Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts
Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, lotus root soup with peanuts. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

This is another variation of "lou foh tong", meaning slow-cooked Chinese soup. Lotus root soup is common among the Chinese community and a must have during. Lotus root soup can be boiled any time of the year but this slow-cooked Chinese soup is commonly served during Chinese New Year for its auspicious significance. Lotus roots signify abundance while peanuts signify wealth.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lotus root soup with peanuts using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts:
  1. Get 1/2 cup raw peanuts (optional)
  2. Get chicken/pork ribs
  3. Prepare 1 handful dried goji (optional)
  4. Take 10 dried red dates
  5. Prepare dried cuttlefish (optional)
  6. Make ready 1 long lotus root (sliced into thin)
  7. Make ready to taste salt

Lotus root with peanuts is one of my favourite Chinese soups. Lotus root and peanuts is a great pairing in a Chinese soup, and personally I won't cook this dish if I ran out of peanuts. I love the texture of slightly crunchy peanuts so if you like softer ones, you will need to simmer the soup for a bit longer. Lotus root has a sweet flowery aroma and a refreshing taste that perfectly paired with pork and peanuts.

Instructions to make Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts:
  1. In a small bowl, add peanuts and hot boiling water in. Soak them for 30 mins.
  2. Do the same for dried goji for 15 mins.
  3. Blanch the pork with hot water.
  4. Add water to the large pot and add all the ingredients on high heat.
  5. Once the water boiling, turn it to low heat and cook for an hour.
  6. Add salt to taste.
  7. Serve

I love the texture of slightly crunchy peanuts so if you like softer ones, you will need to simmer the soup for a bit longer. Lotus root has a sweet flowery aroma and a refreshing taste that perfectly paired with pork and peanuts. You can also prepare lotus root soup with carrots, as it compliments well with other ingredients. One small carrot should be sufficient for the quantity in this recipe. I am on a soup binging craving recently and have been trying to incorporate some kind of soup in my meals recently.

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