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Pork Ribs & Lotus Root Soup

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Ever since we moved to our new house, I have started cooking with gas stove instead of induction, which means I can finally use clay pot.

I really like to make soup with clay pot. I was not a soup person as in my hometown, soup is not included in our food culture. But my husband really likes soup, all kinds of soup. I guess I got influenced by him gradually.

Lotus root is a good choice to make soup and it’s very easy.

1, Soak pork ribs in water for 20-30 mins.

2, Put ribs into clay pot, Add in enough water. Bring to boil and skim the broth.

3, Add in lotus root pieces, black beans (soaked before cooking), red dates, and some peanuts (half crushed).

4, Put the lid on and simmer with low heat for 40 mins.

5, Add in wolf berries and salt and simmer for another 3 mins.

Red dates make the soup taste sweet.

mushroom, Soup

Creamy Mushroom Soup

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This is a one of my husband’s favourite soup.

1, Chop mushroom into slices, also prepare some chopped garlic.

2, Heat a pot. Oil in. Sear mushroom till aromatic and soft.

3, Season with salt, black pepper and mixed herbs.

4, Pour in milk. And bring to boil.

5, Turn to low heat. Let it simmer for about 10 mins with the lid on.

6, Pour everything into a blender and blend till very smooth.

Ribs, Soup

Ribs, Lotus root, Black Beans and Red Dates Soup

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Pressure cooker really makes my cooking easier, especially in making soup.

  1. Put all the ribs in a deep pot. Add in enough water. Bring to boil and cook for about 5 mins.
  2. Take all the ribs out and rinse under water to wash off all the dirt.
  3. Put ribs, lotus root chunks, black beans, red dates into pressure cooker.
  4. Pour in enough water covers all ingredients.
  5. Press soup button.
  6. Just 20 mins, the soup is done.
  7. Season with salt.

Very nice soup.

Chicken, Soup

Cordyceps & Chicken Leg Soup

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Ingredients：

1 big whole chicken leg

cordyceps 50g

red dates 3 (seed removed)

logan meat 1 tbsp

goji berries 1tbsp

  1. Put chicken leg into a pot. Add in enough water. Bring to boil with high heat.
  2. Skim the soup and remove all the dirt.
  3. Add in cordyceps, red dates and longan meat. Slow cook with low heat for 40 mins.
  4. Add in goji berries and cook for another 5 mins.
  5. Season with salt.

Super nice soup.

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Kimchi & Tofu Soup

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I made this soup with my homemade kimchi.

Homemade Kimchi

Soup is very simple.

  1. Heat a pot. Add in 1 tsp oil. Sear pork belly slices (about 50g) till slightly golden brown.
  2. Add in garlic slices (2 cloves) and onion slices (1/4) and stir fry till aromatic.
  3. Drop in 2 tbsp kimchi and 1 tbsp kimchi base. Stir fry evenly.
  4. Pour in 1 cup water. Bring to boil.
  5. Add in 1tsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp Korean chili paste and 1 tsp sugar. Stir evenly and simmer for 5 mins.
  6. Put in tofu slices. Simmer for 3 mins.
  7. Sprinkle green onion and green chili.

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Luo Han Guo, Winter Melon & Longan Drink

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Ingredients:

Luo Han Guo 2 (Separate the meat and peel)

longan meat 50g

winter melon 1.5 kg (peeled and seed removed, also cut into shreds)

water 3L

rock sugar cubes 50g

  1. Prepare a pot. I used my beloved pressure cooker. Pour the water in and add in the Luo Han Guo peel. Bring to boil and the water will change into dark color. Take all the Luo Han Guo peel out.
  2. Add in the rest ingredients (Luo Han Guo meat, longan, sugar).
  3. Cook under high pressure for 50 mins.

And the drink/ dessert is done. Perfect to have in hot weather. And also good for the people who have coughing problem.

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White Fungus, Red Dates, Lotus Seeds & Longan Soup

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It’s a sweet soup, more like dessert.

Ingredients are simple:

White fungus soak in water till soft and tear them apart. Lotus seed washed in water. Split in halves and remove the green sprout if there is. Remove the seed of red dates and cut or tear into smaller pieces. Other ingredients are longan meat, goji berries and rock sugar.

Put everything into pressure cooker. (I really love my pressure cooker. It makes cooking a lot easier.) Add in 6 cups water. Cook under high pressure for 50 mins.

White fungus becomes as soft as jelly. Soup is thick.

A good desert for women especially.

Chicken, Soup

Coconut Chicken Soup

I wanted to try this soup for a long time. Now since that I have pressure cooker, I cannot wait any longer.

Prepare a coconut and half chicken.

  1. Wash chicken clean. In a pot, add in enough water. Put chicken in. Bring to boil.
  2. Rinse chicken under water to wash off all the dirt.
  3. Cut coconut open. Pour the coconut water out and scoop the fruit meat.
  4. Place chicken into pressure cooker. Add in coconut water and fruit, also add in 3 red dates and several ginger slices.
  5. Press the soup button.
  6. Soup is very fresh and sweet. I added in some goji berries and cook for another 20 mins.

No need to season at all.

Actually I think it tastes better without goji berries.

My husband likes this soup very much.

Pork, Soup

Pig’s Feet & Lotus Root Soup

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1，Put pig’s feet pieces into a deep pot. Add in enough water.

2, Bring the water to boil for about 5 mins.

3, Take all the pig’s feet pieces out and wash clean in water.

4, Put everything into pot: pig’s feet, lotus root (peeled and cut into chunks), red dates (makes soup taste sweet), ginger slices, soy beans (soaked in water for 1 hr), and carrot pieces.

5, Slow cook for 2 hrs.

Very nice soup.

Ribs, Soup

Ribs & Seaweed Soup

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My husband doesn’t like seaweed. But I think seaweed is really good for health. Yet, he doesn’t say no to seaweed soup. So I made this soup for him.

  1. Since I used dry seaweed, I soaked them in water till softened before I started cooking.
  2. In a deep pot, add in ribs and enough water. Bring to boil and skim the soup to remove all the dirt.
  3. Good soup takes long time. I put all the ribs in a slow cooker, with seaweed, corn, shiitake, red dates and some ginger slices.

Also pour in the water after boiling the ribs. Add more water if you want.

I cooked it for 2 hours. And just season with salt.

https://flic.kr/p/2gBjHjp

My husband loved it very much.