Home recipes: Cantonese soups

I imagine there are as many Cantonese soup recipes as there are Cantonese mothers! Here is a list, mostly from my granny. I collect new ones from my aunt in HK, tv programmes on TVB and the web.

When I say Cantonese soups, I mean soups that are slow-cooked (老火汤, to 煲汤).

Watercress
Dried jujubes (red dates)
Dried octopus
Pork bones

Radish (daikon)
Dried cuttlefish
Pork bones

Old cucumber
Dried oysters
Pork shin/shank/hock (muscle) 猪展

Lotus root
Dried jujubes (red dates)
Dried octopus
Pork muscle

Black beans
Pork muscle
Dried jujubes
Chicken feet

菜干
Dried jujubes (red dates)
Dried octopus
Pork bones

Dried straw mushroom/shiitake with chicken

Pork ribs
Snow pear
Apricot seeds (南杏北杏）

Watercress
Pork muscle
Dried figs
Apricot seeds
Snakehead fish

Ginseng
Dried whelk/chicken

Dried whelk
Chicken
Wintermelon
Jinhua ham
Dried scallop

六味湯
Pork muscle (omit and add sugar to make 糖水)
淮山 （山药）
玉竹
龙眼
芡实
百合
莲子 (or Chinese barley 薏米, which is the recipe my dad remembers from his childhood)

Chicken
北芪
党参
杞子 （构杞子）

Pork muscle
Beetroot
Green apples
Carrots

Pork muscle
Sweet corn
Carrots

Pork muscle
Pumpkin (or kabocha or butternut)

TBC...