Basic Chinese Chicken Soup Stock (Soup Base)

Snow Pears (Dried)

Ingredient Name: Snow Pears or Pyrus Nivalis (dried)
Chinese Name: 雪梨幹 (xuě lí gàn) or 梨干 (lí gàn)
This is a great …

Luo Han Guo in Watercress Soup

Soup Name: Luo Han Guo in Watercress Soup
Traditional Chinese Name: 羅漢果西洋菜湯 (luóhàn guǒ xī yáng cài tāng)

Introduction:
This soup is excellent …

Sea Snail (Fresh)

Ingredient Name: Sea Snail, Conch, Gastropod
Traditional Chinese Name: 螺 (luó)
Another one of those ingredients that you don’t really see in …

Shark Bones Chicken Soup

Soup Name: Shark Bones Chicken Soup
Traditional Chinese Name: 鯊魚骨雞湯 (shāyú gǔ Jī tāng)
Introduction:
Traditionally a warm soup for the cold winters.  …

Geoduck

Ingredient Name: Geoduck, mud duck, king clam, elephant trunk clam
Traditional Chinese Name: 象拔蚌 (xiàng bá bàng)

What is this?

A large salt …

Autumn Drink with Dragon’s Tongue Leaf and Luo Han Guo

Soup Name: Autumn Drink with Dragon’s Tongue Leaf and Luo Han Guo
Introduction:
A natural drink that is usually prepared during the …

Wampee or Clausena Lansium

Ingredient Name: Wampee or Clausena Lansium (Fresh)
Traditional Chinese Name: 石黄皮 (shí huáng pí)

What is this?

The small, oval-shaped fruit of a …

Olives (Fresh)

Ingredient Name: Olives (Fresh)
Traditional Chinese Name: 橄欖 (Gǎnlǎn)
One of the more expensive breeds of ginseng available on the market, …

Dried Lily Flower

Ingredient Name: Dried lily flower
Traditional Chinese Name:  金針花 (jin zhen hua)
What is this?

This is literally the dried petals of lily flowers
When …