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Sweet Longan Soup with Red Dates (龍眼寶湯)
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Sweet Longan Soup with Red Dates
Laura Chen
4
15 minutes
60 minutes
150
Chinese
Soup
This traditional Chinese soup is known for its soothing qualities. Longan fruit gives it a sweet, nourishing flavor. It is popular in Chinese medicine for calming the heart and nourishing the spirit.
Ingredients
- 15 dried longan fruits
- 10 red dates (jujubes)
- 1 liter water
- 50 g goji berries
- 1 small piece fresh ginger
- 100 g lotus seeds (optional)
- 2 tbsp honey (optional)
Instructions
- Wash the longan fruits and red dates thoroughly.
- Peel the ginger and cut it into thin slices.
- Bring 1 liter of water to a boil in a large pot.
- Add the longan fruits, red dates, lotus seeds and ginger slices to the boiling water.
- Reduce the heat and simmer the soup for 1 hour.
- Take the soup off the heat and add the goji berries. Let steep for another 10 minutes.
- Pour the soup through a sieve to remove the solids.
- Sweeten with honey to taste.
- Serve the soup hot.
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