Corn Silk and Pig Tail Soup
A soup slow-simmered with corn silk, Chinese yam, ginkgo nuts, and pig tail, valued for nourishing the lungs and strengthening the spleen.
Ingredients
salt
6 g
pig tail (washed, trimmed of excess fat, cut into pieces)
1000 g
corn silk (washed)
50 g
Chinese yam (washed)
100 g
ginkgo nuts (washed)
40 g
red dates (washed)
5
Instructions
1
Prepare the Ingredients
Wash the pig tail, trim off any excess fat, and cut into pieces. Wash the ginkgo nuts, red dates, Chinese yam, and corn silk.
2
Simmer the Soup
Place all the ingredients into a pot and add an appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 3 hours. Season to taste before serving.