List of Chinese soups facts for kids
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Chinese soups are a very important part of Chinese cuisine. They come from different parts of China and also from Chinese communities around the world. In China, people often enjoy a warm, broth-based soup either before or after their main meal.
Many Chinese soups are made with noodles. Wheat, which is used to make noodles, arrived in China around 2000 BCE. Instead of baking it into bread like in Europe, people in China often used wheat to make warm noodle soups. Chinese noodles are a key ingredient in many of these delicious soups.
Popular Chinese Soups
A close-up view of Bak kut teh
There are many different kinds of Chinese soups, each with its own special taste and ingredients. Here are some well-known ones:
- Bak kut teh
- Banmian
- Beef noodle soup
- Black sesame soup – This is a sweet soup made from black sesame seeds.
- Boiled mutton soup
- Buddha Jumps Over the Wall – This is a very rich and famous soup with many different ingredients.
- Cantonese seafood soup
- Carp soup
- Chicken and duck blood soup
- Chicken soup – Many Chinese soups start with a tasty chicken broth. A common Chinese chicken soup uses older chickens and is flavored with ginger, scallions, black pepper, soy sauce, rice wine, and sesame oil.
- Chinese herbal soups – These are like homemade remedies. They use special herbs to help with different health needs. Ginseng is a famous herb used in some of these soups.
- Corn crab soup
- Crossing the bridge noodles – This soup is served with ingredients kept separate and added to the hot broth at the table.
- Duck blood and vermicelli soup
Bird's nest soup in Malaysia
- Edible bird's nest soup – This is a special and expensive soup made from the nests of swiftlet birds.
- Egg drop soup – A simple and popular soup with wisps of beaten egg cooked in hot broth.
- Egg tong sui
- Fish and mustard leaf soup
- Fish head soup
- Geng – This is a thick, starchy soup.
- Ginseng chicken soup
- Hot and sour soup – This soup has a spicy and tangy flavor.
- Hulatang
- Hup Tul Woo – This is a sweet soup made from walnuts.
- Jiuniang
- Lettuce soup
- Liver soup
- Lotus seed and pork tripe soup
- Lung fung soup
- Mung bean soup – This can be a sweet or savory soup.
- Noodle soup
- Nam ngiao
- Nangchang Jar soup
- Oxtail soup
- Patriotic soup – This soup got its name during a war when the Mongols invaded China. It was named by Emperor Bing of Song. It is simple to make with leafy greens, broth, and mushrooms.
- Pig's organ soup
- Pigeon soup
- Pork blood soup
- Red bean soup – A sweet soup made from red beans, often eaten as a dessert.
- Sago soup
- Shark fin soup – This is a traditional soup, but it is now less common due to concerns about sharks.
- Silkie soup – Also known as Black chicken soup, it uses a special type of chicken.
- Stewed chicken soup
- Sweet potato soup – Often a sweet soup, especially popular as a dessert.
- Tian mo
- Tomato and egg soup – A simple and comforting soup with tomatoes and egg.
- Tong sui – This is a general name for sweet soups or desserts in Chinese cuisine.
- Turtle soup – In places with many Chinese people, like Singapore, turtle soup is seen as a special dish.
- Wenzhou pig intestine rice noodle soup
- Winter melon spare rib soup – A light and refreshing soup.
- Wonton noodle – A popular dish with dumplings (wontons) and noodles in a broth.
- Xidoufen
- Yong Tau Foo
Gallery
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A bowl of meat-based geng
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Song dynasty's 'patriotic soup' (prepared in Clovis California) 宋朝的“護國菜”（在加利福尼亞克洛維斯市製備）(2).jpg
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Crossing the bridge noodles
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