

Before making this soup, I am actually kind of worry about its' taste as Luo Han Guo is mostly sweet is natural when used to boil herbal tea. But I was surprised with the result of the soup when it is ready to be consume......... I guess the key ingredient lays on the "Dried Tangerine Peel" which makes the soup taste great rather than "sweet".
Ingredients: (serves 4)
500g Pork Muscle
1 Large Luo Han Guo
1 Piece of Dried Tangerine Peel, 6 x 6 cm
6 Red Dates
1/2 Tablespoon Wolfberries
1 Litre of Water
Method:
1. Wash and trim the pork muscle, blanched it boiling water for about 3 minutes, removed and rinse well.
2. Soaked the dried tangerine peel in water for about 1 minute till soften, use a small teaspoon to scrape off the white pith on the inner skins as that will cause bitterness to the soup.
3. Break the Luo Han Guo into half, rinse and set aside.
4. Bring the pot of 1 litre of water to boil, add in all the ingredients except the wolfberries, bring to boil again and simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
5. Transfer the soup mixture to a slow cooker and cook on AUTO heat for about 2 hours or so, add in the wolfberries in the last 20 minutes of cooking time.
6. Serve warm with rice or you can drink before meal.
Note:
~ You can cook the soup over low heat for about 45 minutes on the stove if you don't have any slow cooker.


Sweet? Savoury? Sweet? Savoury?
ReplyDeleteSweet? Savoury?
Sweet? Savoury?
Ahhhh!!!! You got me so confused Ellena! Certainly worth trying though!
Hahaha.. Sorry to confused you Quinn.... This soup is not really savoury too cos there is no salt added. It's it just full of natural taste from the LUO HAN GUO :)
ReplyDeleteHi Ellena,
ReplyDeletecan i find out what part of the pig is pork muscle? What do you call it in Chinese?
Thanks
Hi Carol,
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what is it called in Chinese, but you can always find it in local supermarket or just tell the butcher you must muscle meat for double-boiled soup.