These are inexpensive but great for nourishing the kidneys. Both men and women should eat them!

1. Scallop Congee

Dried scallops are also known as scallops: they are mild in nature, sweet and salty in taste, and can nourish the kidneys and yin, so people with kidney yin deficiency should eat them regularly.

Ingredients: rice, scallops, shrimps, peanut oil, salt, green onions, pepper

practice:

1. Wash the scallops and soak them in warm water until soft.

2. Wash the rice and put it into the rice cooker together with the scallops. Plug in the power, cover the lid, and press the power button.

3. When the porridge in the pot is 90% cooked, open the lid and put in the seafood, add salt for seasoning, unplug the power cord, and use the residual heat in the pot to cook the shrimps thoroughly.

4. Sprinkle with chopped green onions and pepper when serving.

2. Steamed Perch

Perch: It can nourish the spleen and stomach, moisten the liver and kidneys, and benefit the tendons and bones. It is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, and liver and kidney yin deficiency.

Ingredients: sea bream, red pepper, yellow pepper, salt, green onion, ginger, cooking wine, soy sauce, white pepper, oil, sugar, steamed fish with fermented black beans

practice:

1. Clean the killed perch, make a light cut in the seam on the fish's back to prevent the fish's skin from breaking during steaming, apply 2 tablespoons of cooking wine, a small amount of salt, and an appropriate amount of white pepper powder all over the fish, and marinate for about 10 minutes.

2. During the pickling process, cut the green onion and ginger into thin strips, and cut the red and yellow peppers into strips.

3. Stuff half of the scallion and ginger into the fish belly.

4. Cut the green onion into long pieces and place them under the fish, and put some shredded ginger on the fish. Boil half a pot of water in advance, steam the fish in the pot for about 7 to 8 minutes, then turn off the heat.

5. Put 2 tablespoons of steamed fish soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, a small amount of white pepper powder, 50 ml of warm water, a small amount of salt and an appropriate amount of chicken essence into a small bowl and mix well until all the sugar is dissolved.

6. Remove the shredded ginger from the steamed fish and pour out the fishy water in the plate. You can now see that the fish skin is relatively intact.

7. Place shredded green onion, ginger and bell pepper strips on the fish in turn.

8. Pour vegetable oil into a pan and heat it until it starts to smoke. Pour the hot oil from the fish head to the tail, especially where there are scallions and ginger shreds; you can hear a sizzling sound.

9. Finally, pour the prepared sauce from the fish head to the fish tail.

3. Chestnut Roasted Chicken

Chestnut: It can nourish the spleen and stomach, is good for the kidneys and nourishes yang, and is most suitable for people with kidney deficiency and low back pain.

Ingredients: chicken, chestnuts, soy sauce, cooking wine, starch, sugar, chicken soup

practice:

1. Cut a hole in the chestnut. When the water in the pot is boiling, put the chestnuts in and cook for two or three minutes. Put them in cold water and peel off the outer shell and inner skin. Set aside.

2. Chop the chicken legs into large pieces, cut the green onions into sections, and slice the ginger for later use.

3. When the oil in the pan is hot, add scallions, ginger, and chicken, stir-fry until white, then add cooking wine.

4. Add soy sauce, sugar, salt, five-spice powder and stir-fry evenly.

5. Pour in an appropriate amount of chicken soup or water, add the chestnuts, cover and cook for 20 minutes.

6. Sprinkle a little chicken essence and cook over high heat until the sauce thickens.

4. Pork Ribs Stewed with Yam

Yam: It can strengthen the spleen and kidneys, replenish deficiency and consolidate essence. People with kidney deficiency should eat it regularly.

Ingredients: pork shank, yam, salt, ginger, wolfberry, pepper

practice:

1. Soak the pork shank bones in warm water for two hours, drain the water and blanch them in cold water to remove the blood; after blanching, rinse off the excess foam with running water.

2. Put it into a clay pot together with ginger and water, bring it to a high heat and then simmer it on low heat for one hour. While the bones are being simmered, peel the yam, cut it into pieces, put it in clean water twice, and soak it for another 20 minutes to remove some of the mucus.

3. When the ribs are cooked to about 60% to 70% done, add the drained yam and continue to simmer for half an hour. Before serving, add the soaked wolfberries into the casserole and simmer for a few more minutes. Sprinkle a little pepper and salt on the ribs before serving.

5. Chinese wolfberry corn cake

Wolfberry: It can nourish the kidney and liver, improve sperm quality and eyesight. It is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with kidney deficiency, and has the effect of prolonging life.

