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Salted Pork Bone Loofah and Chinese Yam Soup

Salted Pork Bone Loofah and Chinese Yam Soup

A Cantonese soup of salted pork bones, hairy gourd, carrot, yam, and dried scallops, simmered into a savory, sweet, deeply flavored broth.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Peel the carrots and cut them into pieces.

  2. 2
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    Peel and cut fresh Chinese yam (Huai Shan) into pieces.

  3. 3
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    Peel the angled gourd and cut it in half, removing the seeds.

  4. 4
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    Cut into pieces.

  5. 5
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    Rinse the scallops.

  6. 6
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    Rinse the salted pork bones with water. (The method for making salted pork bones is very simple: blanch the pork bones, wash off the scum, marinate with salt, you can make a larger batch at once, and divide it to freeze for storage.)

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    Put the carrots, salted pork bones, dried scallops, and jujubes into a soup pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.

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    Then add the vegetable sponge gourd and fresh Chinese yam, continue to boil on high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

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    The soup is ready. (No need to add salt to this soup, as the dried scallops are already salty.)

  10. 10
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    Savory and tasty, refreshing and reduces internal heat.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Angled gourd
    1 piece (900g)
  • Fresh Chinese yam
    300g
  • Carrot
    2 stick
  • Salty fan ribs
    250g
  • Scallop
    1/2 bowl
  • candied jujube
    2 grain