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Chinese Watercress Soup (西洋菜汤)
This Chinese Watercress Soup will make every family weekday dinner complete. It's full of nutrients and is refreshingly light, packed with earthy flavours to keep you satisfied for the whole week!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 35 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 5 L chicken and pork stock
- 2 bundles watercress ((we buy it from the local Asian supermarket))
- 3 dehydrated shiitake mushrooms
- 2 dried honey dates
- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
- 3 dried jujubes ((Chinese red dates))
- 1 tsp salt, or to taste
- 1 tbsp chicken bouillon powder
Instructions
- 1
Bring the chicken and pork stock to a boil and add the chicken bouillon powder along with the salt.
- 2
Throw in the carrots, mushrooms, honey dates and jujubes and let it simmer for 15 minutes.
- 3
When the carrots have softened, bring the broth up to a boil and add the watercress in.
- 4
Keep the soup on a medium to low heat so that it gently simmers for another 20 minutes.
- 5
To serve, enjoy as is or pour over your leftover rice!