Carp “Eating” Beans Porridge
[Ingredients] 50 grams red adzuki beans, 6 grams tangerine peel, 6 grams chili, 6 grams cardamom, 1000 grams live carp, scallions, ginger, white pepper, salt, chicken broth as needed.
[Function] Remove scales, gills, and internal organs from carp, wash thoroughly. Clean red adzuki beans, tangerine peel, chili, and cardamom, stuff into the fish’s belly. Place in a bowl, add ginger, scallions, white pepper, salt, pour in chicken broth, steam for 1 hour 30 minutes. Meanwhile, briefly blanch scallion strips or greens in broth, add to fish broth before serving.
[Usage] Twice daily, eat fish and drink soup.
[Function] Strengthen spleen, detoxify, promote diuresis, reduce swelling. Suitable for diabetes-related edema, jaundice, foot qi, difficulty urinating.
[Note] Carp is sweet and neutral, capable of promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, relieving gas, quenching thirst, and stimulating lactation—rich in high-quality protein, phosphorus, and calcium. Red adzuki beans are sweet and sour, neutral in nature, promoting diuresis, removing dampness, harmonizing blood, expelling pus, reducing swelling, and detoxifying. Tangerine peel and cardamom are aromatic, help remove dampness and eliminate fishy odor. This dish is delicious, nutritious, safe with no side effects, commonly used by those with liver and kidney deficiency.