Luo Han Guo Watercress Soup
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Author: Yvonne Oh
Recipe type: Slow Cooking Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 luo han guo (monk fruit)
- 1 bunch of watercress - wash and cut into 2 sections
- 300g pork ribs
- 6 dried red dates - rinsed
- 2 dried honey dates (optional)
- 30g of dried apricot kernels - rinsed
- 6 cups water
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Par boil pork ribs in a pot of boiling water for about 5 minutes to remove scum.
- Rinse luo han guo and gently crack it open with the back of a butter knife.
- Put in all the ingredients into a soup pot and bring to a boil. When it starts boiling, lower heat and simmer for 1.5 hours.
- Season with salt if desired.
Cooking Notes
The addition of pork ribs makes the soup savory but you can also boil it without the meat.
This soup is on the sweet side due to the dried honey dates and luo han guo. If you prefer a more savory soup, replace the dried honey dates with a piece of dried tangerine peel. Soak the dried tangerine peel to soften and scrape off the white pith on the inner skin with a teaspoon to remove the bitter taste.
This soup is on the sweet side due to the dried honey dates and luo han guo. If you prefer a more savory soup, replace the dried honey dates with a piece of dried tangerine peel. Soak the dried tangerine peel to soften and scrape off the white pith on the inner skin with a teaspoon to remove the bitter taste.
Recipe by Souper Diaries at https://souperdiaries.com/luo-han-guo-with-watercress-soup/