How to prepare lotus seed mushroom soup for traditional Tet 2023

Lotus seed mushroom soup is a soup used by many Northern families during the traditional Tet holiday. Soup is an extremely important item on the menu. With soup, your meal will become more delicious and nutritious. Not only appear in the traditional Tet holiday. Even in the daily menu, the bowl of lotus seed mushroom soup is also prepared in a very eye-catching way. So do you know how to cook lotus seed mushroom soup on the occasion of the traditional New Year? Follow Dung Ha Dry Food in the kitchen to find a way to make lotus seed mushroom soup!

1. What is lotus seed mushroom soup?

Lotus seed mushroom soup is an extremely delicious and nutritious soup. With only 2 main ingredients: Mushrooms and lotus seeds. However, they blend together to create an indispensable dish in the menu of many families. Besides this soup, on Tet holiday, depending on each family, they have their own soup to suit their preferences. Some of the soups include: drop ball soup, pumpkin rib soup, bitter melon stuffed with meat,… These are all extremely delicious and quality soup bowls.

See more: Summary of delicious Vietnamese traditional Tet soup

2. Lotus seed mushroom soup with different cooking methods on traditional Tet holiday

2.1 Vegetarian lotus seed mushroom soup

2.1.1 Preparation materials:

• Fresh lotus seeds: 150gr
• Pork bones: 2 pieces
• Carrot: 1 piece
• Tofu: 3 covers
• Salt: 1 teaspoon
• Fresh Shiitake Mushroom: 75g
• Coriander: 1 handful
• Green onions: 3 branches
• Spices: monosodium glutamate, seasoning, ground pepper

2.1.2 Preliminary processing of raw materials

• Wash pork bones under clean running water
• Mix in diluted salt water, put pork bones in salt water for about 5 minutes. Pick up, rinse under clean running water, drain
• Fresh lotus seeds bought, washed under running water. Let dry
• Using sharp objects, go through each lotus center one by one
• Tofu cut into small pieces just enough to eat
• Peeled and peeled carrots, washed
• Slice into circles. Each slice is only about 1.5cm. Use a knife to cut the side lines to shape the flower
• Fresh shiitake mushrooms are soaked in warm water to make them soft and easy to prepare
• Using scissors, cut off the base of the mushroom
• Rinse again under clean running water, squeeze gently to drain the fungus. Put out the basket
• Coriander picks up the damaged leaves, washes them, and chop them
• Scallions cut off the roots, pick up damaged stalks, crush them. The onion head is left whole, the onion leaves are finely chopped

2.1.3 Implementation steps

• Put the pork bones in the pot with 500ml of water. Turn on the stove, bring the bone broth to a boil. Throw away the bone broth. This step is called bone washing to remove odors
• Pour 1.5 liters of water into the bone pot, bring the bone broth to a boil. Using a ladle, scoop out the cloudy scum floating on the surface
• Put the lotus seeds into the pot of bone broth on the stove, reduce the heat to medium
• Add 1 seasoning + 1 main noodle + 1 seasoning to the pot, stir well. Taste to see if it’s just right for you
• Put the shiitake mushrooms in a pot of bone broth and cook for about 7-10 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked
• When the mushrooms are cooked, add the chopped carrots and cook together for about 10 minutes
• Check to see if the lotus seeds and carrots are ripe or not
• Turn off the stove, add the onion head + green onion + ground pepper, stir well
• Place the tofu in a bowl and fill the soup with tofu. Because the tofu is soft and fragile, it can’t be cooked together with the soup
• Delicious when eaten with white rice and when hot

2.2 Mixed lotus seed mushroom soup

2.2.1 Preparation materials:

• Fresh lotus seeds: 250gr
• Pork bones: 2 pieces
• Lean pork shoulder minced: 250gr
• Wood ear: 100gr
• Enoki mushrooms: 150gr
• Dried Shiitake Mushroom: 100gr
• Young tofu: 1 cover
• Carrot: 1 piece
• Sweet corn: 1 corn
• Green onions, Chinese flavor: 100gr
• Spices: seasoning, monosodium glutamate, ground pepper

