Home Cooking Soup 1000 Recipes - (Includes a CD-ROM)

Author: Wang Zuosheng, Zhang Xuhua / Country: Mainland China
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features:
- Tremella and Tofu Soup: 200g, 20g tremella, 20g carrots, appropriate amounts of salt, MSG, pepper, sesame oil, scallions, and cornstarch.
- Preparation:
(1) Cut the tofu into strips and blanch them in boiling water. Soak the tremella in warm water, remove impurities, rinse, and tear into small pieces. Wash the carrots, cut them into, and chop the scallions. Mix them with pepper in a soup bowl.
(2) Heat a pot, add boiling water, and cook the tremella and carrot. After boiling, add salt and MSG, thicken with cornstarch, add the tofu strips, and cook until boiling. Pour into a soup bowl and drizzle with sesame oil.
- Benefits: Energizing, harmonizing the stomach, clearing heat, detoxifying, and moisturizing.
- Pickled Mustard Greens and Chicken Strips Soup: 30g pickled mustard greens, 100g chicken breast, 2 eggs, appropriate amounts of salt, MSG, peanut oil, and chicken broth.
- Preparation:
(1) Cut the pickled mustard greens into strips and soak them in cold water to remove saltiness. Cut the chicken breast into strips. Beat the eggs in a bowl to make egg liquid.
(2) Heat a wok, add peanut oil, stir-fry the chicken strips, add the pickled mustard greens and chicken broth, bring to a boil, pour in the egg liquid, and season with salt and MSG.
- Benefits: Colorful, fragrant, slightly spicy. This soup is rich in calcium and high-quality protein, aiding digestion, strengthening the spleen, and nourishing the five internal organs.
- Rock Sugar and Lotus Seeds Soup: 200g Hunan white lotus seeds, 50g rock sugar, 50g fresh pineapple, 25g canned green peas.
- Preparation:
(1) Remove the skin and hearts of the Hunan white lotus seeds, soak them in warm water until soft, drain, and place in a soup bowl. Cut the fresh pineapple into 1cm cubes.
(2) Heat a pot over medium heat, add 500ml water and rock sugar, bring to a boil, add green peas and pineapple cubes, and pour into the bowl with lotus seeds. Serve when the lotus seeds float to the surface.
- Benefits: Visually appealing, sweet and refreshing, with a Hunan household flavor. Hunan white lotus seeds are beneficial for strengthening the spleen, thickening the heart and kidneys, consolidating essence, strengthening muscles and bones, blackening hair, and anti-aging.
- Pork Bone Spinach Soup: 500g pork spine or rib bones, 100g spinach, 50g ham, appropriate amounts of pepper and salt.
- Preparation:
(1) Cut the pork bones into pieces, blanch them in boiling water, and drain. Cut the ham into strips. Wash and cut the spinach into segments.
(2) Place the pork bones in a pot, add plenty of water, and simmer into a rich broth.
(3) Add spinach segments and ham strips to the pot, season with pepper and salt, and bring to a boil.
- Benefits: This soup contains protein, calcium, iron, vitamins, and carotenes, making it nutritious. It aids iron and blood replenishment, marrow nourishment, bone strengthening, and is an excellent tonic for nourishing and tonifying.