Easy Chinese Lotus Root and Pork Bone Soup 蓮藕排骨
Easy Chinese Lotus Root and Pork Bone Soup 蓮藕排骨 is a delicious traditional Chinese soup made with a combination of lotus root and pork ribs. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, this root vegetable with a crunchy texture strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes blood and improves the skin. This is a very tasty soup made with just a handful of ingredients. It will become one of your favourite soups from Autumn through Winter!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 lbs Lotus Root, sliced or large chunks
- 1 lbs Pork Bones
- 6-8 Shiitake Mushrooms
- 100g Black Eye Peas
- 1 Aged Tangerine Peel
- 2 Honey Dates
- 50g Goji Berries
- 50g Red Dates
- 100g Raw Peanuts
Instructions
- 1
Soak the herbs for 5-10 minutes in a small bowl to remove traces of impurities. This will help remove dust and debris. Rinse and set aside in a small bowl.
- 2
Wash and pat dry lotus roots. Cut the root vegetable into chunky thick pieces or round pieces, approximately 2 inches.
- 3
Wash the pork ribs, pork shank or tenderloin with cold water and pat dry with a kitchen paper towel. It is only necessary to cut the pork ribs into small pieces if your pot needs to be bigger.
- 4
Blanched pork ribs in a medium pot to remove the impurities and excess foam. Rinse with cold water. Set aside.
- 5
To make the pork rib soup, add the lotus root slices, pork and herbal ingredients into a clean pot not made of stainless steel like THIS Perfect Pot or a Buydeem Health Beverage Maker.
- 6
Although not all Chinese herbs react with metal, it is best not to use a metal pot when making Chinese medicinal herbal soups.
- 7
Fill a large pot of water with enough water to cover to make the clear soup stock. We used approximately 4 litres of cold water.
- 8
Boil at high heat for 30 minutes, then reduce to low heat. Slow simmer for 60 minutes on low heat.
- 9
If you find your pot of soup is low in liquid, where most of the liquid has evaporated, add a bit of boiled hot water to the soup and continue cooking.
- 10
Salt to taste.
- 11
Serve and enjoy.