How to make hot and sour mutton soup

Mutton is a common ingredient. Its taste is relatively strong, which is why many people don't like it. However, if mutton is cooked well, it is really attractive. Not only does it lose its strong smell, but it also tastes very good and is very useful for tonic. There are many ways to cook mutton. The following mainly introduces the method of making spicy and sour mutton soup base. Friends who like spicy and sour food are recommended to follow along.

Fresh mutton needs to be soaked in cold water for 1 hour to remove the blood.

Chop the green onion into flowers and slice the ginger for later use.

Wash the mutton, cut it into slices and put it in the pot, add two or three bowls of water. After the pot boils, skim off the foam on the surface of the soup.

Add a small amount of cooking wine to remove the mutton smell, add ginger slices, star anise, and cinnamon, and cover the pot.

Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. When the meat is cooked through, add vinegar, salt, and chili oil. The sour and refreshing mutton soup is ready. After serving it in a bowl, sprinkle some chopped green onions on it to make it more colorful, fragrant and delicious.

Precautions

Mutton is warm in nature and eating it often can cause internal heat, so it is best eaten with cool vegetables.

Because ginger skin is spicy and cool, it is better to leave the skin on when pairing it with lamb.

The efficacy and function of mutton

1. Warming up the spleen and stomach

Used to treat nausea, emaciation, chills and other symptoms caused by spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness.

2. Warming and nourishing the liver and kidneys

Used to treat symptoms such as soreness, coldness and pain in the waist and knees, and impotence caused by kidney yang deficiency.

3. Nourishing blood and warming the meridians

Used for abdominal cold pain caused by postpartum blood deficiency and cold meridians.

4. Protect gastric mucosa

Lamb can protect the stomach wall, increase the secretion of digestive enzymes, and help digestion. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mutton can nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, and is suitable for men to eat regularly. The whole body of a sheep is a treasure. Lamb is an excellent food therapy and health product. Lamb, lamb blood, lamb bones, lamb liver, lamb milk, lamb gallbladder, etc. can be used to treat many diseases and have high medicinal value.

5. Nourish the liver and improve eyesight

Mutton has the effects of nourishing blood, replenishing liver, and improving eyesight. It is very effective in treating postpartum anemia, tuberculosis, night blindness, cataracts, glaucoma and other diseases. Compared with cow's milk, goat's milk is richer in fat and protein. It is one of the ideal foods for patients with kidney disease and a natural tonic for those with physical weakness.