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With these amazing soup recipes, you'll effectively fight off cold and flu symptoms, especially during seasonal transitions.
Seasonal transitions often lead to colds and flu. While not dangerous, they can be quite uncomfortable.
To prevent and alleviate cold symptoms, try out these soup recipes:
Bitter Melon Soup with Shrimp
Ingredients for Shrimp Soup Recipe:
- Bitter melon, seeded and thinly sliced (3 pieces);
- Shrimp, cleaned and deveined;
- Silver prawns (50g) or steamed clams (100g);
- Spices (thinly sliced old ginger, scallions, two cloves of garlic, half a teaspoon of salt).
Cooking Method: Add 350ml of water to a pot, bring to a boil, add bitter melon + other ingredients and cook for about 10 minutes. Eat hot 3 times a day, for 2 days. Benefits: helps induce sweating, clears heat, relieves thirst, promotes urination, and soothes sore throat.
Cooking Shrimp Soup for Good Health
2. Tomato and Egg Soup Recipe
Ingredients for Tomato and Egg Soup Recipe:
- Pork loin (100g);
- Tomato (1 fruit);
- Shiitake mushrooms (10g);
- Egg (1 egg);
- 2 tablespoons of starch water (mix 1 tablespoon of water with 1 tablespoon of cornstarch), ¼ teaspoon of sesame oil;
- Seasonings (shallots, cilantro, basil. ¼ teaspoon of salt, ¼ teaspoon of sugar, 1/8 teaspoon of ground pepper)
Method: Slice the meat thinly, marinate with salt, sesame oil, and 1 teaspoon of cornstarch for 15 minutes. Stir-fry mushrooms with tomatoes, season to taste, add water as needed and bring to a boil, then add the meat to cook together. When the broth boils again, add the cornstarch mixture. Once the broth thickens, pour in beaten eggs, gently stir with chopsticks, add a little more sesame oil, sprinkle with pepper, then turn off the heat.
Tomato and Egg Soup Helps Relieve Cold Symptoms
3. Ginger Soup Recipe
Ingredients for Ginger Soup Recipe:
- Fresh ginger, minced or sliced (10 – 20g);
- Shiitake or straw mushrooms, oyster mushrooms (10g);
- Seasonings (shallots, salt…).
Method: Bring water to a boil, then add mushrooms + ginger and cook for about 5 – 10 minutes. Remove from heat, season to taste. Serve hot, you can have a small bowl as an appetizer for each meal. Suitable for people with cold symptoms such as chills, cold extremities, aversion to cold, dry cough, productive cough, headache, body aches, runny nose, stuffy nose…
Delicious Soup Recipe for the Whole Family
4. Bottle Gourd Soup Recipe
Ingredients for Bottle Gourd Soup Recipe:
- Bottle gourd (half of a fruit);
- Mugwort (50g);
- Silver garlic cloves without heads and tails (50g) or snakehead fish (100g);
- Spices: purple shallots, crushed; black peppercorns.
Method: Peel the bottle gourd, cut into 3cm slices, grill until golden on both sides over charcoal. Bring water to a boil in a pot, then add all ingredients and cook for about 10 minutes, remove from heat, season to taste. Eat while still hot, 3 times a day, immediately for 3 – 4 days. Benefits: detoxifying, this soup helps cool the body, relieve cold symptoms…
Pumpkin Soup is Good for Health
5. Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Ingredients for Pumpkin Soup Recipe:
- Golden pumpkin (150g);
- Clams or cockles,
- Blood cockles (200g). Alternatively, use tough rooster meat. 5g thinly sliced old ginger; Seasonings (seasoning powder, shallots…).
Method: Peel and clean the golden pumpkin, remove seeds, cut into 3cm pieces. Boil in 350ml of water until boiling, then add the prepared ingredients. Eat twice a day. Treats indigestion, bloating, difficulty breathing, soothes the nervous system, relieves headaches, promotes sleep…
Pumpkin Soup is Beneficial for Health
6. Bitter Gourd Soup Recipe
Ingredients for Bitter Gourd Soup Recipe:
- Mulberry leaves (150g);
- Young lotus leaves (5 leaves);
- Wax gourd (150g);
- Young banana flowers (10g);
- Thinly sliced ginger (5g); Seasoning: Method: Keep the skin on the wax gourd, grill until golden brown.
Boil water, then add all ingredients and cook for about 15 – 20 minutes, eat 3 times a day. Benefits: prevents anemia, purifies blood, relieves itchy throat causing coughing, soothes hoarseness…
Fragrant and Delicious Bottle Gourd Soup
7. Pork Rib and Radish Soup Recipe
Ingredients for Pork Rib and Radish Soup Recipe:
- Young pork ribs (300g);
- White radish (1 piece);
- Chinese jujubes (100g); Seasonings (shallots, ginger…)
Method: Chop the pork ribs into small pieces, wash thoroughly. Bring water to a boil, then add the ribs and cook for about 20 minutes, continuously skimming off the foam to make the broth clear and more flavorful. Continue to add ginger, shallots, Chinese jujubes and simmer for another half an hour, then add the white radish and cook for another 20 minutes. Remove from heat, season to taste, and serve hot. Benefits: Prevents and treats respiratory inflammation.
Pork Rib and White Radish Soup Helps Relieve Cold Symptoms
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