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Lotus Roots with Mung Beans in Dried Octopus Soup

Soup Name: Lotus Roots with Mung Beans and Dried Octopus Soup
Traditional Chinese Name: 蓮藕綠豆章魚湯 (liánǒu lǜdòu zhāng yú tāng)
Introduction:

When making any dried octopus soup, this is the most basic and …

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Mung Beans

Ingredient Name: Mung Beans (also known as mungbean, bean, mung, green gram, mung gram)
Traditional Chinese Name: 綠豆 (lǜdòu)
What is this?

The direct translation of this from Chinese means “green bean”
It is …

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Dried Octopus

Ingredient Name: Dried Octopus
Traditional Chinese Name: 章魚幹 (Zhāng yú gàn)
What is this?

This is basically the dried preserved carcass of a small octopus (an eight-legged mollusc that lives in the ocean)
It …

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American Ginseng

Ingredient Name: Ginseng, American ginseng, panax ginseng
Traditional Chinese Name: 花旗參 (Huā qí cān)
What is this?

The brownish-beige ginseng is commonly grown in the United States (hence the name)
It produces a strong …

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[13 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 1,040 views]
Mussels (Dried)

Ingredient Name: Baby Mussels (dried)
Traditional Chinese Name: 青口幹 (qīng kǒu gàn)
What is this?

A dried and processed type of salt of fresh water shellfish of the clam family with elongated shells
The …

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