Flavourings

Lemongrass (infused and removed)

With care — Allowed by some hospitals and not others, or allowed only prepared a particular way.

A bowl of clear golden broth with soft rice noodles and shredded chicken, chopsticks and a spoon resting on the rim. — A photograph from Trotsky's clear chicken noodle broth, one of the recipes that uses it.

How to prepare it

Bruise the stalk and simmer it to flavour the liquid, then lift it out whole. Never chop it, and never eat it.

Where hospitals differ

No leaflet names lemongrass. It is treated like an infused herb, which the stricter leaflets restrict when chopped.

Recipes using it

Trotsky's clear chicken noodle broth

Sources

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics — Low Fibre Diet (Low Residue Diet), DIET-002 v2
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust — Four stage dietary advice to manage bowel obstruction