Bone-Fire Soup

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Cook’s Guide to Chinese Vegetables

By Martha Dahlen

Published 1992

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Ingredients

  • Kudzu
  • Pork, meat or bones
  • Adzuki beans (chek siu dau)
  • Red dates (hoeng jo)
  • Dried tangerine pee

Method

Combine everything in a large pot, using only a handful of adzuki beans and a few dates to substantial and equal proportions of pork bones and kudzu. Add water to cover all ingredients well. Bring to the boil, reduce heat, and simmer at least 2 hours until liquid is reduced by about half. Season with salt, and serve. Everything can be eaten, or not, as desired.