I'm a huge fan of homecooked, asian soups. Since our previous helper Jo went back, I've transitioned Leia to eating rice instead of mushy food. And she looooves her rice with her soup. She's always asking for more. The funny thing is, she only likes asian soup. If you give her western mushroom or pumpkin soup, she just doesn't take it! She's a true blue (or yellow? Lol) Chinese girl.
We've been trying so many soup recipes. Most of them are inspired by my mum or mil. Thought I do a post on them so that I will always remember their recipes!
ABC Soup
Ingredients:
- 250-300g of pork ribs/lean pork/chicken breast
- 1 white onion, quartered
- 1 medium carrot, chopped
- 2 potatoes, quartered
- (optional) 1 corn, chopped
- (optional) 1 tomato, quartered
- 5-8 red dates
Directions:
- Blanch meat in boiling water in a pot for 5 mins to remove scum
- Chop the vegetable ingredients
- Combine meat and chopped veggies in a cooking pot or electric cooking glass jar (that's what we use at home)
- Add 1.2L of water
- Bring to a boil for 10 mins and reduce to a simmer.
- Simmer for at least 2 hours for flavorful taste!
Lotus Peanut Soup
Ingredients:
- 250-300g of pork ribs/lean pork
- Lotus root, skin removed and sliced
- 1 bowl of raw peanuts, soaked overnight
- (optional) 1 medium carrot, chopped
- (optional) 1-2 dried scallop
- 5-8 red dates
- Handful of goji berries
Directions:
- Blanch meat in boiling water in a pot for 5 mins to remove scum
- Chop the lotus root and carrot
- Combine meat, chopped veggies, peanuts and red dates in a cooking pot or electric cooking glass jar (that's what we use at home)
- Add 1.2L of water
- Bring to a boil for 10 mins and reduce to a simmer.
- Simmer for at least 2 hours for flavorful taste!
Wintermelon Soup (V1)
Ingredients:
- 250-300g of pork ribs/lean pork/chicken breast
- Sliced winter melon with skin and seeds removed
- 2-3 dried scallop
- 5-8 red dates
- Handful of goji berries
Directions:
- Blanch meat in boiling water in a pot for 5 mins to remove scum
- Chop the wintermelon
- Combine meat, chopped veggies, red dates and goji berries in a cooking pot or electric cooking glass jar (that's what we use at home)
- Add 1.2L of water
- Bring to a boil for 10 mins and reduce to a simmer.
- Simmer for at least 2 hours for flavorful taste!
Old cucumber Soup (V1)
- 250-300g of pork ribs/lean pork/chicken breast
- Old cucumber, chopped with skin intact
- (optional) cordycep flower, soaked
- (optional) 2-3 dried scallop
- (optional) dried cuttlefish
- 5-8 red dates
- Handful of Goji berries
Old cucumber Soup (V2)
- 250-300g of pork ribs/lean pork/chicken breast
- Old cucumber, chopped with skin intact
- 1 medium carrot, chopped
- (optional) white fungus, soaked
- 5-8 red dates
- Handful of mixed Almond seeds
Apple Pear Soup
Ingredients:
- 250-300g of pork ribs/lean pork/chicken breast
- 1 apple, skinned and chopped
- 1 pear, skinned and chopped
- (optional) 1 medium carrot, chopped
- 5-8 red dates
- Handful of mixed almond seeds
- (optional) 2 dried figs
- (optional) 2 nan zhao
Black bean Soup
- 250-300g of pork ribs/lean pork/chicken breast/ pigs tail
- Black beans, soaked
- (optional) 2-3 dried scallop
- (optional) dried cuttlefish
- 5-8 red dates
- (optional) du zhong
Carrot Radish Soup
Green Papaya Fish Soup
Watercress Soup
