As the saying goes, "Eat mutton and ginseng in winter, and eat in spring, summer and autumn to strengthen your body." "Since ancient times, mutton has always been a nourishing product in the eyes of Chinese people.
Why is lamb favored?
The mutton is more delicate, although there is a certain amount of mutton gas, but the nutritional value is high.
From a modern nutritional point of view, lamb is rich in high-quality protein and heme iron. The biggest benefit of eating lamb in winter is that it helps to ward off the cold.
In addition, lamb protects the stomach lining, increases the secretion of digestive enzymes, and aids digestion. Mutton also has an auxiliary effect on postpartum anemia, tuberculosis, night blindness, cataract, glaucoma and other diseases.
Why does eating lamb keep out the cold in winter?
The Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Mutton can warm up for deficiency, replenish and invigorate qi, appetize and fitness, benefit kidney qi, nourish gallbladder and eyes, cure deficiency and cold, five labor and seven injuries."
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mutton is sweet and warm, enters the spleen and kidney meridians, and has the effect of complementing deficiency, dispelling cold, and warming and replenishing qi and blood.
Modern research suggests that lamb hasPromote blood circulation and enhance the ability to protect against coldefficacy.
Eating lamb in winter feels warm on the body, thanks to the rich protein in mutton.
Protein has a high "food heat effect", which means that eating protein promotes the release of heat from the body's surface.
In addition to protein, lamb alsoIt is rich in calcium, iron, zinc and other trace elements and vitamins。Lamb has a higher content of vitamins B1 and B2 than beef, but less fat than pork and beef.
In the cold winter, when cooking mutton soup, add appropriate Chinese medicine, which is not only delicious, but also can drive away cold and prevent disease health.
1. Astragalus mutton soup
Method: 150 grams of mutton, cut into small pieces, 6 grams of astragalus, 5 slices of ginger, 10 grams of green onion, 5 grams of star anise into a pot of cold water, boil over high heat to remove foam, turn to medium-low heat and stew until the mutton is cooked and rotten, add a little salt.
Efficacy: This soup has the effect of warming yang and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and kidneys, and is suitable for people who are afraid of cold limbs, weak limbs, lazy speech, and soreness in the waist and knees.
2. Goji berry mutton soup
Method: Wash 150 grams of mutton, cut it into small cubes of uniform size, first put it in boiling water to boil the blood water, remove it and put it into a pot of boiling water together with 20 grams of washed wolfberry, 5 grams of chopped ginger and a little star anise, boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer, add onions, garlic, salt and other seasonings when the mutton is almost cooked, and continue to stew until the mutton is cooked and rotten.
Efficacy: This soup has the effect of brightening the eyes and strengthening the essence, strengthening the muscles and tonifying the kidneys, and is suitable for the elderly who are dizzy, have blurred vision, red and swollen eyes, and have unfavorable flexion and extension of muscles, bones and joints.
3. Angelica mutton soup
Method: 15 grams of mutton, wash and cut into small pieces, 10 grams of angelica, 5 grams of ginger, add water and stew together, add a little salt when it is almost cooked, until the mutton is cooked and rotten.
Efficacy: Angelica mutton soup has the effect of nourishing blood and invigorating qi, especially suitable for people with cold hands and feet, cold and cold, stomach cold and stomach pain in winter.
Although mutton is good, there are some people who are not suitable for thirty, and it must be noted that there are contraindications for taking mutton tonic.
Mutton is warm and hot, and it is not suitable for those who have external feelings, fever, toothache, heart and lung fire, and accumulated heat in the body;
Yin deficiency and yang are prosperous, and those who are really hot and false cold should not be eaten.
When eating mutton shabu, be sure to eat it after shabu-shabu.
During the holidays, there will be a variety of delicacies prepared at home, so remember that even the best food must be in moderation!