Chinese Watercress Soup 西洋菜湯
Chinese Watercress Soup 西洋菜湯

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, chinese watercress soup 西洋菜湯. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chinese Watercress Soup 西洋菜湯 is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Chinese Watercress Soup 西洋菜湯 is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Huge Selection on Second Hand Books. It is very popular among the Malaysian Chinese. Soak for a few minutes before use; Tip: When washing watercress, watch out for some small snail in between the leaves.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chinese watercress soup 西洋菜湯 using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chinese Watercress Soup 西洋菜湯:
  1. Get 2 big bunch of watercress
  2. Make ready Carrots
  3. Get 300 g Lean Pork
  4. Make ready sweet and bitter almond 南北杏
  5. Make ready 4 Sweet Dried Candied Dates 蜜棗
  6. Take Dried Duck Kidney (optional)
  7. Take Dried Tangerine Peels (Optional)

Chinese watercress soup (西洋菜汤) helps to cool your body down according to Chinese medicine and has many health benefits such as lowering blood pressure and promotes vital fluids to lubricate the lungs and relieve a cough. Watercress origin from the West and I guess that why it called 西洋菜 in Chinese. Procedure: Place ribs and water in a pot and bring to boil. Remove from heat, drain and wash.

Instructions to make Chinese Watercress Soup 西洋菜湯:
  1. Ingredients, Washed Watercress Well usually soak them for 30 Mins. Others Rinse Well, and Carrots Cut them up in chunks. If you can find Tangerine Peels (which i dont have with me) Soak until soft and scrape the inner side out and place in cold water when start boiling. This will help cough. As for the Dried Duck Kidneys if you can find them. Soak for 30 mins, sliced and place in boiling water for 1 min then take out (place it when cooking the soup later)
  2. Pork Cut in chunks place in cold water then cook until its boiling for max 4 to 5 mins. Take out and rinse well. Why we do this is to take out the blood and pork smell and also clean out the pork.
  3. Get a Big Pot half pot full of water. Cold Water pop all ingredients in except the watercess High Heat for 15 mins mins Cover Lids. (you can pop in those peels and duck kidneys in if you have)
  4. When water is Boiling put watercress in. We place them when water is boiling to avoid bitterness from watercress. Add in more Hot Boiled Water Until Pot is 3/4 Full. Remember to leave 2 handfuls on the side for later use. Boil for another 1.45hrs Med High Heat Cover Lid.
  5. After a total of 2 hrs you will see there should be only half pot full from evaporation. Taste the soup, add in little salt if needed. Now add in the rest of watercress in and cook for another 15mins. Served hot. Done!

In a pot, bring water to boil. Add in dates and Herbal chicken aromatic soup mix. A fun fact about watercress (西洋菜). It is an ancient green which was a staple in the diet of Roman soldiers. Watercress is a cruciferous vegetable, a member of the family of kale, broccoli, arugula and Brussels sprouts.

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