Eight Treasure Vegetarian Soup -
Chinese Herbal Recipes

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Eight Treasure Vegetarian Soup - Chinese Herbal Recipes

Eight Treasure Vegetarian Soup - Chinese Herbal Recipes. This is a popular sweet herbal brew for all — the chestnuts (mi zao) and red dates (hong zao) add sweetness, the mushrooms and gingko (bai guo) nuts give fullness while the white fungus (bai mu er) adds a crunchy note. It can be served hot or cold.

Eight Treasure Vegetarian Soup Ingredient - Chinese Herbal Recipes:

3 litres (12 cups) water
1 piece tangerine peel (chen pi), rinsed
2 florets dried white fungus (bai mu er), soaked until soft, hard core trimmed
50 gm gingko nuts (bai guo), shelled and peeled
5 dried figs (wu hua guo), rinsed
8 pitted red dates (hong zao), rinsed
8 dried shiitake mush-rooms, soaked until soft, stems removed
12 dried shelled chestnuts (mi zao), rinsed
40 g (1/3 cup) lotus seeds (lian zi), soaked overnight
4 tablespoons Foxnuts (qian shi), rinsed
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste

Eight Treasure Vegetarian Soup Method - Chinese Herbal Recipes:

Bring the water and tangerine peel to a boil in a stock-pot. Add all the other ingredients, except the salt, and cook over high heat for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered for 2 hours. Season with the salt and remove from the heat. Serve hot or chilled in individual serving bowls.