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Slow-boiled soup 老火湯
Chayote and corn soup
合掌瓜粟米豬骨湯hap6 zoeng2 gwaa1 suk1 mai5 zyu1 gwat1 tong1
Gentle and balanced. Traditionally fine for most people, any time of year. Chayote is listed as warm, carrot and corn neutral; with pork it sits neutral.
Good for traditionally believed to settle the stomach and move qi; an easy weeknight soup.
- 15 minprep
- 2 hcook
- 6servings
- One potAll year
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Ingredients
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- 2¾ quarts2.5 LWater
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Method
- Peel the chayote under running water (the sap is sticky), halve and cut in wedges.
- Cut the corn and carrot in chunks.
- Put the meat in cold water, bring to a boil and let it bubble for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse off the scum.
- Bring the water to a rolling boil. Add everything, boil hard for 20 minutes, then cover and simmer on low for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Skim off any fat and season with salt just before serving.
Who should go easy
Suits almost everyone.
Traditional Chinese food therapy, not medical advice. Ask your doctor if you are pregnant, on medication or unwell.
Ingredient natures from Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022). How we judge a soup’s nature.
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