Lotus Root Soup (莲藕汤)

Traditionally these soups are best cooked in a soup clay pot over charcoal fire, but now a day not many families are still using charcoal stove.  Hence cooking over gas stove or slow cooker is also ok.

Ingredients

1. 2-3 section of lotus root
2. 5 dried red dates
3. 1 honey date (金丝蜜枣) (dried dates with sugar)
4. 200 grams pork ribs
5. 2 dried scallop (干贝)
6. 4 dried oyster （蚝豉, 蚝干）
7. 1 tablespoon wolfberry (枸杞子) optional
8. 2 liters water (some will dry up during cooking)
9. Salt

Method

1. Wash the lotus root and remove the skin, slice into thin slices of ½ cm.
2. Wash all other ingredients.
3. Put all ingredients, and water in a soup or stock pot, and put to boil.  Turn down flame to very small and allow to slow boil for 3-4 hours.
4. Add salt to taste, and serve hot.

You can also cook this in slow cooker for 4 hours.