Traditional Chinese Name: 三色椒素湯 (sān sè jiāo sù tāng)
Introduction:
I was inspired to make this soup from my mother-in-law, who used the tri-coloured peppers with pork in one of her soups. You don’t immediately associate these peppers to taste good in soups, but with the right combination of ingredients, it’s actually pretty tasty and extremely healthy! I went for a vegetarian soup to keep it clean and simple and used chestnuts to enhance the soup flavour (instead of meat). My husband is normally not a fan of my “natural & bland” soups, but he thought this was a hit and went back for thirds. To have the kids drink more, I made Japanese noodles and used the soup as the soup base and they drank/ate it all – fabulous!
Amount serves: 8 large bowls
What Ingredients are required?
10 fresh chestnuts, peeled 1 red bell pepper, halved 1 large white onion, halved 1 yellow bell pepper, halved 1 green bell pepper, halved 3 large fresh corn, quartered 3 fresh tomatoes, halved
3 L of water
How do I prepare it?
In a separate pot (not your soup pot), boil the chestnuts for 5 minutes
Remove from heat and immediately peel the chestnuts (both the outer skin and the inner skin)
Boil your soup water
Prepare your vegetables
When the water boils, add all the ingredients together
Boil on medium for 1.5 hours (or use a thermal pot for at least 1.5 hours)
Any benefits?
This soup contains no fat
All natural ingredients serves as a hearty meal
Bell peppers are an excellent source of carotenoids, Vitamin C, A, B6 and E
This soup is packed with antioxidants, which help in staying youthful!
All the ingredients of this soup are readily available and easy to find
Any precautions?
Bell peppers’ benefits can be reduced when it’s been exposed to high heat (and breaks down)
A variation on the original miso soup (which, by the way is a great soup base in itself), this hearty vegetarian soup is really easy to make with readily available ingredients. I like to keep kale or some seaweed in my pantry, as the kids love it. You need to use relatively firm tofu and depending on how much “stuff” you want in your soup, you can add more or less. Here’s my take on this soup – hearty. I love to eat seaweed and I love tofu, so I really made this soup rich, thick and packed with protein. Optional additions include fresh scallions, scallops or shrimps.
Boil your soup water, add in the diced garlic, scallions and kale and boil on medium heat for 5 minutes
Add the rest of the ingredients (tofu, mushroom and miso paste) and boil on medium for 5 minutes while stirring or whisking (to melt/mix the miso paste)
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This soup is great for heated bodies and sore throats. It is mildly cooling, but extremely soothing with it’s sweet taste and smoothness.
Since it’s meat free, it’s completely oil free and by adding more carrots, you can sweeten it to the point where you can consider drinking it cold (definitely tasted amazing cold because it really helped cool my poor, fiery throat).
You can consider adding other ingredients as well, such as corn, onions, pumpkin or even meats (pork, chicken or fish are all good meats to “salty” up the soup).
Wash and prepare dried tangerine peel (by scraping it with a flat knife on both sides)
Boil your soup water and when it boils, add all the ingredients together
Boil on high for thirty minutes and reduce to medium boil for another hour
Serve and enjoy!
Can be served cold, so you can refrigerate before serving
Any benefits?
Helps eliminate sore throats and heaty bodies
It is a mildly cooling soup
It’s quite diverse in that you can add meats (to make it more salty or just add salt in moderation) or keep it a sweet, cold drink and refrigerate prior to consumption
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Any benefits?
Meatless soup is great for vegetarians and is fat and oil free
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They are primarily on the warming scale in nature
These ingredients support both blood replenishment (and Qi)
They help dispel wind, remove dampness from the body, and eliminate toxins
Soak all ingredients in warm water for ten minutes
In a pot of 1.5 cups of boiling water, throw all the ingredients in together and cover
Boil for an hour (while keeping it covered)
This should make about 1 cups worth (for you and only you!)
Serve warm and enjoy (as it is not recommended during menstruation cycles to drink cold things
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This is basically vegetables and water, but to think that a combination of the right vegetables can be so tasty! You really don’t need to add any additives such as salt, sugar or meat because it really is delicious as it is. Consider using a variety of vegetables as well, such as red beets (which I will try as a recommendation from a friend), potatoes, yams, Chinese yams and more. This soup is ideal for any age group, condition and individual!
What ingredients are required?
3 fresh carrots, cut into large pieces 2 fresh corn, cut into large pieces 1 whole Japanese pumpkin, largely sliced with skin 3 whole red onions, sliced 2 fresh sweet potato, cut into large pieces 3 fresh tomatoes, cored and quartered 2 L of water
How do I prepare it?
Rinse and prepare all vegetables and set aside
Begin to boil your soup water
When soup water boils, add all the ingredients together
Boil on high for an hour
Serve and enjoy! NO SALT NECESSARY!
Any benefits?
Oil free soup
Excellent source of protein and vitamins (especially beta-carotene)
Easy to make soup
Ingredients are readily accessible and available in most supermarkets
Any precautions?
Serve soup with tomatoes to children one year and older