2.2.2 Preliminary processing of raw materials

• Pork bones washed under running water
• Mix a basin of diluted salt water, put the pork bones in and soak them in salt water for about 5 minutes so that the pork bones can mask the bad smell. Pick it up to dry, cut pork bones into small pieces
• Fresh lotus seeds washed, drained
• Use a sharp object, open the lotus center, and put it in a bowl
• Tofu cut into small pieces enough to eat
• Wood ear + shiitake + straw mushrooms soaked in warm water for easy processing. Each ingredient is soaked in a separate bowl
• Shiitake mushrooms cut off the foot of the mushroom, wash it under clean running water, and let it dry
• Separate the enoki mushrooms into small clusters and wash them under clean running water. Wash the inside thoroughly because it is very dusty. Rinse under running water, let dry
• Wood ear, washed, cut into small pieces, minced finely
• Put the ground pork in a bowl, add 1 seasoning + 1 cooking oil + 1 fish sauce + chopped wood ear. Mix up. Wrap food in plastic wrap, place in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes to infuse the flavors
• Peel carrots, wash, cut into circles with a thickness of 1 – 1.5cm. Using a sharp knife, cut the edges to make a flower shape
• Corn corn is washed, picked up all the corn silk, cut the corn into 3 equal pieces
• Scallions cut off the roots, pick up damaged, rotten, crushed leaves. Leave the onion head intact. The onion leaves are finely chopped
• Coriander picks up damaged, rotten and broken leaves. Rinse under running water and chop finely

2.2.3 Implementation steps

• Remove the marinated pork from the refrigerator. Wearing nylon gloves, you squeeze the pork into round balls
• Put the pork bones in the pot, add 500ml of clean water, bring to a boil and then discard the first part of the water
• Pour 1.5 liters of water into the pot, turn on the stove and bring to a boil. Using a ladle, skim off the scum floating on the surface of the water
• Next, put fresh lotus seeds + sweet corn + 1 seasoning + 1 foam powder + 1 seasoning seeds into the pot. Stir well to make the water more flavorful
• Lotus seeds are ripe, you add shiitake + enoki mushrooms and boil for about 6-7 minutes
• Add the shredded carrots and cook together for 7 minutes until cooked
• Drop the molded ear buds into boiling with the ingredients
• Finally, you taste to see if the water is sweet and suitable for your mouth or not
• Turn off the stove, you add the onion + ground pepper to the island for a while
• Put the tofu in a bowl, pour the soup into a bowl filled with tofu, garnish with a few stalks of coriander and you’re done
• Enjoy with steamed rice and best when hot

2.3 Red apple lotus seed soup

2.3.1 Preparation materials:

• Fresh lotus seeds: 150gr
• Pork bones: 2 pieces
• Red apple: 100g
• Shiitake mushrooms: 75gr
• Tofu: 2 covers
• Carrot: 1 piece
• Cabbage: 1 plant
• Sweet corn: 1 corn
• Green onions: 3 branches
• Coriander: 1 handful
• Spices: seasoning, monosodium glutamate, ground pepper

2.3.2 Preliminary processing of raw materials

• Pork bones washed under running water
• Mix in diluted salt water, put pork bones in salt water for about 5 minutes. Pick up, let dry. Chop small
• Fresh lotus seeds are washed, sharp objects are used, and the lotus heart is clear. Rinse with clean water, let dry
• Mushrooms soaked in warm water. Using scissors, cut off the base of the mushroom
• Red apples washed under running water, drained
• Tofu cut into small pieces enough to eat
• Peel carrots, wash, cut into circles with a thickness of 1 – 1.5cm. Using a sharp knife, cut the edges to make a flower shape
• Peel cabbage leaves one by one, wash under clean running water. Let dry, drain, cut cabbage into small pieces, just enough to eat
• Sweet corn washed, removed the corn silk, cut the corn into small equal pieces
• Scallions remove roots, pick up damaged, rotten, crushed leaves. Divide into onion heads and onion leaves. Onion leaves are finely chopped
• Coriander picks up damaged, damaged vegetables and washes them

2.3.3 Implementation steps

• Put 500ml of water in a pot with pork bones. Bring to a boil and then discard this bone broth
• Add 1 liter of water to the pot and boil the bones
• When the bone broth is boiling, add the lotus seeds and boil them for about 5 minutes. Skim off the scum floating on the surface of the water
• When the lotus seeds are ripe, add the shiitake mushrooms and cook them
• When the shiitake is ripe, you add the trimmed carrots + sweet corn to boil with lotus seeds
• Add 1 seasoning + 1 fish sauce + 1 monosodium glutamate, stir well to infuse the seasoning soup. Taste to see if it’s sweet enough to suit your taste or not
• The broth is strong enough to meet the requirements, you start to add chopped cabbage and stir over low heat for about 7 minutes
• When the cooking time is enough, you add the onion head + ground pepper, stir well and then turn off the stove
• Put the tofu in a bowl, scoop up the water to sink the tofu and sprinkle with small waste scallions and you’re done
• Decor a little coriander on top and you can use it
• This soup is best when you combine it with white rice or eat it when it’s hot

3. Conclusion

Above is the entire detailed article sharing about how to cook delicious quality lotus seed mushroom soup for the traditional New Year that you can refer to. All the above methods are very simple and easy to do. Not only used during Tet, even family meals on weekdays can also be made. Just follow the steps above to ensure that you will have a delicious bowl of soup, rich in nutrients of extremely high quality.

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