How to make delicious turtle soup

Some people may be a little confused about soft-shelled turtles. Why are soft-shelled turtles so different from other fish? We all know that soft-shelled turtle is what we commonly call turtle. It is an amphibian and reptile, and people often confuse it with other reptiles because they are so similar in appearance, behavior, and the environment they live in. The most common way to cook soft-shelled turtle is to make soup, which is a very nutritious soup. How to make delicious turtle soup?

Turtle soup belongs to Fujian cuisine. The main ingredient is turtle, and the main cooking method is stewing. Soft-shelled turtle is rich in protein and contains methionine which is rarely found in ordinary foods. Its soup is nutritious and is a good food supplement.

Ingredients preparation

Ingredients: 500g soft-shelled turtle

Accessories: 15g of Drynaria fortunei, 15g of Chinese yam (dried), 10g of wolfberry

Turtle Soup

Turtle Soup

Seasoning: 5g ginger, 10g green onion, 10g cooking wine, 4g salt

Production steps

1.

Kill the turtle in hot water, cut it open, remove the intestines and viscera, and clean it;

2. Peel the yam, wash and cut into pieces;

3.

Add appropriate amount of water, ginger, onion, cooking wine, and salt into the casserole, and then add drynaria, wolfberry, yam, and turtle and stew until cooked.

Ingredients preparation

Ingredients: 500g soft-shelled turtle

Accessories: 50g fresh mushrooms, 50g chicken breast, 25g winter bamboo shoots, 50g ham

Seasoning: 10g cooking wine, 4g salt, 2g MSG, 15g green onion, 5g ginger, 2g pepper

Production steps

1.

Kill the turtle, blanch it in boiling water until the outer layer turns white and wrinkled, then take it out and put it into warm water. Use a knife to scrape off the membrane, chop off the tail and head, open the back shell, remove the internal organs, wash it and chop it into two pieces. Put it into a pot of boiling water and blanch it. Take it out and wash it, and dig out the fat from the four legs.

2.

Chop the chicken breast into a paste, put it in a bowl and mix it with chicken broth. Put the ham slices, bamboo shoots slices and mushrooms into boiling water and blanch them respectively.

3.

Place the turtle pieces on a plate, add cooking wine, scallion and ginger slices, steam until soft, take out and remove the bones, put the turtle meat into a casserole, pour in the chicken puree, arrange the ham slices, bamboo shoots and mushrooms neatly on top, add scallion, ginger slices, cooking wine, salt and pepper, stew for 15 minutes, pick out the scallion and add MSG.

Nutritional value:

Soft-shelled turtle is a traditional high-quality Chinese medicinal material with extremely high medicinal value. It is an excellent product for nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney. It has the functions of nourishing yin and strengthening yang, softening and dispersing nodules, removing blood stasis and prolonging life. Regular consumption of soft-shelled turtles can continuously strengthen the yin essence in the body, and play a role in nourishing yin and suppressing yang, restoring the yin and yang of the human body to a relatively balanced state, thereby achieving the effect of strengthening the body, eliminating diseases and prolonging life. It is especially suitable for tonic for middle-aged and elderly people and those with weak constitutions.

The whole body of the soft-shelled turtle is a treasure. Its meat, shell, blood, head, gallbladder, eggs and fat can all be used as medicine. Soft-shelled turtle has a therapeutic effect on liver cirrhosis and splenomegaly. It can also regulate immune function, increase lymphocyte transformation rate, and promote bone marrow hematopoietic function. Soft-shelled turtle blood can be used as a blood tonic. Mixing soft-shelled turtle blood with honey and letting diabetic patients drink it can lower blood sugar levels. Soft-shelled turtle eggs can cure long-term malaria and dysentery. Turtle shells can be dried and ground into powder, which also has certain medicinal effects.

1.

Turtle meat and its extracts can effectively prevent and inhibit liver cancer, gastric cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and can be used to prevent and treat weakness, anemia, leukopenia and other symptoms caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy;

2.

Soft-shell turtle also has a good blood-purifying effect. Regular consumption can lower blood cholesterol, so it is beneficial for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.

3. Turtle can also "repair fatigue, strengthen yang energy, and greatly replenish yin deficiency";

4.

Eating soft-shelled turtles also has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects on patients with various diseases such as tuberculosis, anemia, and physical weakness.