Ingredients: flour, cornmeal, wolfberry, yeast powder, baking powder, sugar

practice:

1. Dissolve the yeast in water first.

2. Mix flour, cornstarch, baking powder and sugar evenly and pour into the yeast water.

3. Stir well.

4. Apply some oil in the container to prevent stains.

5. Pour in cornmeal batter.

6. Ferment at room temperature for 30 minutes (around 28 degrees).

7. Top with wolfberries for garnish.

8. Steam for about 20 minutes.

6. Black sesame paste

Sesame: It can moisten the liver and kidneys, and is suitable for people with kidney deficiency who suffer from back pain, weak legs, dizziness, tinnitus, dry and falling hair, and premature graying of hair.

Ingredients: sesame, glutinous rice flour, sugar, water

practice:

1. Remove impurities from black sesame seeds, wash and fry until cooked.

2. Put glutinous rice flour into the pot and fry until it turns slightly yellow and is cooked through.

3. Grind the black sesame seeds into a grinder, mix with glutinous rice flour until there are no particles, add white sugar and mix well. When eating, add appropriate amount of water and cook until thick, or use a microwave to make it thick.

7. Amber Walnut

Walnut: It can nourish the kidneys and strengthen the essence, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements, and strengthen the muscles and bones. It is especially suitable for people with kidney yin deficiency.

Ingredients: walnut kernels, honey, sugar, cooked white sesame seeds

practice:

1. Spread the walnut kernels evenly on the bottom of a plate and put them in the microwave on high heat until cooked.

2. Try to remove the outer layer as much as possible, which will give you a better taste. You can skip it if you find it troublesome.

3. Add water, sugar and honey into a wok and simmer the syrup over low heat.

4. When boiling the sugar, stir it constantly with a spatula until it becomes thick and you feel resistance when stirring with the spatula.

5. Add walnut kernels and stir constantly.

6. Keep the heat low until the walnut kernels are coated with syrup.

7. Turn off the heat, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and serve. Set aside to cool.

8. Stir-fried kidney

Pig kidney: can replenish kidney deficiency, mainly treat back pain, spermatorrhea, sweating, and ear diseases caused by kidney deficiency.

Ingredients: pork loin, chili pepper, red chili pepper, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, peppercorns, cooking wine, starch, pepper

practice:

1. Wash the kidneys, cut into small pieces, and soak in cooking wine for a quarter of an hour.

2. Wash the soaked kidneys again, then mix well with salt, soy sauce, vinegar, cooking wine, pepper and dry starch.

3. Heat the pan with oil, add the kidney and stir-fry quickly. When cooked, serve.

4. Put a little oil in the pot, fry the peppercorns, then add the chili segments and stir-fry. Then add the kidney and stir-fry for a few seconds before removing from the pot.

9. Shrimp and Chicken Rice

Gorgon fruit (chicken head rice): can nourish the kidney and spleen, suitable for people with spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, and frequent urination.

Ingredients: chicken head rice, shrimp, asparagus, egg white, ginger, starch, salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, cornstarch

practice:

1. Remove the head and shell of the shrimp, leaving the shrimp meat, and use a toothpick to remove the intestinal mud.

2. Add cooking wine, soy sauce, cornstarch, and egg white to the processed shrimps, mix well with your hands, and marinate for 10 minutes.

3. Wash the asparagus, cut into sections with a slanting knife and set aside.

4.Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, bring it to a boil over high heat, add the diced asparagus and blanch it for 1 minute, then remove from the pot.

5. Similarly, put the chicken head rice into the boiling water, blanch it for 2 minutes and then remove it.

6. Add a little cooking oil to a frying pan, sauté shredded ginger, then slide the marinated shrimps into the pan and stir-fry until they change color completely.

7. Then add the chicken head rice and stir-fry, and finally add the diced asparagus and stir-fry.

8. Add appropriate amount of salt to taste.

9. Finally, slowly pour 30ml of wet starch into the pot and add a thin layer of sauce. Turn off the heat when the sauce is thick.

10. Tofu and eel soup

Loach: Adult men who regularly drink loach soup can nourish their bodies, enhance their physical strength, and improve kidney function.

Ingredients: loach, tofu, black fungus, peanut oil, salt, ginger, cooking wine, green onion, coriander, soup, white vinegar, sugar

practice:

1. Boil half a pot of water, put the cleaned loach into the boiling water, and soon a layer of white film-like substance will appear on the surface of the loach.

2. Gently turn the loach over with a colander, and the sticky substance on the loach's surface will automatically fall off.

3. Remove the mucous membrane from the loach and place it on a plate for later use.

4. Soak the fungus in warm water, pick it and wash it clean.

5. Cut the tofu into cubes, cut the green onion into sections, slice the ginger, and cut the coriander into sections.

6. Heat oil in a pan, add scallions and ginger and sauté until fragrant, then add 2 cups of soup and bring to a boil.

7. Add loach and tofu, cooking wine, white vinegar, salt and sugar.

8. After boiling for 5 minutes, add the fungus and cook on medium heat for about 10 minutes.

9. Finally, add chicken essence and coriander, mix well and turn off the heat.