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Slow-boiled soup 老火湯
Asian pear and apricot kernel soup
南北杏雪梨瘦肉湯naam4 bak1 hang6 syut3 lei4 sau3 juk6 tong1
Traditionally eaten to clear heat. Best in hot, dry or "heaty" spells. Asian pear is cool (CMRO lists it as cold).
Good for traditionally believed to moisten the lungs and soothe a dry, hot cough.
- 15 minprep
- 2 hcook
- 6servings
- One potAutumn
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Ingredients
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Fresh: local Asian grocerAbout
- 2¾ quarts2.5 LWater
3 pantry items with a checked Amazon match. Buy the fresh asian pear (snow pear) and lean pork locally or on Weee!.
Method
- Core the pears and cut them in quarters, skin on.
- 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
Not for a cough from a chill (clear phlegm, feeling cold). Keep bitter kernels to about 10.
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), Hong Kong Department of Health, Chinese Medicine Regulatory Office, "中醫飲食養生 - 五穀與蔬果". How we judge a soup’s nature.
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