Beautiful Vegetable Soup Recipe (Part 1): Blood-Nourishing and Beauty-Enhancing Soup and Oyster and Cabbage Soup

Makes skin rosy and smooth

Blood-nourishing and beauty-enhancing soup

**■** **Materials** **Serves 1**

Pig liver......50 grams Ginger slices......2 slices

**Goji berries...** 3 grams

**Pine nuts.....10 grams**

**Rice** **Wine**......1 tablespoon

Chicken broth......350 cc

1 teaspoon of natural sea salt

**■** **Method**

Cut the pork liver into chunks; cut the spinach into 2 sections; soak the goji berries in water for 1 minute and drain.

Place chicken broth, ginger slices, pork liver, goji berries, pine nuts, and rice wine into the inner pot of the electric rice cooker. Add one level of water to the outer pot and press the switch.

After the switch pops up, add the spinach pieces and then press the switch again.

Once the switch pops up again, add sea salt to taste.

**Delicious** **One-Step** **Trick**

Choose fresh, dark red pork liver that is smooth and soft. Clean it thoroughly before cooking, then soak it in water with ginger slices for about 5 minutes to remove the fishy smell. Alternatively, you can add scallions, ginger, or garlic to remove the fishy smell as well.

**Health Tips**

Pine nuts are high in unsaturated fatty acids, which are beneficial for the skin, but they are also high in calories. You should limit your intake to avoid gaining weight while improving your skin.

Beauty Dictionary

[Pork liver] is rich in iron and vitamin B12, which can help with blood production and improve dizziness and anemia. It is a food source for nourishing blood and moisturizing the skin. When cooked with spinach and goji berries, it can nourish the liver, enhance physical strength, relieve eye fatigue, and make the complexion rosy.

Goji berries, according to the Tang Dynasty medical text *Pharmacopoeia of Medicinal Properties*, "replenish deficiencies of essence and qi, improve complexion, whiten skin, brighten eyes, calm the mind, and promote longevity." This indicates that goji berries can both beautify the skin and promote longevity. Goji berries contain betaine, various unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins B1, B2, and C, as well as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. Betaine, in particular, has anti-fatty liver and liver-protective effects, can increase the number of T lymphocytes in the body, strengthen immune function, and thus can delay aging, making it a good medicinal material for maintaining youthful appearance.

Beauty Dictionary

Bok choy is highly nutritious, rich in vitamins A and C, as well as minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, and protein. It beautifies the skin, promotes oxygen metabolism in the body, and is a healthy vegetable for beauty and skin care. Regular consumption can help prevent skin diseases.

Oysters are rich in high-quality protein, iron, and zinc, which can promote healthy and rosy skin. When paired with bok choy and mung bean sprouts, which contain vitamin C, they can promote the synthesis of collagen in the body, making the skin delicate and fair.

■ Ingredients ■ Serves 1

Oyster...50 grams

Tofu...50 grams

10g red bell pepper, 30g bok choy, 20g mung bean sprouts

Chicken Broth 350 cc

A. Black bean paste......1 tablespoon

Oyster and Cabbage Soup

**■** **Cooking Method** **Calories = 169 kcal

Lightly rub the oysters with salt and then rinse them with water. Cut the tofu into large pieces and the red bell pepper into small cubes.

Wash the bok choy and cut it in half. Wash the mung bean sprouts and remove the rootlets.

Place the chicken broth and all the ingredients from step ① into the inner pot of the electric rice cooker, add one level of water to the outer pot, and press the switch.

After the switch pops up, simmer for 3 minutes, then add bok choy and mung bean sprouts, and press the switch again.

Once the switch pops up again, add black bean sauce to taste.

**Delicious** **One-Step** **Trick**

★Before cooking oysters, you can mix them with white radish puree and then rinse them with water. This will remove the black dirt from the oysters without damaging their surface, and the soup will not be cloudy or fishy.

★Black bean paste is made from fermented black beans. This dish uses it as a substitute for sea salt for seasoning because its flavor pairs well with oysters.

**Health Tips**

Bok choy is cooling in nature and is a moisturizing vegetable. People who are prone to having cold hands and feet should avoid eating it in winter, or cook it with warm foods.