Ingredient Name: Longan (Dried) Traditional Chinese Name: 龍眼; (lóngyǎn) What is this? A small, round fruit found in Southern China and Southeast Asia The longan (“dragon eyes”) is so named because the fruit resemblesan eyeball when it is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like pupil). The seed is small, round and… Continue reading Longan (Dried)
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Chicken and Dried Longan Soup
Soup Name: Chicken and Dried Longan Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 雞湯 (jitāng) Introduction: This recipe results in a sweet, clear soup that is delicious and great to drink during the winter (cooler) season due to the heatiness of the longan. What Ingredients are required? 1 whole fresh chicken 20 pieces of dried longan 1 tablespoon… Continue reading Chicken and Dried Longan Soup
Pork Bones with Bok Choy and Tofu Soup
Soup Name: Pork Bones with Dried Bok Choy Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 菜乾湯 (tāng) Introduction: The dried bok choy is a very popular ingredient to use in soups. What Ingredients are required? 5-6 pieces of fresh pork bones 1 tablespoon of apricot kernals 3 large dried dates 1-2 bunches of dried bok choy… Continue reading Pork Bones with Bok Choy and Tofu Soup
Pork Bone with Watercress Soup
Soup Name: Pork bone with Watercress Soup Traditional Chinese Name: 西洋菜湯 (xī yáng cài tāng) Introduction: This is a popular soup made in restaurants and in Chinese homes. In fact, you can find watercress soups in a variety of cultures because the watercress is such a versitile and popular vegetable. The soup in combination with… Continue reading Pork Bone with Watercress Soup
Abalone
Ingredient Name: Abalone Traditional Chinese Name: 鮑魚(Bào yú) Honestly speaking, abalone itself has no flavour. It is the flavour of the soup or sauce that makes abalone tasty and it is the rarity that makes it so expensive (similar to Shark’s Fin). I’ve found that using large snails is a great economical and environmental substitute… Continue reading Abalone
Longan
Ingredient Name: Longan (fresh) Traditional Chinese Name: 龍眼; (lóngyǎn) What is this? A small, round fruit found in Southern China and Southeast Asia The longan (“dragon eyes”) is so named because the fruit resembles an eyeball when it is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like pupil). The seed is… Continue reading Longan
Duck Gizzards
Ingredient Name: Duck Gizzards Traditional Chinese Name: 鴨腎 What is this? An organ found in the digestive track of certain birds, reptiles, fish and other creatures It is used to grind up food during digestion The gizzard is hard and small and made up primarily of membrane more than muscle The taste of gizzard… Continue reading Duck Gizzards
Watercress
Ingredient Name: Watercress Traditional Chinese Name: 西洋菜 (xīyáng cài) A very popular vegetable used to remove excess heatiness in the body. It’s a versitile plant with uses in a variety of cultures. The one thing that I hate about this plant is the high level of bugs you can find in them. When boiled in… Continue reading Watercress
Wolfberries (Dried)
Ingredient Name: Wolfberry (also known as goji berry, barbary matrimony vine, bocksdorn, Duke of Argyll’s tea tree, red medlar or matrimony vine) Traditional Chinese Name: 杞子(gǒuqǐzi) This ingredient is also a must have in your soup pantry. It is used in soups, stews, porridge, sweet soups, teas and a variety of Chinese dishes. My mom will… Continue reading Wolfberries (Dried)
Apricot Kernals
Ingredient Name: Sweet-bitter Apricot Kernals (also known as bitter almonds or apricot almonds) Traditional Chinese Name: 南北杏 (nán běi xìng) This ingredient is also a must have in your soup pantry. It’s used in a variety of soups that help relieve heatiness and are good for coughs. You can also use this in a few sweet soups,… Continue reading Apricot Kernals