Five recommended home-style recipes for people with high cholesterol

Healthy Recipes for Patients with Hyperlipidemia:

1. Longjing Shrimp
Ingredients: 1000g live river shrimp, 11.5g Longjing tea, 1 egg, 1.5g Shaoxing wine, 3g salt, 2.5g MSG, 40g cornstarch, vegetable oil as needed.

Instructions:
① Peel the shrimp, remove the shrimp meat, wash repeatedly 3 times until the shrimp meat is snow-white, drain the water (or pat dry with a clean towel), place in a bowl, add salt, MSG and egg white, stir with chopsticks until sticky, then add cornstarch and mix well to coat.

② Take a teacup, put in the tea leaves, pour in 50ml of boiling water (do not cover), let it steep for 1 minute, filter out 40ml of tea liquid, set aside the remaining tea leaves and liquid.

③ Heat oil in a wok until it reaches 40-50% of its smoking point, add the shrimp meat, and quickly stir with chopsticks until separated, about 15 seconds later, remove and drain the oil using a slotted spoon. ④ Leave a little oil in the wok, place it over heat, add the shrimp, and quickly pour in the tea leaves and tea juice. Add cooking wine, salt, and MSG, stir-fry briefly, and then remove from the wok and plate.

Efficacy and Indications: Shrimp has kidney-tonifying and aphrodisiac effects. It can also be used to treat muscle and bone pain, slow measles eruption, and promote lactation. It is a good nutritional food for those recovering from serious illness or those with weak constitutions. Suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia.

2. Green Bean, Sweet Potato, and Old Pigeon Soup

Ingredients: Green beans (appropriate amount), sweet potato 320g, ginger 1 slice, old pigeon 2.

Preparation Method:
① Soak green beans in water until soft, then wash.

② Wash sweet potato, peel, and cut into large chunks.

③ Wash ginger and peel.

④ Clean old pigeon, remove feathers and internal organs, boil in boiling water for 10 minutes, remove and wash.

Fish ⑤ Add water to a clay pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Then add green beans, sweet potatoes, pigeon, and ginger slices. Once the water boils again, reduce to medium heat and simmer for 2 hours.

Efficacy and Indications: Pigeon meat has strong nourishing effects. It not only nourishes and strengthens the body, providing various essential nutrients, but also invigorates the spleen and stomach, increases appetite, and improves immune function. This soup is especially suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia.

3. Steamed Fish Fillets with Egg
Ingredients: 200g shelled eggs, 200g fresh fish fillets, 10g scallions, 10g salt, 1g MSG, 15ml light soy sauce, 1g pepper, 40ml cooked vegetable oil.

Preparation Method:
① Mix the fish fillets with 5g salt and 10ml oil.

② Beat the eggs into an egg mixture, add salt and MSG, mix well, and pour into a plate.

③ Place a steamer over heat, pour in the egg mixture, and steam over low heat for about 7 minutes. Then add fish slices and scallions on top of the egg mixture, and continue steaming for 3 minutes. Let it sit for 2 minutes using the residual heat, then remove, drizzle with soy sauce and oil, and sprinkle with pepper.

Efficacy and Indications: Regularly eating eggs will not induce atherosclerosis. This is because although eggs contain a relatively high amount of cholesterol, they also contain lecithin. Lecithin, once in the bloodstream, will reduce the size of cholesterol and fat particles and keep them in suspension, thus preventing cholesterol and fat from depositing on the blood vessel walls and preventing atherosclerosis.

4. Egg Stew with Bok Choy
Ingredients: 1 small bunch of bok choy, 1 onion, 2 eggs, 200 ml clear broth, 20 ml light soy sauce, 20 ml cooking wine, vegetable oil as needed.

Instructions: ① Wash the bok choy, blanch it in salt water, and cut it into 4-5 cm long sections.

② Slice the onion thinly, and crack the eggs into a bowl and beat them.

③ Heat oil in a wok, stir-fry the bok choy and shallots briefly, then add light soy sauce, cooking wine, and chicken broth. Simmer for a short while.

④ Gently pour the beaten eggs into the wok, cook until half-cooked, cover, and simmer for a while before removing from heat.

Efficacy and Indications: Bok choy contains carotene, although its absorption rate is extremely low. However, combining it with the fat and vegetable oil in eggs improves its absorption rate. The vitamin C and dietary fiber in vegetables can prevent cholesterol from depositing on blood vessel walls, promote gastrointestinal motility, aid digestion and absorption, facilitate bowel movements, and relieve constipation symptoms.

5. Baked Eggs with Toona Sinensis
Ingredients: 5 eggs, 50g Toona sinensis, 80ml salad oil, 25g cornstarch, 5g salt, 5g MSG.

Preparation Method:
① Finely chop the Toona sinensis; dilute the cornstarch with water; beat the eggs, add the diluted cornstarch, Toona sinensis, MSG, and salt, and mix well.

② Heat a wok, add 50 ml of oil, and when the oil is hot, reduce the heat to low. Whisk the eggs and pour them in. Cover the wok, then pour the remaining 30 ml of oil in several batches along the edge. Cook for about 10 minutes, then remove the lid, drain the oil, and invert the egg mixture onto a plate.

Efficacy and Indications: Eggs, with a mild flavor and slightly cold nature, have the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain; egg yolks have the effects of nourishing yin and blood, benefiting essence and marrow, replenishing qi, extinguishing wind, relieving spasms, and calming the mind.