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Cantonese Sweet Potato Soup with Ginger and Glutinous Rice Balls

Name: Cantonese Sweet Potato Soup with Ginger and Glutinous Rice Balls
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: cantonese
Ingredients: Sweet potato; ginger; Brown slab sugar; Sesame glutinous rice balls; water

groups4 servingsspeedEasycountertopsPrep: 10 minsskilletCook: 25 minsscheduleTotal: 35 minsoutdoor_grillBoiledlocal_fire_departmentMild

Allergens:warningSesame

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4 Steps Total

Preparation

00:03:42

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Sweet potatoes are hard and round; hold them firmly while cutting to prevent the knife from slipping.

Wash 30g old ginger and thoroughly smash it with the side of a knife. Peel 600g red-fleshed sweet potatoes and cut them into rolling chunks by rotating the potato between cuts.

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Rotate the sweet potato while cutting to create multiple angled surfaces, which helps it cook evenly and become soft.

Ingredients:gingerSweet potato

Tools:chef's knifecutting board

Active Cooking

00:06:24

In a soup pot, add 1500ml water, 30g smashed old ginger, and 600g sweet potato chunks. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat, cover, and cook for 20 minutes until a chopstick pierces easily through the center.

local_fire_departmentHigh to medium heat, about 20 minutes

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Do not boil too vigorously, otherwise the rolling turbulent water will break up the sweet potato edges and make the soup cloudy.

Ingredients:water (1500 ml)ginger (30 g)Sweet potato (600 g)

Tools:pot

Active Cooking

00:07:20

Add 100g brown slab sugar and 150g sesame rice balls to the pot. Maintain medium-low simmer for 5 minutes, stirring gently to prevent sticking, until the sugar melts and the rice balls float to the surface soft and chewy.

local_fire_departmentMedium-low heat, about 5 minutes

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Rice balls sink at first and stick easily

push gently with ladle back. Once floating, they are cooked—do not overboil or fillings will leak

Ingredients:Brown slab sugar (100 g)Sesame glutinous rice balls (150 g)

Tools:ladle

Active Cooking

00:13:40

Turn off heat, ladle sweet potato chunks, rice balls, and ginger syrup into dessert bowls, and serve hot.

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