What kind of chicken soup do you drink on the solstice in winter?

After the solstice of winter, the coldest time of the year is about to begin. Drinking chicken soup on the solstice in winter can better resist the cold.

Chestnut yam chicken soup

Chestnut yam is a good ingredient for invigorating spleen and benefiting qi. It is a soup suitable for Xian Yi, old and young, with delicious stewed chicken.

Ingredients: chestnuts, yam, ginger, old hen or chicken, salt.

Practice: Soak dried yam for 30 minutes in advance, or use fresh yam directly. Clean fresh chicken, chop it, rinse off the blood on the surface with running water, then put it in a pot for 2 minutes, take it out and rinse it for later use; Cut a knife on the chestnut with a knife, put it in the pot for 5 minutes, then peel it for later use. Put the chicken, chestnut and yam in the soup pot, add 2 slices of ginger and 6-8 bowls of water, bring it to a boil with high fire, simmer for 50 minutes, and add appropriate amount of salt after turning off the fire.

Cordyceps chicken soup

Cordyceps sinensis is neither cold nor dry, and it is rich in nutrition. This is a kind of food that most people can safely eat. Cordyceps chicken soup tastes sweet and delicious.

Ingredients: 500g of chicken, 30g of Cordyceps sinensis, 2 slices of ginger, 6 red dates and salt.

Practice: Wash and cut the chicken into pieces, put it in a small pot and boil a proper amount of water. After the water is boiled, add the chicken and cook for 2 minutes, then remove the chicken and rinse it for later use. Rinse the Chinese caterpillar fungus briefly, and then soak it for 5 minutes. Pour chicken, cordyceps and the water soaked in it into the soup pot, add red dates, add 6-8 bowls of water, bring to a boil over high fire, simmer for 50 minutes, and add salt to taste after turning off the fire.