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A hot, comforting bowl of noodle soup made with three versatile ingredients: cellophane noodles (glass noodles), tomatoes, and shrimp.

Fish and shelfish• Rice, noodles, and grains• Soups and stews• [Simmering]• [Stir-frying]

Cellophane noodle soup with shrimp and tomatoes

This clam and spinach soup, quite different from your familiar clam chowder, is equally amazing.

Soups and stews• [Boiling/Poaching]

Clam and spinach soup

This tasty soup with white Asian radish and pork ribs is easy to make and utterly warming and satisfying when it’s cold outside.

Meat• Soups and stews• Vegetables• [Simmering]

White Asian radish and pork rib soup

When simmered in stock until broken down, taro releases its starch to make the soup rich and creamy—very much like thick potato soups most people in the West are familiar with, but without the use of heavy cream, sour cream, milk, or cheese. The addition of bok choy and ham turns the soup into a one-dish meal.

Soups and stews• Vegetables• [Simmering]

Thick taro soup with bok choy and ham (青菜火腿芋艿羹)

A nourishing and healing soup in hot weather, thanks to the cooling properties of Job's tears and winter melon.

Soups and stews• [Simmering]

Job’s tears and winter melon soup with pork ribs (薏米冬瓜排骨汤)

This Dongbei-style stew, with silky cabbage and chewy potato noodles, is warming and comforting—great for cold weather.

Meat• Rice, noodles, and grains• Soups and stews• [Simmering]

Napa cabbage and pork stew with potato noodles, Dongbei style (东北白菜猪肉炖粉条)

In China, medicinal and culinary usages of mugwort, called Ai Cao (艾草) in Mandarin, date back for thousands of years. Its floral aroma, reminiscent of chrysanthemums, makes this soup unique and refreshing.

Soups and stews• Vegetables• [Simmering]

Mugwort soup with fingerling potatoes and beech mushrooms

The hearty soup of black soybeans, pork ribs, ham, and gai lan (Chinese broccoli) is tasty and nurishing.

Meat• Soups and stews• [Simmering]

Black soybean soup with pork ribs, ham, and gai lan