The Mushroom and Goji Berry Pigeon Soup mainly consists of a nutritious soup made from mushrooms, goji berries, and pigeons. The health benefits of this soup are quite good. Pigeons are rich in nutrition and can invigorate Qi and blood, and have excellent effects of clearing heat and detoxifying as well as regulating blood sugar.

One, Mushroom and Goji Berry Pigeon Soup

Ingredients

Main ingredient: One pigeon ~ Three mushrooms ~ A handful of goji berries ~ Two jujubes ~ Ten slices of American ginseng ~

Accessories: Ginger ~ Salt ~ Cooking wine ~

Method/Step

1 Clean the pigeon and cut it into pieces

2 Add water to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, add the cleaned and cut pigeon to the pot for a quick boil to remove blood, add 5ml of cooking wine to醒, and skim off the froth and remove.

3 Put the boiled pigeon into the pot, add ginger slices, mushrooms, goji berries, jujube, and American ginseng into the pot. Add water to cover the pigeon by 5ml, cover the lid, and simmer over low heat for 3 hours.

4 Serve out, and the delicious and fresh pigeon soup is ready.

Two, Ingredients

Main ingredient: 1 pigeon

Accessories: 10 dried mushrooms, 20 goji berries

Seasonings: Salt, scallions, ginger, cooking wine, to taste

1. Clean the pigeon and put it into a pot with cold water.

2. Add some scallions, ginger, and cooking wine, bring to a boil over high heat, skim off the froth, and add soaked, softened, and cleaned dried mushrooms, then simmer over low heat for 3 hours, or pressure cook for 50 minutes.

2. After the pigeon is braised until tender, add goji berries and season with salt. It’s ready to be served.

Three, Nutrition

The nutritional value of pigeons is very high. Pigeon eggs are known as ‘Animal Ginseng’ and are rich in protein. The old saying goes ‘One pigeon is better than nine chickens.’ Pigeon meat is not only nutritious; traditional Chinese medicine believes that pigeon meat has the effects of tonifying the liver and kidneys, invigorating the Qi and nourishing the blood, clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting saliva and quenching thirst, invigorating the brain and nourishing the spirit, improving memory, lowering blood pressure, adjusting blood sugar in the human body, nourishing the complexion and beauty, keeping the skin white and tender, and prolonging life.