There is a steaming hot bowl of fresh soup on the table, which often makes people salivate. To make soup more delicious, it not only depends on the craftsmanship, but also on choosing a good soup pot. Some people think I'm just cooking soup with a frying pan. This idea is incorrect.
For example, traditionally, it is best to choose a clay pot with delicate texture when cooking soup; The enamel of inferior clay pots contains a small amount of lead, which can easily dissolve in acidic food when cooking, causing harm to the body.
Do not directly use a new clay pot to cook soup. It is best to add a layer of oil to the bottom of the pot for the first time, wash it once a day later, and boil it once.
Stainless steel soup pots have also become increasingly popular in recent years. They are resistant to boiling, have a light soup quality, and are not suitable for cooking medicinal foods. They can also be used for boiling soup.
The characteristics of stainless steel soup pots are large capacity and boiling resistance. It can be used to cook chicken soup, pork rib soup, and other soups that require a long cooking time. The soup cooked in this pot is lighter, unlike the soup made in a clay pot. A feeling.
It is not recommended to use stainless steel pots to cook some Chinese herbal soup, as Chinese herbal medicine contains a large amount of alkaloids, which can react chemically with stainless steel during heating, affecting the medicinal effect of the soup.
A pressure cooker can quickly cook soup in the shortest possible time, but the nutrients will not be destroyed, which means it saves fire and electricity. Suitable for cooking materials with tough texture and not easily softened. However, the food placed in the pressure cooker should not exceed the highest water level in the pot to avoid insufficient internal pressure that may prevent the food from cooking quickly.
Shaguo cuisine is authentic and easily crumbled. Boiling soup in a clay pot can maintain its original flavor. A clay pot can withstand high temperatures and can withstand prolonged stewing.
A clay pot can make soup rich and delicious without losing its original nutrients, but it has poor thermal conductivity and is prone to cracking. It is best not to use a new clay pot directly, it can only be used after some processing.