SUMMER CHINESE SOUPS
Soups that help remove excess heat (too much yang), cool the body, and provide additional internal moisture for those extra hot days. During this season, melons, fruits, and dried flowers are your best partners!
Cooling Snow Pears and Apples in a Chrysanthemum Tea
Tea Name: Cooling Snow Pears and Apples in a Chrysanthemum Tea Traditional Chinese Name: 雪梨蘋果菊花清熱茶 (xuě lí píng guǒ jú huā qīng rè chá) Nature: Cooling Taste: Sweet and sour (You can read this article on the impact on your body of different food tastes!) For more...
Green radish with carrots & corn in a Chinese herbal pork broth
Soup Name: Green radish with carrots & corn in a Chinese Herbal Pork Broth Traditional Chinese Name: 紅青蘿蔔湯 (hóng qing luóbo tang) Nature: Cooling Taste: Sweet and savory For more videos, you can follow us on YouTube.My parents came home last night from a cruise...
Chinese-Styled Cream of Corn Egg Drop Soup
Tea Name: Chinese-Styled Cream of Corn and Egg Drop Soup Chinese Name: 玉米湯 (yù mǐ tāng) Nature: Warm Taste: Sweet, Salty For more videos, you can follow us on YouTube.There are as many versions of a Chinese-styled corn and egg drop soup as there are likely ABC...
Green Radish and Carrots Chinese Chicken Soup
Soup Name: Green Radish and Carrots Chinese Chicken Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 青紅蘿蔔雞湯 (qing hóng luóbo yù mǐ jī tāng) Nature: Cooling Taste: Sweet and savory For more videos, you can follow us on YouTube. Traditionally in the Cantonese soup repertoire, this green...
Winter Melon with Chicken and Mushrooms Rice Soup
Soup Name: Winter Melon with Chicken and Mushrooms Rice Soup Chinese Name: 冬瓜雞湯飯 (dōng guā jī tāng fàn) For more videos, visit us on YouTube.Sometimes, you just want something simple, something warm, something soupy, but all-in-one. There's a concept called...
Fragrant Potatoes and Tomatoes in a Milky Fish Broth
Soup Name: Fragrant potatoes and tomatoes in a milky fish broth (yup, fancy name!) Traditional Chinese Name: 番茄魚湯 (fānqié yú tāng) This name of 番茄魚湯 is literally the most staple name for any soup with fish and tomatoes in it. Of course, get creative! This soup is...
Heat Clearing Sugarcane and Water Chestnuts and Imperatae Root Herbal Tea
Soup Name: Heat clearing sugarcane and water chestnuts and imperatae root herbal tea Traditional Chinese Name: 竹蔗茅根馬蹄湯 (zhú zhè máogēn mǎtí tāng) For videos, visit us on YouTube. A traditional Chinese drink which helps cool the body, reduce heatiness, and clear...
Sugar Cane and Imperatae Drink
Soup Name: Sugar Cane and Imperatae Drink Traditional Chinese Name: 竹蔗茅根 (zhú zhè máogēn) For videos, visit us on YouTube. A traditional Chinese drink which helps cool the body and reduce heatiness. It’s natural sweetness is perfect for hot summer days and this...
Double-boiled Whole Winter Melon Soup
I’ve always been in awe with the restaurant-styled whole winter melon soups – I mean, how on earth did they do that? They must have some giant double-boiler inside and it always taste so yummy! It’s a true favourite of mine when I go to Chinese restaurants to be able...
Chicken Wintermelon Soup for Summer!
Soup Name: Chicken Wintermelon Soup for Summer! Traditional Chinese Name: 冬瓜雞湯 (dōng guā jī tāng) For more videos, visit us on YouTube.Here is a variation on the wintermelon soup using chicken as the protein instead of pork. It's slightly cooling, helping to...
Homemade Do-it-yourself Wontons in a “Cheat” Chicken Broth
Did you know that wontons literally means "cloud swallow" in Cantonese? These little delights are like clouds and bite-sized enough to be swallowed in one gulp! For more videos, visit us on YouTube.Check out the video on how to create awesome wontons at home! What...
