When making lotus root soup in Guangdong, people like to put a refreshing herbal package, which probably contains red dates, coix seed, wolfberry, candied dates, round meat, Codonopsis pilosula, yam, lotus seeds, etc. The specific method is as follows:

Materials/Tools: 500g pork ribs, 1 section of lotus root, red dates, coix seed, wolfberry, candied dates, round meat, Codonopsis pilosula, yam, lotus seeds, appropriate amount of salt, and a little chopped green onion.

1. The soup made from pork bones and tube bones will be thicker, while the soup made from tail keel bones will be sweeter. You can choose it according to your personal preference.

2. Wash the pork ribs, put them in a pot and run them through boiling water. Note that adding the bones before the water boils will remove the blood in the bones and make the soup lighter; adding the bones after the water boils will cause the blood in the bones to be locked in the tube bones, making the soup thicker. After passing through the water, pass it through cold water again, and rinse continuously with the faucet. Do not use the boiling water that has lived on the bones. Cut the lotus root into hob pieces.

3. The refreshing and cooling herbal medicine package is ready. If you don’t know, you can go to the vegetable market and buy it yourself. Generally, if you tell someone you want a refreshing and cooling medicinal material package, they will help prepare it. It contains red dates and barley. , wolfberry, candied dates, round meat, Codonopsis pilosula, yam, lotus seeds, etc. The specific ingredients are as follows.

4. Wash all the ingredients and put them in a casserole. Depending on the size of your pot, if you have 500g bones, put about 6 bowls of water.

5. After boiling on high heat for a while, change to low heat and simmer slowly. 1.5 hours on the gas stove is enough. Remove the float after the water boils.

6. After simmering for about 1.5 hours, the soup is ready to drink. Finally, add salt and some chopped green onion for decoration. If you feel that the lotus root is not flavorful enough, you can slice it into slices, then put it in a pot and stir-fry it with oyster sauce, salt, and soy sauce for a few times. It will taste great.