How to store stewed chicken soup

Many people like to drink chicken soup because it is rich in nutrients and suitable for most people, especially patients after surgery or pregnant women and postpartum women. Drinking chicken soup regularly is very beneficial to improving the body's immunity. Some people like to stew more at a time so that they can drink it more often, but how do you preserve the stewed chicken soup? If it is a hot summer, it is best to keep it in the refrigerator. If it is winter, it can be stored at room temperature.

Can chicken soup be kept overnight?

1. Chicken soup can be drunk overnight, but you should be careful to put it in the refrigerator at night, otherwise it will easily breed bacteria. Boil it the next day and drink it.

2. Some people are also worried about whether the nourishing effect of overnight chicken soup will be lost. In fact, the main nutrients in chicken soup are protein and amino acids, which will not be destroyed in the low temperature of the refrigerator, nor will they be oxidized by oxygen in the air. Therefore, as long as it is well preserved, the nutritional value of chicken soup will not decrease much.

3. The best way to preserve the soup is not to add salt or other seasonings to the soup base. After the soup is cooked, use a clean spoon to scoop out the portion you want to drink that day. If you can’t finish it, it’s best to store it in a clay pot in the refrigerator.

4. Because leftover soup is prone to chemical reactions if kept in aluminum or stainless steel pots for a long time, it should be placed in glass or ceramic containers.

The benefits of drinking chicken soup

1. Relieve colds

Chicken soup has the effect of relieving cold symptoms and improving the body's immune function. This is because chicken soup can effectively inhibit inflammation and excessive production of mucus in the human body, help reduce nasal congestion and throat pain, and the number of coughs will also be relatively reduced. Chicken soup is even more effective than vitamin C in relieving colds.

2. Nourishing effect

Adding different medicinal materials to chicken soup has different nourishing effects. Adding ginger can nourish and strengthen the essence, relieve colds, and improve the body's immunity; adding wolfberry can replenish yang energy, help the body's yang energy grow, and resist severe cold; adding Codonopsis can treat spleen and lung weakness, shortness of breath and palpitations, enhance hematopoietic function, and has a good improvement effect on the constitution of fear of cold in winter; adding Astragalus can replenish qi and deficiency, enhance the body's immunity, and can also prevent the occurrence of certain infectious diseases.

3. Benefits to women

For women's nourishment, hen is the best choice. You can choose recipes such as "hen stewed with angelica and longan". However, it should be noted that people often think that when making soup with a hen, you should choose an old hen, but in fact, a young chicken is the best. Not only is the meat tender, it also contains more meat protein, making it easier for the human body to absorb and digest. But pregnant women should eat roosters to nourish their bodies after giving birth. Because the estrogen contained in the hen will cause the mother's body to quickly replenish estrogen, which will make it difficult to secrete milk.

4. Benefits to men

Women eat hens, while men should eat more roosters stewed for nourishment, such as the "wine-boiled rooster" stewing method that adds rice wine. Roosters can help men supplement rich nutrition and testosterone. In addition, long-term intake of small amounts of alcohol can promote blood circulation, improve arteriosclerosis, and reduce blood vessel stenosis, which can effectively make the blood flow in the body smooth. This can not only improve cold hands and feet (hardening of blood vessels in the limbs), but also effectively improve the condition of impotence.

How to make nourishing chicken soup

1. Ginseng stewed chicken

10 grams of ginseng, a hen (about 1200 grams), oil, fresh soup, MSG, salt, rice wine, ginger slices, and scallion segments.

Method: After slaughtering and cleaning the hen, chop off the chicken feet, cut into pieces, blanch in boiling water, remove and clean, soak the ginseng in clean water until soft, wash and set aside; heat the oil in a pan, add ginger slices, scallion segments and chicken and stir-fry until fragrant, add rice wine, pour in the fresh soup and boil; pour the chicken and chicken soup into a casserole, add ginseng slices, simmer over low heat until the chicken is cooked, then add salt and MSG to taste.

Effects: Greatly replenishes vitality, soothes the mind, improves intelligence, warms the stomach, and nourishes the lungs;

2. Chicken stew with mushrooms

250 grams of cooked chicken, 150 grams of fresh mushrooms, oil, broth, MSG, salt, rice wine, ginger slices, and scallions.

Method: Wash the mushrooms with clean water, cut into thick slices and set aside; heat the oil in a pan, add ginger, onion and mushrooms and stir-fry for a while, then pour in the clear soup, chicken pieces and rice wine, boil over high heat, skim off the foam, cook until done, add salt and MSG, and pick out the ginger and onion.

Efficacy: Greatly replenishes qi and blood, and nourishes the five internal organs.

3. Ginseng and chicken soup

10 grams of wolfberry, a hen, 12 grams of cooked aconite, 12 grams of American ginseng, onion and ginger juice, rice wine, and salt to taste.

Preparation method: Wash wolfberry, aconite and American ginseng, wash the hen, remove the fat and cut into pieces; remove the casserole, pour in water, chicken pieces, scallion ginger juice and rice wine, boil over high heat, skim off the foam, then add wolfberry, cooked aconite and American ginseng, and simmer over low heat for 3 hours, then add salt to taste.

Efficacy: Strengthens the body, nourishes the heart, is beneficial to patients with heart disease, but is not suitable for people with cold and fever.