Today's soup is a delicious, sweet, creamy soup (or congee). It is very adaptable, calling for 8 main ingredients but can be made with as little as 3. Chinese characters are included for some items in the event you have to go to an Asian market.
8 Treasure Soup (Ba Bao Zhou)
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons red mung beans
2 tablespoons black rice
3 tablespoons peanuts
2 tablespoons Chinese Pearl Barley 苡仁
2 Tablespoons Dried Lily Slices 百合
3 lotus seeds 莲子
1 slice dried Chinese Yam 山药, broken into pieces
¼ cup glutenous rice
8-9 cups filtered water
1 lump red sugar ¼-1/2 cup sugar of your choice
Instructions:
About 8 hours before preparing this soup, put the red mung beans, black rice, peanuts, Chinese pearl barley, dried lily slices, lotus seeds, and dried Chinese yam into a bowl and cover with water to soak.
After 8 or so hours, drain and rinse the soaked ingredients and place them in a large sauce pan.
Add in the glutenous rice and 8-9 cups of filtered water, stir, and bring everything to a boil
Continuing boiling/simmering the ingredients on high heat for 1 - 1.5 hours, stirring occasionally and being careful to not let the water or foam overflow. The bigger your pan the less you have to monitor the soup.
You'll know the soup is ready once most of the water has been absorbed by the ingredients and a thick porridge has formed.
Once thickened, add in about ¼ cup of sugar, or more to taste and allow it to dissolve before serving.
Serve warm. It is also wonderful served cold.
Notes
1. This soup can be easily doubled.
2. You can also pick and choose which ingredients you want or add in other ingredients that you think would go well.
3. If you use less than 8 ingredients, you may need to reduce the amount of water you use.
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