Saturday, January 17, 2009

Lotus Root Soup AKA 莲藕汤


Ingredients
300g of pork soup bones
1 lotus root (about 400g)
50g of shell fish slices
A dried octopus
4 pitted chinese red dates (lightly squashed)

Preparation
Wash and scrub the lotus root.
Make sure that it's free from any soil/mud. (you can remove the skin if you want)
Cut into slices and discard the ends.
Parboil the soup bones and set aside to drain.
Add the lotus root slices, octopus, shell fish slices and red dates to 1 litre of water.
Toss in the soup bones when the water starts to boil.
Boil for 5-10 minutes before switching to low heat and simmer for another 45 minutes.
Add salt to taste before serving.

* Note: The longer you cook the soup, the richer and sweeter it will taste.

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