How to Make Spinach and Liver Soup?

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Ingredients:Spinach 400 grams,Pig liver 150 grams, fresh Ginger A few slices



Spinach Pig liver soup How to make it
1: Soak the pig liver in clear water for 1 hour, then slice thinly and mix with ginger slices, salt, oil, and wine;



2: Boil water in a pot, blanch the spinach until the water boils, remove and rinse;

3: Heat 4-5 bowls of water in a pot, bring to a boil, add the blanched spinach;Boil vigorously until it comes to a boil, use chopsticks to press it down so all spinach is submerged;
4: Bring to a boil, cook with the marinated pig liver, uncover and cook until the color of the pig liver changes, remove the pig liver, flip it over, cook again until the color changes, then cook for 3-5 more minutes, add salt to season.
With soup,Green vegetables, with meat, hahaha, a nutritionally balanced dish!
Pig liver is sweet, bitter, and warm in nature, belonging to the Liver meridian. According to Liang Li, in traditional Chinese medicine, there's an ancient saying "shape nourishes shape", so pig liver particularly has the effects of replenishing liver yin and vision, and blood tonifying blood. Pig liver contains abundant iron and phosphorus, essential ingredients for blood production. While spinach is rich in β-carotene and iron,radish, which can improve iron deficiency anemia. In Traditional Chinese Medicine's five-color health preservation theory, green enters the Liver meridian, so green spinach benefits the liver as well. Therefore, combining them enhances their effects on tonifying blood and nourishing the liver.



Pig liver and spinach complement each other to offset their weaknesses. The liver is an organ for detoxification in the body, which inevitably stores some toxic substances. Spinach contains large amounts of vitamins and fiber, which can help detoxify the liver's residues. Moreover, pig liver paired with spinach fully demonstrates China's dietary "meat-vegetable pairing" characteristics.
Functions and effects of spinach
Spinach is also known as spinach, Polygonum aviculare, red root vegetable, Persian vegetable, or parakeet grass. Spinach contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, B1, B2, niacin, and vitamin C nutrients. Due to its rich vitamin content, it is known as a "vitamin warehouse".
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