Cantonese Wellness in a Bowl: Ching Po Leung
Cantonese soup for wellness and well-being.
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Ingredients
- 1 LB lean pork or pork bone
- 6 oz dried Rhizoma Dioscoreae
- 3 oz dried lotus seeds
- 2 oz dried Pructus Lych
- 4 oz dried barley seeds
- 6 oz fox nuts
- 3 oz dried Polygonatum Odoratum Druce
- 2 oz dried Longan
- 6 pcs Ziziphus jujuba Milldried dates
- 12pcs Ziziphus jujube Milldried red dates
- 2.5 Liter Water
Instructions
1.Heat about 4 cups of water in pot or pan. Put fresh pork in hot water and stir for one minute. Then strain pork and wash under cold water to clean pork bone. This method is called “Fly Water” in Chinese. Discard hot water.
2.In a deep pot, heat the 2.5 liter water to boiling.
3.Soak, stir, clean and strain all dried herbs in a big bowl.
4.Put pork and dried herbs in the pot of boiling water in high heat for 10 minutes; stir ingredients so nothing sticks to bottom of pot; then turn down to medium heat for 20 mins. Do Not Cover Pot.
5.Stir a little; then cover pot with lid slightly opened in slow heat for 2.5 hours. Check and stir occasionally.
6.Add salt to your taste preference. Be careful of the seeds in dates; other dried herbs are edible. Enjoy and stay HEALTHY!
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