Six Combination Soup
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This is an herbal soup popularly known as Lok Mei Soup.
ingredients
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serves: 6
4 pieces Chinese yam, wei san
20 pieces Solomon’s seal rhizome, yok chok
1/4 cup (20g) lotus seeds
1/4 cup (20g) lily bulbs
1/4 cup (20g) fox nuts
1/4 cup (20g) dried longan
8 oz (225g) lean pork ribs, cut into pieces
6 cups (1500 ml) water
Salt
Nutrition Facts
Six Combination Soup
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount per Serving
Calories: 315
- Total Fat: 7.6 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.1 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 22.7 mg
- Sodium: 299.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 52.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
- Sugars: 0.2 g
- Protein: 12.7 g
preparation
1. Rinse and soak dried herbs for 10 to 15 minutes. Drain.
2. Bring water to a boil. Add pork ribs and allow it to boil gently over medium heat for 15 minutes. Skim off scum rising to the surface.
3. Add drained herbs. When it comes back up to a boil, add salt.
4. Reduce heat to the lowest possible setting so that soup will simmer very gently for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
5. Turn off heat and serve warm.
Cooks' note:
A gentle simmer will produce a clear soup.
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Mommy_loves_to_cook
October 17, 2011