Chinese Winter Melon and Parma Ham Stew
Soup Name: Chinese Winter melon and Ham Stew Traditional Chinese Name: For more videos, visit us on YouTube.I was inspired to make this soup one day when I walked by the wet mart and saw the vendor carving up this giant fresh winter melon and I thought,...
Vietnamese Sour Fish Soup
I love soups. I particularly do love sour soups as an appetizer because they really bring out my appetite! I know sour soups aren’t for all taste buds, but here’s a simple one you can make at home with fresh ingredients. You can always adjust the sourness (and even...
Fresh Crab Congee
Soup Name: Fresh Crab Congee Traditional Chinese Name: 蟹粥 (xiè zhōu) This crab congee is super easy to make! The key ingredient really is just the crab. It's a warming, traditional comfort food that can also be luxurious and delicious. If you get nice female...
Bitter Melon Soup with Corn and Pork Meatballs
Soup Name: Bitter Melon with Corn and Pork Meatballs Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 簡單菜湯 (Jiǎn dān cài tāng) For videos, visit us on YouTube.I made this after work one day and managed to pick up fresh veggies and meat from the wet mart on the way home. Sometimes...
Starfish, Corn with Chinese Yam in Pork Broth
Soup Name: Starfish, Corn with Chinese Yam in Pork Broth Chinese Name: 海星玉米淮山湯 (hǎi xīng yù mǐ huái shān tāng) This soup is slightly cooling, designed to remove internal heat. For more videos, visit us on YouTube.Starfish? WHAT? Yah… starfish. I knew that the...
Quick Boil Winter Melon, Mushrooms with Corn in Chicken Broth
Soup Name: Quick Boil Winter Melon, Mushrooms with Corn in Chicken Broth Traditional Chinese Name: 冬瓜冬菇 玉米 雞熬湯(dōng guā dōng gū yù mǐ jī ao tāng) Nature of soup: Slightly cooling (primarily from the winter melon)This is the start of the “Quick Boil Series” of...
Chinese Radish, Carrots and Corn in Ham Bone Soup
Soup Name: Chinese Radish, Carrots and Corn in Ham Bone Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 青紅蘿蔔玉米湯 (qing hóng luóbo yù mǐ tāng) Waste not, want not! Another satisfyingly delicious soup made with a left over ham bone (German-style from Berliner). All it takes is ONE...
Spinach and Water Chestnuts in Chicken Broth
Soup Name: Spinach and Water Chestnuts in Chicken Broth Traditional Chinese Name: 菠菜馬蹄雞湯 (bō cài tāng mǎ tí jī tāng) This soup is slightly cooling in nature and sweet to taste. For videos, visit us on YouTube.This is a variation on a restaurant-styled spinach...
Winter Melon and Beef and Fish Balls Soup
Soup Name: Winter Melon and Beef and Fish Balls Soup Chinese Name: 冬瓜湯 (dōng guā tāng) For more videos, visit us on YouTube.Another simple soup with a few ingredients you can pick up at your local grocery or wet mart. The winter melon is usually more readily...
Chicken Feet and Wintermelon Soup
Soup Name: Chicken Feet and Wintermelon Soup Chinese Name: 冬瓜雞腳湯 (dōng guā jī jiǎo tāng) Nature: Cooling For more videos, visit us on YouTube. The feet of the chicken are one of the Chinese’s most interesting “unwanted” parts of the chicken (after the bottom...
Dried and Fresh Bok Choy in Pork Broth
Tea Name: Dried and Fresh Bok Choy in Pork Broth Traditional Chinese Name: 菜乾白菜湯 (cài gān bái cài tāng) This soup is cooling in nature and sweet to taste.Visit us on YouTube for more tea and soup videos.This cooling soup is really sweet and delicious! With a...
Watercress and Chestnuts in Roasted Pork Soup
Soup Name: Watercress and Chestnuts in Roasted Pork Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 西洋菜栗子燒豬湯 (xīyáng cài lì zi shāo zhū tāng) Waste not! Want not! I've used the remains of a roasted piglet (from a banquet) to make a delicious watercress and chestnut soup....
Bitter Melon and Preserved Sour Vegetable Soup
Soup Name: Bitter Melon and Preserved Sour Vegetable Soup (in Pork Broth) Traditional Chinese Name: 苦瓜酸菜湯 (Kǔ guā suan cai tāng) Introduction: This soup is a delight of two tastes. The first is an appetizing sour taste and it finished off with a golden, rich,...
