Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chinese daikon radish and ginger soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Daikon Radish Soup helps to clear heat and detoxify the body. It neutralizes toxins, stimulates weight loss, aids digestion and reduces inflammation. Daikon (白萝卜) is a root vegetable that looks similar to carrots but it is white in colour.
Chinese Daikon Radish and Ginger Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Chinese Daikon Radish and Ginger Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chinese daikon radish and ginger soup using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Daikon Radish and Ginger Soup:
- Take 200 grams Daikon radish
- Get 1 thumbtip worth's piece of ginger
- Get 600 ml Water
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Chicken stock granules
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt
- Make ready 1 tsp Sesame oil
- Get 1 Green onions or scallions
The daikon radish looks like a white carrot. Chinese soups can be heavy, filling and fiery, such as Chinese Hot & Sour Soup, or light, clean and cleansing, like this Chinese Daikon Soup. These kinds of everyday soups are simple to make, require just a handful of ingredients (in this case, four ingredients - actually, three, if you don't want to use cilantro) and so good for you. The peeled daikon (white radish) and carrots are cut to large chunks.
Steps to make Chinese Daikon Radish and Ginger Soup:
- Peel the skin from the daikon, and chop it into 7- to 8-mm thick half rounds (or quarters, if large). Remove the skin off the garlic, then thinly slice.
- Combine the water, the vegetables from Step 1, and the chicken soup stock in a pan, and bring to a boil over high heat. After it comes to a boil, reduce to low heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the daikon becomes tender.
- Once the daikon becomes tender, adjust the taste with salt and sesame oil.
- Serve in individual bowls and garnish with scallions. Bon appetit!
Dried scallops and red dates (just a few to avoid overpowering the soup) are added for more sweetness. The trio of garlic-onion-ginger is optional but I always love to sneak them in my Chinese soups whenever I can, as they are immunity boosters. This Chinese Daikon (Radish) Soup is a reflection of Yin and Yang balance in Chinese diet. The coldness of Chinese daikons is balanced with the heat from ginger. Should you want to make this soup in the summer time, then, you can remove the ginger so the "coldness" of the soup can calm your body in the summer heat.
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