Methods for Making Eight-Treasure Porridge

Step 1

Method 1 for Eight-Treasure Porridge Porridge ingredients: 100g rice (or glutinous rice), 10g each of longan, red dates, fox nut, lotus seed, Job's tears, black soybean, walnut kernel, black wood ear mushroom. Porridge preparation

Step 2

Soak ingredients that require soaking, and thoroughly wash ingredients that need cleaning

Step 3

Put all ingredients into a pot, add water, then simmer over low heat until it becomes porridge. Authentic Eight-Treasure Porridge is ready. Benefits of Eight-Treasure Porridge: Eight-Treasure Porridge nourishes the liver, tonifies the kidneys and moistens the lungs. It is effective for people with blurred vision, chronic dry cough, loose stools, and weak spleen and stomach when consumed regularly. Some people have improved it: if you have forgetfulness and insomnia, add sour jujube to the pot when cooking, which works well. Some people also like to add lotus root and walnut kernels when cooking, which is also good for the body. Method 2 for Eight-Treasure Porridge Porridge ingredients: 250g japonica rice, 150g lard, 25g each of taro, water chestnut, mixed nuts, dates, broad bean kernel, chestnut, 12g soybean, 5g refined salt, 2g each of MSG and spices. Porridge preparation

Step 4

Wash soybean and broad bean kernel, soak in clean water for half a day. Clean taro, water chestnut, mixed nuts, chestnut and other ingredients. Wash green vegetables and cut into fine strips

Step 5

Wash the rice and put it into the pot, add broad beans, soybeans, taro, water chestnut, mixed nuts, dates, chestnut, lard, spices and 2000g of water, bring to a boil over high heat

Step 6

Then switch to low heat and simmer for 1.5 hours, add refined salt, and Eight-Treasure Porridge is ready. Method 3 for Eight-Treasure Porridge Porridge ingredients: 50g each of glutinous rice, adzuki bean, peanut, chestnut kernel, lotus seed, red date, dried longan, Osmanthus cake, sugar to taste. Porridge preparation

Step 7

Wash chestnut kernel and cut into small pieces. Soak lotus seeds in alkaline water to remove the green core. Wash red dates and remove the pits. Wash peanuts with hot water and remove the skins. Chop dried longan into pieces

Step 8

Wash adzuki beans, add water and cook until half cooked. Add washed glutinous rice, bring to a boil after adding, then add chestnut kernel, peanut and lotus seed to cook together

Step 9

When the rice and beans are cooked soft, add dried longan, Osmanthus cake, red dates and other ingredients, simmer over low heat for 5 minutes, and Eight-Treasure Porridge is ready. Method 4 for Eight-Treasure Porridge Porridge ingredients: Black glutinous rice, white glutinous rice, oats, red dates, goji berries, pine nuts, lotus seeds, longan, rock sugar. Porridge preparation

Step 10

Soak goji berries, oats and lotus seeds in warm water for a while

Step 11

Put all raw materials into a sand pot, add appropriate amount of water and rock sugar, simmer over low heat for about 90 minutes, and Eight-Treasure Porridge is ready. Method 5 for Eight-Treasure Porridge Porridge ingredients: 100g glutinous rice, 15g Job's tears, 10g small red beans, 10g large red beans, 10g lotus seeds, 10g mung beans, 10 red dates, 5 black dates, 10g dried longan, brown sugar, about 5 cups of water. Porridge preparation

Step 12

First wash small red beans, large red beans, lotus seeds and Job's tears, and soak them overnight

Step 13

Wash glutinous rice and mung beans, soak for 5 hours

Step 14

You can choose heartless lotus seeds directly, or use a toothpick to remove the lotus core to avoid the cooked porridge being bitter

Step 15

Put ingredients into the rice cooker in order. Five minutes after the rice cooker pops up, add brown sugar and stir. You can also unplug it first to prevent the porridge from being too mushy. Method 6 for Eight-Treasure Porridge Porridge ingredients: 100g soybean, 100g corn, 50g snow fungus, 10 red dates, 10 shiitake mushrooms, 50g lotus seeds, 30g goji berries, honey, water. Porridge preparation

Step 16

First put snow fungus, shiitake mushrooms and goji berries into a bowl, soak in boiling water. After the water cools, remove the stems, and drain

Step 17

Wash soybean, corn, red dates, lotus seeds and goji berries with cold water, and put them into a sand pot together with snow fungus and shiitake mushrooms

Step 18

Add water and simmer over low heat for about half an hour until it becomes porridge, then add honey. Note that do not continue cooking after adding honey. Nutritious Eight-Treasure Porridge Main ingredients: longan, lotus seeds, raisins, peanut, red dates, adzuki beans, mung beans, kidney beans, fragrant rice, rice, etc. Preparation method:

1. To facilitate processing, soak lotus seeds and red beans in water overnight first.
2. Put clean water into the pot, the amount of water is about 5 to 10 times the amount of food

Step 19

First put lotus seeds and red beans and cook for 20 minutes, then add other ingredients, bring to a boil after adding, then switch to low heat and simmer slowly