Instead of painting lotus, let me just share part of the lotus that I cooked. Lotus roots can be eaten. We can make soup, fry or pickle out of it. It is very easy, quick and with minimum work to cook this soup. All we need are: lotus roots, meat (any preferred), red dates (optional), wolfberry (optional). Red dates and wolfberry can be found at Chinese drug stores.
Wash and peel off the root skin. Cut the root and meat thin. Because my daughter has braces on, so I just used chicken for this soup. Any of your preference meat will do.
If you have a slow cooker, use it to cook this soup. It takes longer time to soften the roots. If you don’t have it, any pot will be fine too. Just boil the cut lotus roots (dates and wolfberry) until soft. Add meat and seasoning to your taste. Now you have soup for dinner tonight. Enjoy and Happy Saturday!
May 21, 2016 at 10:25
Woow what a Saturday morning treat… Great cook n a yummy painter you are….oops great painter n a yummy cook my friend hats off to you cheers …
May 21, 2016 at 10:26
Haha.. Thank you very much. I accept them all gracefully. Lol.
May 21, 2016 at 10:32
thanks for sharing!
May 21, 2016 at 10:34
You are very welcome Samasya. Cheers.
May 21, 2016 at 11:51
A different post this time. But always delicious! Bravo, my friend! You and your daughter have a terrific weekend! Cheers! 🙂
May 21, 2016 at 11:54
Thank you very much. You and family have a wonderful weekend.
May 21, 2016 at 12:08
Thanks so much! 🙂
May 21, 2016 at 13:44
Why i dont have a bite
May 21, 2016 at 13:46
Haha.. I didn’t know you like it. Cheers.
May 21, 2016 at 22:42
I love lotus root soup!! I boil this too with pork, peanuts and red dates.
May 21, 2016 at 23:26
Just earlier this evening, my friend mentioned I should add peanuts in the soup too. I guess I will it next time. Thank you.
May 21, 2016 at 23:43
Most welcome!! It is a nice soup 😉
May 21, 2016 at 23:44
Yes, indeed. Good night.
May 22, 2016 at 02:57
We eat a lot of soup. This one looks good and hearty too.
May 22, 2016 at 03:28
Thank you. Yes, it is.
May 22, 2016 at 20:00
Oh I like this soup. Sometimes, my father would add dried squid.
May 22, 2016 at 20:04
Hi, I guess we can add a lot of many different things in the soup. 😊
May 25, 2016 at 03:26
Looks delicious! Will go to the store to check out the berries.
May 25, 2016 at 05:35
Thank you. It is delicious. You can also use the berry and red dates with white fungus and rock sugar to make light desert as well. Very healthy.
May 25, 2016 at 07:07
Thank you for the tips! We have a great shop in town, I am certain I will find all the ingredients. Will let you know 🙂
May 25, 2016 at 07:33
Can’t to see what you make. Good luck.
May 25, 2016 at 07:38
Thank you! 🙂
June 14, 2016 at 23:36
Scrumptious looking 🙂
June 15, 2016 at 02:42
Thanks.