Herbal Pork Soup with Longans (and Ginger)
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
- 500 g of pork shank (or pork marrows and bones for confinement)
- 10 g of dried Astragalus Root
- 15 g of dried Codonopsis Pilosula Root
- 20 g of dried Chinese Yam
- 20 g of dried longans
- 10 g of dried wolfberries
- slices of ginger (optional)
- 6 cups of water
Cooking Instructions
- Start boiling your soup water
- Boil pork for 5 minutes in a separate pot of water to blanch it
- Drain pork and set aside
- When your soup water boils, all add the ingredients together
- Boil with a cover on medium heat for 1.5 hours
- Serve and enjoy!
Hi,
I plan to make this soup with the silkie black chicken. Is it okay for pregnant woman to eat and drink?
Can you update the Chinese name of this soup. It doesn’t translate correctly to the English.
Thanks for posting – my husband made this soup for me for confinement!
Thanks, Priscilla! Updated!
Hi,
I do not have a weighing machine. Can you roughly tell me using 500g pork, 4 person, how many pcs of dangsheng, Beiqi, Chinese Yam, Longans? 6 cups water is how many litres?
Sorry am new to cooking soup.
Many thanks
Dear Rebecca, consider using: 3-4 pieces of large dried Chinese Yam, 10 dried longans, 20 dried wolfberries, 3-4 pieces of each root. Hope that helps! You’ll definitely get the hang of out it as you cook more! Congrats on your new journey! Lisa
Hi Lady Tong,
Enjoy reading your website, new to cooking soup. How many litres are equivalent to 6 cups? Thanks