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Tonifying Congee Recipe
Presented by: Sarah Mulligan
Sweet Barley and Long Yan Rou Congee Crockpot Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Barley (Mai Ya)
- 5 cups Water (Shui)
- 1 Tbsp Molasses
- 1 Tbsp Honey (Feng Mi)
- 9 pieces of Long Yan Rou
- 1tsp Nutmeg (Rou Dou Kou)
- 1tsp Cinnamon (Rou Gui)
- Add all ingredients into the crockpot. Cook on Low for 2 hours. Turn down to warm for another 2-4 hours.
- Delicious to eat warm or cold.
Properties of the Ingredients:
- Barley: Neutral/Sweet, Salty/Tonify Qi, Blood, and Yin. Drain damp, resolve water accumulation, eliminates toxins
- Molasses: Warm/Sweet/Tonify Qi and Blood
- Honey: Neutral/Sweet/Tonify Qi and Yin. Regulates blood. Eliminates toxins
- Long Yan Rou: Warm/Sweet/Tonify Blood. Nourish blood and Calms Spirit
- Nutmeg: Warm/Pungent/Tonify Yang. Tonify Qi. Circulates Blood, disperses cold
- Cinnamon: Hot/Sweet, Pungent/Tonify Qi, Yang, circulates blood, disperse cold, dries damp