Red Bean Crucian Carp Soup
Simmer adzuki beans until semi-tender, then add crucian carp with scales intact and cook together. This dish has diuretic and swelling-reducing properties and is suitable for consumption during pregnancy.
Ingredients
Live crucian carp (keep scales, remove innards, tear off the hard skin under the jaw, wash clean)
1 whole
Red small beans (add water and cook until 60% tender)
50g
Cooking wine (for marinating)
as needed
Ginger slices
as needed
Scallion sections
as needed
Instructions
1
Step 1
Keep the scales on the crucian carp, cut open the belly to remove the innards, tear off the hard skin under the jaw, wash clean, and marinate with cooking wine for a while.
2
Step 2
Add water to the red beans and simmer over low heat until 60% tender, then add the crucian carp, ginger, and scallion sections, and cook together into a soup.
