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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Yuk Chuk Pearl Corn Soup 玉竹珍珠玉米汤



I ran out of idea on new soup recipe. So, I just mix and match some of the ingredients to come up with my Yuk Chuk Pearl Corn Soup. Not bad, right? :)

Yuk Chuk is called Polygonatum Odoratum/Solomon's seal. It is widely used in Traditional Medicine. It is neutral and taste a little bit sweetish. With Yuk Chuk, red dates, honey dates and pearl corn, the soup turned out to be a nourishing soup with the natural sweetness. It suits my taste bud. When it's cooked, pearl corn's kernels still remain very soft and sweet.

Yuk Chuk Pearl Corn Soup
Serves 2

Ingredients:

10 strips of yuk chuk
1 pearl corn, cut into 4 portions
2 honey dates
8 red dates
300 gm pork ribs
salt or light soy sauce to taste
water

Method:

1. Bring water to boil in a pot. Then pour it to the slow cooker.

2. Put in pork ribs, pearl corn, yuk chuk, red dates and honey dates. Cook under high heat for 3 hours .

3. Add light soy sauce to taste. Let it simmer under auto mode for another 2 hours.

4. Remove scum and oil from the soup surface and serve hot.
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17 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 8, 2009 at 8:46 AM

    soup with yuk chuk will never go wrong ya,,,,,sure nice!!! i love to eat the yuk chuk as well

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  2. UnknownJuly 8, 2009 at 9:31 AM

    yuk chuk with corn, the tastes will be very sweet and delicious. ^-^

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  3. Little InboxJuly 8, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    SimpleGirl, yes. Normally I got yuk chuk in the pre-packed Chinese herba soup, but this time I bought all the herbs ingredients separately.

    Food Paradise, it's sweet indeed. :)

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  4. SelbaJuly 8, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    What a nice soup...

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  5. Sugar BeanJuly 8, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    Nice recipe, so many sweet stuff, the soup will definitely be really sweet and nice! And healthy too. Fortunately I can get most of the Chinese ingredients here, to boil my own soup.

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  6. Little InboxJuly 8, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    Selba, thank you. :)

    Sugar Bean, sometimes you really need to boil some nourishing soup to "pu yi pu", right?

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  7. foodbinJuly 8, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    nice clear soup-i like to bite and chew those yuk chuk.

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  8. ai weiJuly 8, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    wow! this is nice. it must be really sweet!

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  9. tigerfishJuly 8, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    I cooked a simple chicken soup yesterday too! I love soup!

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  10. Little InboxJuly 8, 2009 at 5:02 PM

    foodbin, i see. It's good for health.

    ai wei, yes, sweet indeed! :)

    tigerfish, me too. Most important, soup is easy to make, haha...

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  11. Noob CookJuly 8, 2009 at 5:09 PM

    I love 玉竹! the taste is nice yet mild :)

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  12. Food For TotsJuly 9, 2009 at 12:52 AM

    I luv this soup too. You can try adding some white fungus and dried lily bulb. This is my version.

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  13. Little InboxJuly 9, 2009 at 7:48 AM

    noobcook, yea it does not has the typical herb smell.

    Food for Tots, I see. So next time I should add white fungus, carrot and lily bulb too.

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  14. My Taste HeavenJuly 10, 2009 at 9:14 PM

    seeing this bowl of soup makes me remember my grandmother's homemade corn soup

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  15. worldwindowsJuly 10, 2009 at 9:18 PM

    Yuk Chuk, tong sum and kei chi the Chinese herbal reliable partners. The soup is beautiful. Pop some in and you get nutritious soup. I just got some wonderful everyday soup from my mother when I was home last weekend!

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  16. New Kid on the BlogJuly 10, 2009 at 11:31 PM

    a very good soup for preggy woman too.

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  17. Little InboxJuly 11, 2009 at 11:01 AM

    My Taste Heaven, but now everybody can make soup, young women too.

    Worldwindows, yuk chuk, tung sum and kei chi are commonly used. So, I made a different combination this time.

    New kid, oh really? thanks for telling me. :)

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