring that the water covers all the ingredients. Cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
7: Reduce to low heat and continue boiling for about 85 minutes, allowing the soup color to slowly change. Season before serving (half a spoon of salt and pepper each), simmer until seasoned, then serve and enjoy. This Carrot, Finger Peach, Coix Seed, Lotus Seed, and Old Duck Soup is now ready to be served.
The Carrot, Finger Peach, Coix Seed, Lotus Seed, and Old Duck Soup is an incredibly delicious soup with added poria cocos, finger peaches, and coix seed, complemented with duck meat and carrots for soup stewing. It retains soup-making ingredients, replenishes carrots, vitamin A, promotes nutrient digestion, protects the eyes, and has a very good effect in eliminating dampness and detoxifying the body.
Do you, dear users, grasp the techniques for making this Carrot, Finger Peach, Coix Seed, Lotus Seed, and Old Duck Soup? (All images in the article are from the Internet).
