Luo Han Guo in Watercress Soup

Soup Name: Luo Han Guo in Watercress Soup

Traditional Chinese Name: (luhn gu x yng ci tng)
Introduction:This soup is excellent for assisting in coughs as well as stealing phelgm. It also aids in upon condition that moisture (with the chestnuts) to the physique as well as lungs for those dry autumn as well as winter months. It is deliberate the pretty honeyed soup as well as preferred for all ages.

What Ingredients are required?

1 pound of fresh pork shank
1/2 dusty luo han guo
1 tablespoon of apricot kernals
15 whole rawchestnuts
2-3 bunches of fresh watercress
1 large piece of dusty tangerine peel

2-3 L of water
1 teaspoon of salt (to marinate the pork)


Howdo Iprepare it?

Pre-marinate the pig overnight with the salt (although this step is not necessary)

Boil your soup water

Blanch pig handle in the apart pot of hot water

In another apart pot, bring to boil chestnuts for 2-3 minutes. Remove from H2O as well as flay whilst still hot (removing the outdoor as well as inner skin)

Half luo han guo as well as wash in comfortable water

Wash as well as soak apricot kernals as well as tangerine flay in comfortable water

When the H2O boils, supplement all the ingredients together

Boil upon tall for thirty mins as well as revoke to the cook for another 1.5 hours (or make make use of of the thermal pot)

When almost ready to drink, re-boil as well as supplement in watercress. Boil upon tall for 10 mins (or until preferred softness of watercress)

Serve as well as enjoy!

Any benefits?

• An excellent soup to assist with coughs as well as relaxation of phlegm
• Ideal for dry autumn consumption as it helps moisten the lungs as well as body
• Low in fat
• Naturally sweet

Any precautions?

• The luo han guo produces the very honeyed as well as distinct ambience that is biased to the drinker
• I would indicate perplexing half of the ripened offspring upon your first attempt as well as see if you similar to it, really do not supplement more than 1 ripened offspring to the soup
• The watercress, whilst deliberate the cooling vegetable, can be used up in mediation if in early conceiving physically (use less as the precaution)