Total 24 recipes
A refreshing and restorative Cantonese stew soup. The broth is clear and bright, with a sweet and mellow taste and the unique light aroma of tangerine peel. Pork ribs provide high-quality protein. Paired with American Ginseng, Dendrobium, and other ingredients, it moistens the lungs, strengthens the spleen, and promotes fluid production to quench thirst. It is suitable for people who often stay up late.
Cucumber and century egg soup is a quick and easy home-style dish. The flavor is light, accompanied by a roasted aroma from stir-frying the century egg and garlic. It is comforting, warming, and not greasy. Cucumber clears heat and hydrates, while century eggs provide some protein. It is low-fat and easy on the body. The preparation requires almost no technical skill; even beginners can complete it easily. From prep work to serving, it only takes about ten minutes.
Tomato and egg soup is a savory and appetizing home-style soup. The method is extremely simple, making it a popular dish for families and suitable for all ages. Rich in lycopene, Vitamin C, and quality protein, it offers a balanced and easy-to-absorb nutrient profile. This recipe is very beginner-friendly and quick—estimated preparation time is about 15 minutes.
This is a light and refreshing home-style soup. The taste is fresh and savory, and it is an easy, quick meal. Enoki mushrooms are rich in amino acids and dietary fiber; adding eggs also supplements high-quality protein. The barrier to entry is extremely low, making it easy for beginners to handle, and prep to finish takes only about 10 minutes from start to finish.
Snow fungus and lotus seed porridge tastes clear and sweet with a smooth texture. The fungus is soft and glutinous, while the lotus seeds are dense, making it a common nourishing porridge. Rich in natural gelatin, dietary fiber, and various trace elements, it helps in nourishing the heart and calming the mind. The preparation requires soaking and slow cooking, which tests the patience of beginners; the entire process takes approximately 3.5 hours.
This soup, known as a Cantonese slow-cooked soup, features a clear amber color, is sweet and moist on the palate, and carries the unique, aged aroma of tangerine peel. Ribs provide high-quality protein and calcium. Paired with ingredients like tangerine peel, American Ginseng, and Dendrobium, it helps regulate qi and strengthen the spleen, moisturize the yin, and moisten the lungs, making it suitable for those with insomnia or throat discomfort. The technique is not difficult; as long as you have the ingredients and control the stewing time, beginners can easily succeed. The whole process from prep to serving takes about two hours.
This is a Shanghai-style home-cooked soup adapted from the Russian sweet beet soup. It features tomato and beef as the main flavors, characterized by a rich, sweet and sour taste and mellow deliciousness. It is rich in high-quality protein, lycopene, and various vitamins, making it a balanced diet. Simple to make and beginner-friendly, the entire process takes approximately 2–3 hours.
Lamb soup is a home-style warming soup. The broth is milky white, the meat is tender, and it carries a fresh and slightly spicy fragrance of green onions and white pepper. It is rich in nutrients like protein, calcium, and iron, and has the effect of warming the stomach/spleen and resisting the cold. The instructions are simple, and even beginners can easily master them. The entire cooking process takes about 30 minutes.
Laba Porridge is a traditional seasonal sweet porridge. The texture is thick and soft, blending the complex aromas of multiple grains, beans, and dried fruits. It is rich in carbohydrates, minerals, and various vitamins. Lotus seeds also have a calming effect on the mind and are suitable for people under high work pressure. Although there are many ingredients, the operation is simple; patience and slow simmering are all that is needed. It is beginner-friendly. Excluding the soaking preparation time, the simmering takes about 3 hours.
The soup is clear and bright, the meat is tender and fine, blending the fragrance of mushrooms with the freshness of pigeon. This is a classic home-style Cantonese stew. Baby pigeons are rich in high-quality protein and various amino acids, while mushrooms provide polysaccharides and dietary fiber, offering a gentle nourishment effect. To make this dish, the pigeon must first be blanched to remove the fishy smell, then stewed with corn and mushrooms. It requires a slight attention to heat control and timing, but beginners can still manage it with a little care. Using a pressure cooker takes about 45 minutes from preparation to completion, while slow-cooking in a casspot takes a little over an hour.
Tomato Beef and Egg Drop Soup is a home-style soup that is sweet, sour, appetizing, and smooth. The beef is rich in high-quality protein and iron, the tomato provides lycopene and Vitamin C, and the egg supplements lecithin. The recipe is simple and easy for beginners to master; it typically takes about half an hour to get to the dining table.
