Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts
Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts

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Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Lotus Root Soup with Peanuts is something which I have loved my whole life.

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. Put together, this soup literally means prosperity in abundance every year.

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

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

Lotus root has a sweet flowery aroma and a refreshing taste that perfectly paired with pork and peanuts. The lotus root will turn soft after stewing, starchy Soft peanuts are preferred for this soup. Additional tips for the lotus root with pork ribs soup. Fill up sufficient water initially so that you do not.

Steps 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

Peanuts and lotus root pair well together for this soup. When boiling soups, I use fatter and rounder peanuts but I prefer smaller peanuts in stir-fried dishes and nasi lemak (a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and. 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.

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