Fresh Seabed Coconut and Lily Bulbs with Chayotes in Pork Broth
A super duper neutral soup that is ideal for all weather, although chayotes are more appropriate for Spring. I still use chayotes in the winter – especially combined with corn and carrots, provides a hearty meal along with the soup. Fresh seabed coconut is not easy to find, unlike the dried version. They make the soup mildly sweet along with the fresh lily bulbs (which are also not easy to find). If you do run into these at the supermarket or wet mart, I would highly recommend purchasing them for soup usage! The can be frozen for up to 6 months! This is an easy soup to make and can be made with pork or chicken. When it comes to soup, I rarely tell my kids what’s in it until after they have tasted it. To be honest, Chinese soups don’t always looks at appealing as it tastes!
Soup Name:
Fresh Seabed Coconut and Lily Bulbs with Chayotes in Pork Broth
In a separate pot of boiling water, blanch the pork shank in the hot water for 5 minutes, remove from water and rinse in warm running water (to remove the pork foam that has accumulated)
Once you soup water boils, add in pork shank, largely cubed chayotes, fresh seabed coconut, fresh lily bulbs and dried dates
Boil on high heat for 30 minutes and reduce to a low boil for another 1.5 hours
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My mother-in-law made this soup one day and it was so simply brilliant, that I tried it myself. I am a fan of boiled peanuts and papaya is a neutrally healthy fruit to add to soups. You can use either unripe red papayas or green papayas. The red papayas are definitely sweeter, but you need to use the unripe ones so they don’t disintegrate too badly in the soup. The green papayas aren’t as sweet, but have a lingering sweet taste that’s quite delicious in itself. I loaded in the peanuts and eat them as a meal – yum!
What’s involved?
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 1 hour 30 mins
Total time: 1 hours 40 mins
Serves: 6 bowls
Ingredients
100g raw peanuts
2 raw green papayas
1 pound of fresh pork shank
10 large dried dates
2 L of water
Cooking Instructions
Start boiling your soup water in a large pot (thermal ideal)
In a smaller pot, bring enough water to cover the pork shank to a boil and blanch the pork for 5 minutes in the boiling water, remove when done
Cut the papayas into large cubes
When your soup water boils, add all the ingredients together
Boil on medium heat for 30 minutes (ensuring a constant boil)
Reduce heat to a low boil for another 1 hour (or place into thermal pot)
Serve and enjoy!
Any benefits?
This soup is perfect for the whole family and can be made with readily available ingredients
You can substitute peanuts for walnuts or chestnuts, both adding a nutty, earthy and crunchy texture to the soup
Green papaya won’t disintegrate as easily as red papaya and is packed full of vitamins A, C, E and fiber
Green papayas are also amazing for strengthening the spleen and lungs
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This cooling soup is really sweet and delicious! With a combination of dried and fresh bok choy, it’s a basic soup with minimal ingredients. You can adjust the “coolness” of the soup by adding more or less ginger, but it’s great to help fight off fever, a heaty body, an inflamed tongue, a mouth full of cold sores or canker sores. Really, no salt needed – just be sure to rinse and wash the dried bok choy super well, or you’ll have lots of added protein (the little flies that always seem to be embedded during the curing process!).
Bok choy is the cooling ingredient in this soup. It’s one of the cooler ingredients relative to its cabbage cousins and targets the stomach and large intestines. It’s also a great for clearing excess water and detoxifying the body, including aiding in digestion.
Dried bok choy is more salty (and even sweet) relative to it’s fresh counterpart. It’s actually super tasty and they have the same properties (even when dried!).
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This interesting soup is mainly composed of round stuff (little nibbles of things) like nuts and beans. This soups excellent for “brain” and “memory” development (so says my herbalist) and great for kids. This soup does need something to punch up the taste because without additional veggies, it really does taste a bit bland and nutty, so I threw in a pumpkin (which still didn’t make it sweet enough, so maybe throw in some carrots and corn too). Next time.
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, this is a common and very popular soup in the Cantonese soup repertoire. There are a variety of ways to make this soup, but this is the most basic.
Wash and cut wintermelon into cubes (separate skin from meat) – skin is still added to soup
Rinse all other ingredients in warm water
Once soup water boils, add all the ingredients together
Boil on high for 30 minutes, reduce to a simmer for another 1.5 hours
Serve and enjoy!
Any benefits?
Helps reduce heatiness in the body
Eliminates excess heat and helps cool the body
Any precautions?
Women in their first trimester of pregnancy should avoid as it is an extremely cooling soup and may cause contractions
Melon soups are best consumed within same day as keeping melon soups overnight or over an extended period will make the melons sour (and so will your soup!).
