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Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup3

Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup 章魚蓮藕湯

I used a whole chicken for this recipe, but you can use any part of the chicken. Chicken legs and chicken wings come to mind.
I’m not a big fan of eating ginger, but I like ginger flavour. So, in this recipe, I didn’t add any shredded ginger with the shredded green onions. If you like cilantro, add it with the green onions and also some to cook the sauce.
Approximate cost (CAD) $25
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Appetizer, Soup
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 307 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Dried whole octopus use 2 if they’re small (12” or smaller is considered small)
  • 700 g Pork bones with meat or 400 g boneless pork
  • 900 g Lotus root
  • 400 g Carrots
  • 100 g Mung beans
  • 2 Honey dates
  • 1 piece Dried mandarin peel
  • 2.5 L Water

Instructions
 

  • Optional: rinse pork bones with water and put into a pot
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step1
  • Add water to the pot until the water covers the pork bones. On high heat, bring the pork bones to a boil. Turn off heat
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step2
  • Rinse off the bone fragments and impurities from the pork bones and put into a clean pot If you don’t want to rinse the meat, you can wipe them clean with a paper towel
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step3
  • Soak 2 honey dates and a piece of dried mandarin peel in water for around 5 minutes. I used one piece of mandarin peel that’s approx. 1” x 1” If you like the taste of mandarin peel, you can add more
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step4
  • If your mandarin peel still has some of the membrane on it (white layer), scrape it off with a knife or spoon
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step5
  • Place the honey dates and mandarin peel into the pot with the pork bones
  • Peel carrots, cut into small pieces and put them in the pot
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step7
  • Peel lotus root and slice into small pieces and put them in the pot
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step8
  • Add 2.5L of water to the pot and bring to a boil
  • Rinse dried octopus and wipe clean with kitchen towels
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step10
  • Turn heat to medium in a wok or pan. Place octopus into wok. You can cut up the octopus if it’s too big to fit
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step11
  • Toast the octopus on both sides until aromatic and until it has obviously shrunk in size. This should take approx. 6-8 minutes
  • Add the octopus into the pot
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step13
  • When the soup comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low and boil for a total of 2 hours
  • Soak the mung beans for approx. 1 hour
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step15
  • After 1 hour, drain the mung beans and add to the soup since octopus is considered a warming ingredient, to ensure that the soup is not too heaty, mung beans are added to cut the heatiness. If you like the mung beans super soft, adding thickness to the soup, you can add it with the rest of the ingredients. Adding it after 1 hour will keep your broth clean and the mung beans whole at the time of serving
    Auntie Emilys Kitchen-Lotus Root and Dried Octopus Soup-Step16
  • Boil for another hour on low heat
  • Serve. Note that I did not have to add any salt because the octopus had flavour and natural sea salt on it. But if it’s not enough, you can add salt to taste.

Nutrition

Calories: 307kcalCarbohydrates: 67gProtein: 13gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 195mgPotassium: 1913mgFiber: 18gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 16748IUVitamin C: 110mgCalcium: 192mgIron: 5mg
Keyword Carrots, Honey Dates, Lotus Root, Mandarin Peel, Mung Beans, Octopus, Pork
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