How to make turtle meat tonic soup

Turtle meat tonic kidney soup is a nourishing soup. It is a nourishing medicinal food made with fresh turtle meat and other side dishes. Regular consumption of turtle meat can nourish the liver and kidneys. Especially men can consume some turtle meat tonic kidney soup, which can improve some physical diseases and improve sexual function. It is very good for the body, and it is simple to prepare and delicious.

Ingredients for turtle meat kidney-tonifying soup:

Main ingredients: 800 grams of soft-shelled turtle

Accessories: 30g wolfberry, 30g yam (dried), 15g Ligustrum lucidum, 15g Rehmannia root

Seasoning: 10g cooking wine, 5g green onion, 5g ginger, 5g lard (refined), 3g salt

How to make turtle meat tonic soup

How to make delicious turtle meat kidney-nourishing soup

1. Kill the turtle, remove the internal organs, soak it in hot water to remove the membrane, bones and shell, and cut it into 6 pieces;

2. Put the turtle pieces into boiling water to remove the blood, then remove and wash;

3. Remove impurities and wash wolfberry, Chinese yam, Ligustrum lucidum and Rehmannia glutinosa separately;

4. Pour chicken soup into the pot, add turtle pieces, medicine, cooking wine, refined salt, onion, and ginger, and cook until the turtle meat is cooked;

5. Remove the green onion and ginger, and drizzle with lard.

Nutritional value of turtle meat

Soft-shelled turtle is rich in high-quality protein, amino acids, minerals, trace elements, and vitamins A, B1, B2, etc. It has the delicious taste of five kinds of meat: chicken, deer, beef, pork, and fish, and is known as the "five-flavor meat of gourmet food."

Medicinal effects of soft-shelled turtle: All parts of the turtle, including turtle shell, turtle head, turtle meat, turtle gall, turtle fat, and turtle shell glue, have medicinal value. Its main functions are: nourishing yin, controlling hepatitis and abnormal hyperfunction; nourishing, increasing plasma protein content, promoting hematopoietic function, and enhancing physical strength; clearing away heat, reducing abnormal body temperature, and dissipating lumps in the body.

Modern medical research shows that soft-shelled turtle meat contains an important substance that can resist the aging of human blood vessels. Regular consumption can lower blood cholesterol and is beneficial to patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease. Eating a moderate amount of soft-shelled turtle is beneficial to the mother's physical recovery and improves the quality of breast milk. Experiments by Japanese scientists have also confirmed that soft-shelled turtles have certain anti-cancer effects and can enhance the body's immunity. Soft-shelled turtle contains iron, folic acid, etc., which can invigorate hematopoietic function, help improve athletes' endurance and recover from fatigue.

When eating soft-shelled turtles, you should pay attention to the records in traditional Chinese medicine that soft-shelled turtles should not be eaten with eggs, rabbit, pork, chicken, duck meat, and amaranth, otherwise it will be useless. It should also be noted that when eating soft-shelled turtles, they must be slaughtered and eaten alive, and not dead. This is because the soft-shelled turtle contains a lot of histidine, which is very easy to rot and deteriorate after death. Histidine can decompose to produce toxic histamine, which can cause poisoning after eating.