Chicken stewed with soft-shelled turtle

Everyone is familiar with soft-shelled turtles. They are not only delicious, but also high in protein. The content of various vitamins and trace elements in soft-shelled turtles is very high. Eating them can enhance the body's resistance and regulate the body's endocrine system. There are many ways to eat and cook soft-shelled turtles. The more common method is to stew soft-shelled turtles with local chickens. The following is a method of stewing soft-shelled turtles with local chickens.

How to cook chicken and turtle

1. Add oil to the wok, sauté scallions and ginger slices

2. Put the turtle in and stir-fry, add cooking wine and salt

3. Use another pot to stew the chicken

4. Pour the chicken soup into the turtle, bring to a boil over high heat and simmer over low heat. Add wolfberry when it is almost cooked.

5. Remove from heat and sprinkle with pepper

What are the benefits of eating turtle?

Turtle meat contains a lot of protein and tastes delicious, making it a relatively nutritious food. Eating some soft-shelled turtle meat regularly is very beneficial for skin care. The collagen contained in soft-shelled turtle meat can make the skin smooth and elastic. Soft-shelled turtle meat also has a good effect on inhibiting cardiovascular disease and can prevent high cholesterol in the body. The rich nutrients it contains can improve anemia, tuberculosis and lower high blood pressure. It is also good for protecting the liver, spleen and stomach, and can have a good effect on replenishing qi and blood and enhancing immunity.

What can't you eat when eating soft-shelled turtle?

1. Amaranth

Turtle meat should not be eaten together with amaranth. This statement is recorded in "Jinkui Yaolue" and "Yinshi Zhengyao". Amaranth is slightly cold in nature and sweet in taste. "Compendium of Materia Medica" quotes: "Amaranth tastes sweet, is cold in nature, and can cause coldness and abdominal damage"; turtle meat is also cold in nature. Eating the two together is difficult to digest and may even cause gastrointestinal stagnation.

2. Eel and crab

Soft-shelled turtle, eel and crab are foods that pregnant women should avoid eating as eating them will affect the health of the fetus.

3. Celery

Soft-shelled turtle and celery cannot be eaten together. Eating the two together can denature the protein and affect nutrient absorption.

4. Duck

It is recorded in "Yinshi Zhengyao": "Duck meat cannot be eaten with turtle." The medical saint Sun Simiao once said: "Turtle cannot be eaten with rabbit or duck meat, as it is harmful to the body." Li Shizhen explained in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that turtle is sweet and non-toxic, while turtle shell is salty and flat. “Turtles are cold in nature and can cause diuresis,” and duck meat is also cold in nature, so duck meat should not be eaten together with turtles. Eating it for a long time will cause yang excess and yin deficiency, resulting in edema and diarrhea.

5. Pork

Pork is a cold food, and turtle is also a cold food. If you eat the two together, it will increase the coldness and is not good for your health. Therefore, turtle meat should not be eaten with pork, rabbit meat, duck meat and other meats.

6. Rabbit meat

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Turtle should not be eaten with rabbit or duck meat, as it is harmful to the body." Rabbit meat is cold in nature, and turtle is also cold in nature. If the two are eaten together, it will promote coldness and is not good for health.

7. Peach

Peaches should not be eaten with soft-shelled turtle. If peaches are eaten with soft-shelled turtle, diarrhea is likely to occur. The reason is that soft-shelled turtle is a "nourishing" tonic that is difficult to digest, and peaches can easily cause bloating. When the two are added together, the body will naturally feel uncomfortable.

8. Persimmon

Many people like to eat persimmons as fruit after meals. Let me tell you that soft-shelled turtle and persimmon cannot be eaten together, otherwise it will cause indigestion. Therefore, it is best not to eat persimmons after eating soft-shelled turtle.

9. Salted duck eggs

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that salted duck eggs are better than unpickled duck eggs in clearing lung fire and reducing yin fire, and cooking them can cure diarrhea. However, salted duck eggs should not be eaten with soft-shelled turtle, otherwise it will cause gastrointestinal discomfort.