Red Bean and Lotus Root Soup

Main materials.

Soak and clean the red beans. (I usually soak them for 30 minutes, worried about preservatives and stuff.)

Peel the lotus root and cut it into small pieces.

Soak dried tangerine peel in hot water until soft, and scrape off the white membrane. It is said that the white membrane is irritating and hot.

Fan the bones in the water, washing away the floating foam.

Put all the ingredients into a soup pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat for 10 minutes, then simmer over low heat for 2 hours.

After cooking, use a skimmer to remove the fat.

Just season with salt. (My family usually doesn't add salt to slow-cooked soup because the soup is naturally sweet.)

Strengthen the spleen and stomach, tonify qi and blood, clear heat and remove dampness.