Wintermelon with Lotus Leaf and Corn in Pork Broth
Soup Name: Wintermelon with Lotus Leaf and Corn in Pork Broth Traditional Chinese Name: 冬瓜湯 (dōng guā tāng) Introduction: There is one particular day in the summer where the Chinese call it the "hottest day of the month". This is the soup for that day. When I went to...
Snow Pears and Apples in Chicken Broth
Soup Name: Snow Pears and Apples in Chicken Broth Traditional Chinese Name:蘋果雪梨雞湯 (píng guǒ xuě lí jī tāng) Introduction: This naturally sweet soup is great in lowering "heatiness" in the body. It's not overly cooling, but does help soothe sore throats, sun stroke...
Bitter Melon and Crab Meat Stew
Soup Name: Bitter Melon and Crab Meat Stew Traditional Chinese Name: 苦瓜蟹肉羹 (kǔguā Xiè ròu gēng) Introduction: I saw this in a magazine article one day and since I've recently developed a love for bitter melon (made only either with black bean and garlic sauce or...
Vegetarian Wintermelon and Longan Soup
Soup Name: Vegetarian Wintermelon and Longan Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 冬瓜龍眼素湯 (dōng guā lóngyǎn sù tāng) Introduction: A very light and delicious soup appropriate for hot, stuffy summers. It is refreshing (even though it's hot) and slightly sweet with all the...
Ginseng Fruit and Gobo in Vegetable Soup
Soup Name: Ginseng Fruit and Gobo in Vegetable Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 牛蒡人参果湯 (niúbàng rénshēn guǒ tāng) Introduction: A very clear and deep sweet soup that is extremely flavorful and rich in Vitamins. Both the ginseng fruit and the gobo root give this soup...
Chayotes, Chestnuts and Longan Vegetable Soup
Soup Name: Chayotes, Chestnuts and Longan Vegetable Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 合掌瓜栗子素湯 (hup jeung gwa lì zi sù tāng) Introduction: This naturally sweet soup is rich in flavors and oil free. It's a refreshing soup to drink in the summer and can be served chilled...
Salted Mustard Greens with Tofu in Fish Soup
Soup Name: Salted Mustard Greens with Tofu in Fish Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 酸菜豆腐魚湯 (suan cai dòu fu yú tāng) For videos, visit us on YouTube. This quick boil soup is an excellent pre-dinner appetizer. With its slight sour tang and refreshing clarity, it...
Century Egg with Chinese Parsley Soup
Soup Name: Century Egg with Chinese Parsley Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 芫茜皮蛋魚湯 (yán qiàn pídàn yú tāng) Introduction: This quick boil soup is a great soup base (although just as great by itself) in the Chinese repertoire of soups. While some people don't like...
Quick Boil Wintermelon, Lotus Seeds and Beef Soup
Soup Name: Quick Boil Wintermelon, Lotus Seeds and Beef Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 牛肉冬瓜熬湯 (niú ròu dōng guā áo tāng) Introduction: In a rush but still want to make tasty, healthy Chinese soup? There is this thing going around Hong Kong where people say that "old...
Snow Pears, Chayotes and Seabed Coconut in Pork Broth
Soup Name: Snow Pears, Chayotes and Seabed Coconut in Pork Broth Traditional Chinese Name: 雪梨合掌瓜湯 (xuě lí hup jeung gwa tāng) Introduction: A mildly cooling soup that helps relieve heatiness, assist in cough and is naturally sweet. It's great for kids, easy to make...
Heat Clearing Herbal Tea
Herbal Tea Name: Heat Clearing Herbal Tea Traditional Chinese Name: 清肝火茶 (qīng gān huǒ chá) This herbal tea is cooling in nature and sweet to taste. For more videos on soups and teas, you can follow us on YouTube. The literal translation of “qīng gān huǒ chá”...
Wolfberry Leaf with Egg Drop in Chicken Broth
Tea Name: Wolfberry Leaf with Egg Drop in Chicken Broth Chinese Name: 枸杞雞湯 (gǒu gǒu jī tāng) Nature: Warm Taste: Sweet, Salty For more videos, you can follow us on YouTube.A delicious soup that is rich in the unique flavors of the wolfberry leaves. The very neat...
