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Old cucumber soup, simmered over low heat or cooked using a slow cooker is very flavourful and nourishing. It is usually boiled together with chicken or pork along with dried oysters, scallops and dates.
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Sep 21, 2015 · A soothing and nourishing soup, old cucumber soup helps to cool the body and aids in detoxification. Old cucumbers are mild tasting on its own. The addition of sweet corn, dried cuttlefish, dried scallops, honeyed dates and dried red dates creates a naturally sweet tasting and rich flavored soup.
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Nov 18, 2016 · It’s very easy to make Old Cucumber Soup. – all you need to do is to prepare all the ingredients, toss it into the pot (except for red dates and wolf berries, which you add later), and let the soup simmer for 2 hours. Easy as pie!
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Mar 30, 2021 · Old cucumber soup with pork ribs is among the most familiar soup on the Cantonese dining table. I grew up eating this soup prepared by my mother. Now it is my turn to prepare it for my family. I use meaty pork ribs and some dried scallops, and cuttlefish as the main ingredients.
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Jul 19, 2008 · Easy recipe for Old Cucumber Soup. This is a cooling, nutritious and anti-aging Chinese soup.
Jun 27, 2017 · A comfort soup with ‘cooling’ properties, perfect for the hot weather. Slow cooking this soup will soften the mature melon, and extract the maximum umami flavour from the dried seafood, and the natural sweetness of the dates. The result is a concentrated and delicious soup.
Jul 7, 2009 · Ingredients. 1 medium old cucumber with skin intact, halves, then cut each half into chunks, lengthwise. 300 grams of meaty pork ribs, blanched. 1 piece of dried cuttlefish, washed and cut into half. 12 seedless red dates. ⅔ teaspoon of salt. 1 pot of water, 50% filled (about 1500ml water) Method. 1) Bring a pot water to a boil over high heat.