Century Egg and Pork Congee is a classic Cantonese home-style porridge. The creamy texture of the congee base, combined with the rich aroma of the century eggs and the tenderness of the lean meat, creates a warm, savory, and smooth mouthfeel. It is rich in carbohydrates and high-quality protein, balancing nutrition with vegetables, making it easy to digest. Although there are many steps, the operation is intuitive; beginners can easily complete the process following the steps, with an estimated time of about 1.5 hours.Using the rice cooker's scheduling or warming function makes it particularly convenient for breakfast.
White porridge is refreshing, soft, and a staple home-cooked meal that warms the stomach. It has a pure rice fragrance and is suitable for the young and the old. It is rich in carbohydrates and a small amount of protein, easy to digest, and has the benefits of tonifying the spleen, harmonizing the stomach, and clearing the lungs. The operation is simple; just master the control of the heat and the amount of water. Beginners can easily complete it, and the whole process takes about 25 minutes.
Seaweed Egg Drop Soup is a light, fresh, home-style soup and belongs to a category of simple Chinese soups. Seaweed is rich in iodine, calcium, and dietary fiber, while eggs provide high-quality protein; the combination is nutritionally balanced. The recipe is extremely simple and beginner-friendly, taking only about 20 minutes from preparation to serving.
Phoenix Soup is a home-style quick dish from the eastern part of Henan Province. It has a smooth, sweet texture with the rich aroma of sesame oil. The eggs provide high-quality protein, and the preparation is incredibly simple—just boiling water and scrambling the eggs takes less than 10 minutes, making it easy to serve. It also helps cool down the body and reduce heat.
Corn and Pork Rib Soup is a delicious, naturally sweet home-style dish. The ribs are tender, and the corn and carrots provide a natural sweetness. Rich in protein, vitamins, and dietary fiber, it is a well-balanced meal. The method is simple and beginner-friendly; it only requires slow-cooking the blanched ribs for about one hour after stir-frying. The process from prep to serving takes approximately one and a half hours.
Fresh Scalded Meatball Soup has a tender, smooth, and bouncy texture. It is a home-style dish that retains the original flavor. Pork provides high-quality protein, and the combination with black fungus and daylilies creates a balanced nutrition. Making this requires hand-mincing the meat and mastering the heat for scalding, which has a slight skill threshold and is better suited for home cooks with some basic culinary skills. The process takes about 1 hour from preparation to serving.
Pork Rib and Bitter Melon Soup is a clear, amber-colored, and sweet home-style Cantonese soup. The ribs are tender, while the bitter melon is appetizing and helps cleanse the palate. Rich in protein and vitamins, and the dried shrimp also adds calcium. The preparation process requires blanching to remove fishy odors and carefully removing the bitter melon pith, which poses some challenges for beginners, but using an electric pressure cooker greatly simplifies this. Traditional slow stewing takes 2 to 4 hours; it is recommended to prepare at least 4 hours in advance, while a pressure cooker only takes about 1 hour.
The Thornback Catfish and Tofu Soup is a home-style dish with a fresh, tender texture and a thick, white soup. The fish has few bones and tender meat, while the tofu is silky smooth. Served with a touch of spicy warmth from the pepper, it is suitable for all age groups. The fish is rich in high-quality protein, and paired with tofu, it helps supplement calcium for a nutrient-balanced and easily digestible meal. The cooking process isn't complex; as long as you focus on removing the fishy smell and preventing sticking while frying, beginners can generally handle it. Estimated cooking time is about 40 minutes.
This thickened mushroom soup features a rich flavor and smooth, appetizing texture; it is a quick and easy home-style dish. Mushrooms are rich in amino acids and polysaccharides, which help boost the immune system. The process requires some basic knowledge of controlling heat and thickening, but it remains friendly for beginners. From preparation to serving, it takes about 25 minutes.
This is a classic French-style thick soup known for its silky, creamy texture where the aroma of mushrooms blends harmoniously with milk. Mushrooms are rich in dietary fiber and trace elements, while milk provides high-quality protein and calcium. The method is very simple and beginner-friendly, taking about 30 minutes from prep to finish.
Millet congee is a common home-style porridge in Northern China. It has a silky texture, a rich aroma, and the millet oil extracted from it is particularly good for the stomach. It is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, and carotene, and has one of the highest vitamin B1 contents among grains, making it easy to digest and absorb. The preparation is very simple and beginners can easily master it. It takes about 30-35 minutes from boiling the water to serving.
Braised Chicken Soup with Chinese Yam and Pumpkin is a warming soup perfect for autumn and winter. With Chinese yam supporting digestion, the natural sweetness of pumpkin, and the smooth, starchy texture of chestnuts, this pot offers a rich, savory-sweet flavor. It is packed with protein, dietary fiber, and various vitamins, making for a nutritionally balanced meal. The making process is simple and takes approximately 50 minutes from preparation to serving, making it easy enough for beginners.