Cooling Wintermelon Soup
Soup Name: Cooling Wintermelon Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 祛濕清熱冬瓜湯 (qū shī qīngrè dōngguā tāng) Introduction: A must drink for the hot, stuffy summers. It helps cools the body, reduces heatiness and eliminates overheating. While mildly sweet and light to taste,...
Fish Paste and Lettuce Soup
Soup Name: Fish paste and Lettuce Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 生菜魚片湯 (sheng cai yú piàn tāng) Introduction: A simple and quick boil soup that can be made in about 30 minutes. It's delicious with tasty ingredients that satisfies the soup craving. There are a...
Bok Choy with Chinese Ham in Pork Broth
Tea Name: Dried and Fresh Bok Choy in Pork Broth Traditional Chinese Name: 菜乾白菜湯 (cài gān bái cài tāng) This soup is cooling in nature and sweet to taste. It targets to support the lungs and stomach.Visit us on YouTube for more tea and soup videos.One of the best...
Baby Corn and Winter Melon Drink
Soup Name: Baby Corn and Winter Melon Drink Traditional Chinese Name: 玉米筍糖冬瓜水 (yù mǐ sǔn táng dōng guā shuǐ) For videos, visit us on YouTube. An easy to make sweet drink that can be served both hot and cold. Tasting mildly of corn and winter melon, it’s a...
Chayotes, Corn with Mushrooms in Pork Broth
Soup Name: Chayotes, Corn with Mushrooms in Pork Broth Chinese Name: 合掌瓜玉米茶樹菇豬骨湯 (hup jeung gwa yù mǐ cha shu gu zhū gǔ tāng) This soup is neutral in nature and sweet to taste. For more videos, visit us on YouTube.A very simple, healthy and slightly sweet soup...
Frog Legs with Wintermelon and Pork Bones Soup
Soup Name: Frog Legs with Wintermelon and Pork Bones Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 田雞冬瓜湯 (tiánjī dōng guā tāng) Introduction: A common soup made in Hong Kong when Frogs are available. The addition of frog legs makes the soup sweet and unique. It is a refreshing...
Chinese Radish with Carrots in Pork Broth
Soup Name: Chinese Radish with carrots in pork broth Traditional Chinese Name: 青紅蘿蔔湯 (qing hóng luóbo tāng) Nature: Cooling Taste: Sweet and savory For more videos, you can follow us on YouTube.Traditionally in the Cantonese soup repertoire, this green radish and...
Red Dates and Young Coconut with Fish Tail Soup
Soup Name: Red Dates and Young Coconut with Fish Tail Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 红枣椰青魚尾湯 (hóng zǎo yē qīng yú wěi tāng) Introduction: This is a great soup for the summers. It's mild enough for children and with the variety of ingredients, it's a healthy and...
Pork Bones with Apples and Snow Pears Soup
Soup Name: Pork Bones with Apples and Snow Pears Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 豬骨蘋果雪梨湯 (zhū gǔ píng guǒ xuě lí tāng) Introduction: This soup is excellent and ideal for hot summer days. It’s also very good for children and mildly relieves heatiness. It is sweet to...
Snow Pear and Watermelon with Pork Shank Soup
Soup Name: Snow Pear and Watermelon with Pork Shank Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 雪梨西瓜豬展湯 (xuě lí xī guā zhū zhǎn tāng) Introduction: This soup is excellent and ideal for hot summer days. It's also very good for children and relieves heatiness. It is sweet to...
Vegetarian Watercress Soup
Soup Name: Vegetarian Watercress Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 西洋菜栗子湯 (xī yáng cài lì zi tāng) Introduction: This savory soup is sweet in taste and healthy to eat. It's rich in vitamins and fiber and is meant to "cool" your body - especially in the summer months. ...
Chicken Watercress Soup
Soup Name: Chicken Watercress Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 西洋菜雞湯 (xī yáng cài ji tāng) Introduction: Watercress is a very popular ingredient for Chinese soups. Typically, watercress soup is made with pork bones (see recipe here). However, for those who...
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