【Beijing】Freshly boiled sour plum soup

【Beijing】Freshly boiled sour plum soup

Overview

Sour plum soup is a traditional drink in old Beijing. This soup eliminates food and harmonizes the body, promotes qi and dissipates stasis, produces body fluids and quenches thirst, converges lung qi, relieves troubles and calms the mind. Regular drinking can indeed cure diseases and strengthen the body. It is a rare health drink. Today’s sour plum soup is made with carefully selected long-made black plums, limited-edition golden osmanthus, ripe Luoshen calyces in early autumn, Xizheng licorice, old tree hawthorn and Xinhui fresh fruit tangerine peel and rock sugar. It has a pure and fragrant taste, attractive color, sweet and sour taste, and a great taste.

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Steps

  1. Prepare all ingredients

    【Beijing】Freshly boiled sour plum soup step 1

  2. Wash the ingredients except rock sugar and osmanthus to remove dust, put them into a non-iron pot (you can put the ingredients into a seasoning bag) and add 2.5 liters of water

    【Beijing】Freshly boiled sour plum soup step 2

  3. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for about 30 minutes

    【Beijing】Freshly boiled sour plum soup step 3

  4. Add the rock sugar to the cooked soup and melt it (add according to your own taste)

    【Beijing】Freshly boiled sour plum soup step 4

  5. Scoop out the sour plum soup and add the sweet-scented osmanthus while it's hot (after filtering out the soup, add water to the pot to cook the soup again)

    【Beijing】Freshly boiled sour plum soup step 5

  6. It will taste better if it cools down

    【Beijing】Freshly boiled sour plum soup step 6