Herbal Pork Soup with Longans (and Ginger)

by | Oct 31, 2012 | Confinement Soups, Fall Soups, Winter Soups | 6 comments

Soup Name

Herbal Pork Soup with Longans (and Ginger)

Traditional Chinese Name:  

清豬骨湯 (qīng zhū gǔ tāng)

 

A mildly sweet soup containing mainly Chinese herbs and dried additives, it’s an easy make and great for cold days or someone who needs to replenish their heat and warmth. It comes highly recommended as a basis for confinement and you can double-boil it with Chicken as well for added warming and healing properties.

It’s not an overly powerful soup and is appropriate for the whole family (use a more dilute concentration if children are drinking it).

What’s involved?

Prep time: 15 mins

Cook time: 2 hours

Total time: 2 hours 15 mins

Serves: 2 bowls (confinement size)

Ingredients

Cooking Instructions

  1. Start boiling your soup water
  2. Boil pork for 5 minutes in a separate pot of water to blanch it
  3. Drain pork and set aside
  4. When your soup water boils, all add the ingredients together
  5. Boil with a cover on medium heat for 1.5 hours
  6. Serve and enjoy!