Eight-tresure softshelled turtle soup

Eight-Treasure Softshelled Turtle Soup
八寶水魚湯

Ingredients	Seasoning
600g local baby soft-shelled turtle 20g each of radix dioscorea, root of straight ladybell and drug solomonseal 12g each of fruit of Chinese wolfberry, pilose asiabell and root of milk vetch 40g each of dried pearl barley and gordon euryale	Pinch of salt and pepper

Method

Clean the soft-shelled turtle thoroughly, rinse off all the blood, then blanch.
Wash all the herbs, then soak them with 12 bowls of water for half an hour.
Bring the herbs with the water to a boil, then turn the heat down, remove the foams on top. Cover and cook over low heat for half an hour, then add the soft-shelled turtle, let it boil for 5 minutes, then remove the foams on top and cook for another hour. Season with salt and pepper before serving.


Ingredients	Soak the herbs in water for half an hour	Bring the herbs and the turtle to a boil

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