Healthy Recipes for Patients with High Cholesterol: Winter Melon, Crucian Carp, and Chicken Dishes

13. Braised Mushrooms with Oyster Sauce

Ingredients: 500g winter melon, 2 tablespoons oyster sauce, appropriate amount of Shaoxing wine, appropriate amount of sugar, appropriate amount of chicken essence.

Ingredients: Salt (appropriate amount), cornstarch (appropriate amount), vegetable oil (appropriate amount), chopped green onion (appropriate amount), chopped ginger (appropriate amount).

Preparation method: ① Peel the winter melon, remove the seeds and pulp, wash it, and cut it into 0.5 cm thick slices.

Large slices, with the flesh side up, are neatly arranged one by one on a flat plate.

② Heat oil in a wok over high heat, add chopped scallions and ginger and sauté until fragrant, then add stock (using...)

Add chicken bouillon (mixed with water, just enough to submerge the winter melon), oyster sauce, Shaoxing wine, sugar, and salt. Add the winter melon...

Neatly push the ingredients into the pot and cook over high heat until flavorful. Thicken with cornstarch slurry, then remove from heat and plate.

Efficacy and Indications: Winter melon, sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature, can promote urination, reduce swelling, dispel dampness, and clear heat. It is beneficial for those suffering from...

This is particularly helpful for patients with kidney disease or high blood pressure. It is also beneficial for patients with chronic constipation or hyperlipidemia accompanied by high blood pressure.

Winter melon can be eaten regularly.

14. Homemade live crucian carp

Ingredients: 500g live crucian carp, 50g sliced ​​pork, 25g sliced ​​fresh bamboo shoots, 15g sliced ​​rehydrated shiitake mushrooms.

100g ginger slices, 2g Shaoxing wine, 50ml rice vinegar, 10ml soy sauce, 10g sugar, and fermented bean paste.

15g, salad oil as needed, scallion segments as needed, garlic as needed, carrot slices 3g, cornstarch 20g.

Preparation method: ① Slaughter and clean the live crucian carp, make a cut on both sides of the back of the fish, rub soy sauce on it and let it sit for 15 minutes.

② Place a wok over high heat, pour in salad oil and heat it up. Put the crucian carp into the hot oil and fry until golden brown. Drain the oil.

③ Leave 50 ml of oil in the pan, then add bamboo shoot slices, meat slices, shiitake mushroom slices, scallion segments, garlic slices, and fermented bean paste.

After stir-frying until red, return the fish to the pan, add Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, sugar, and a little water, bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes.

Cook for about 10 minutes until done, add MSG, reduce the sauce over high heat until thickened, evenly drizzle in cornstarch slurry, pour in oil, and then add the fish.

After turning it over, add a few drops of vinegar and put it in a large fish plate.

Efficacy and indications: Crucian carp is a freshwater fish rich in protein.

15. Braised Crucian Carp with Scallions

Ingredients: 500g crucian carp, 250g scallions, 3 slices of ginger, 20ml soy sauce, Shaoxing wine

20 ml, 50 g white sugar, 10 ml vinegar, 5 ml sesame oil, and appropriate amount of salad oil.

Preparation method: ① Clean and gut the crucian carp, make fine cuts on both sides of the fish with a knife, and marinate with 10 ml of Shaoxing wine.

Marinate the fish with wine and a little salt for a while; cut the scallions into two sections.

② Heat some oil in a wok, fry the crucian carp until both sides are slightly golden brown, add scallion segments and ginger slices and stir-fry briefly, then cook...

Add cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, and enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until the sauce thickens. Finally, pour over the sauce.

Add vinegar and sesame oil, and it's ready to serve.

Efficacy and indications: Crucian carp has tender and delicious flesh; larger, male fish are considered the best. Nutritional value of crucian carp.

It has extremely high nutritional value, is rich in protein, and is easily digested and absorbed by the human body.

16. Bamboo Shoot and Crucian Carp Soup

Ingredients: 500g crucian carp, 100g fresh bamboo shoots, salt to taste, MSG to taste.

Preparation method: ① Remove the scales and internal organs of the crucian carp and wash it clean; wash the fresh bamboo shoots and slice them.

② Place the crucian carp and bamboo shoots in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, and skim off any foam.

Reduce heat to low and cook until done. Add salt and MSG to taste.

Efficacy and indications: Crucian carp is rich in protein, carbohydrates, and nutrients such as calcium, iron, and phosphorus.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, its flesh is sweet and warm in nature, and can promote diuresis, reduce swelling, and invigorate qi and spleen. Clinical experiments have verified this.

Ming: Crucian carp also has preventive and therapeutic effects on hypertension, heart disease, and arteriosclerosis. Bamboo shoots contain fiber...

It is extremely rich in vitamins, which can help prevent high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity. Combining these two dishes is beneficial for those with high cholesterol.

It has the effect of lowering blood lipids and cholesterol in patients with blood disorders.