Laohuo Soup—Hericium Mushroom Soup for Nourishing the Stomach

Overview

Hericium is a high-protein, low-fat, mineral- and vitamin-rich food that can improve immunity and delay aging. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Hericium erinaceus benefits the five internal organs, aids digestion, strengthens the stomach, and fights cancer. Hericium contains a variety of amino acids and rich polysaccharides, which can treat indigestion, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, neurasthenia and other diseases, and is very suitable for patients with gastrointestinal diseases.

Tags

• soups
• home cooking
• soup
• autumn recipes
• winter recipes
• dried hericium
• dried lotus seeds
• iron bar yam
• carrot
• sea salt
• sweet corn

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Soak the dried Hericium mushrooms in warm water until soft, squeeze out the yellow water from the Hericium mushrooms, then soak them in clean water for another 15 minutes, then squeeze out the yellow water, repeat two or three times to remove the bitter taste of the Hericium mushrooms. Tear the Hericium mushrooms into small pieces for later use.

   

2. 2 Wash the remaining ingredients, scrape off the hair of the yam, scrub and cut the skin into small pieces, cut the carrots into hob pieces, and cut the corn into small pieces.

   

3. 3 Put all the ingredients in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer for 100 minutes, then add sea salt.