“Come, have a bowl of this delicate Salted Vegetable, tofu and prime ribs soup!” Previously, I cooked this salted vegetable tofu soup with roasted duck meat. Taste was more intensive than this prime ribs version as the ribs were not roasted/ baked, but merely blanched and boiled together with the salted vegetable in soup. I…
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Soup
Old Cucumber Soup (老黄瓜汤)
“Nourishing Chinese tonic soup that helps to cool and revitalize your body” This is the most common and popular Chinese soup in Asian countries, especially Singapore and Malaysia. Almost every Chinese family knows how to prepare this soup dish. Whenever I drink this old cucumber (aged cucumber) soup, it will bring back memories of my…
Express Chicken Soup with White Fungus and Button Mushrooms
“Express Chicken Soup with Chinese Herbal Spices from Seah’s, to keep your loved ones at their best at all time!” Some might find Chinese soup too bland for the palate. Its taste has been described as drinking “plain water”, as Chinese soup is always cooked watery (not in thick consistency), and it does not taste…
Black Chicken Soup Recipe (滋补乌鸡汤)
“How about having a bowl of steamy hot nutritious Silkie (black chicken) tonic soup for tonight’s dinner?” Silkie, or another name which is more commonly known as, black chicken. Black chicken is often used to cook in soup with Chinese herbs as it claims to be more nutritious (higer in dietary minerals) and less fat…
Meat Slices and Carrot Broth (肉片汤)
“Quick delicious meat broth ready to serve within 30 minutes.” This meat broth is my favourite as I liked soup with loads of peppery taste. I had the soup with amount of ground white pepper adjusted to my liking. Not too spicy, yet, strong and intensive peppery flavour. I think I have used almost 1…
Duck Soup with Salted Vegetable & Tofu (咸菜豆腐鸭汤)
“Flavoursome duck soup that helps to reduce body ‘heatiness’.” Salted vegetable soup is what Chinese believed to help reducing feverish body or ‘body heat’ (降火). Moreover, salted vegetable and tofu soup is my favourite. I loved having the combination cooked with duck meat. Duck meat yields more intense flavour in the soup, especially roast duck….