Bama health soup

Bāmǎ Yǎngshēng Tāng (Bama Longevity Soup) is a health-nourishing soup from Bama Yao Autonomous County, famous for having one of the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world. The soup combines pork bones with a blend of local medicinal herbs and mountain vegetables, simmered for hours to extract their healing properties.

食材清单

• 500 g pork bones
• 100 g dried Bama longevity herbs (huangqi, danggui, gouqi)
• 200 g free-range chicken (optional, for richer broth)
• 3 dried red dates
• 5 slices ginger
• 1 corn (cut into chunks)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1.5L water

制作步骤

1. 1. Wash and process the chicken thoroughly
2. 2. Add enough water to the pot, add Bama health soup and ginger slices
3. 3. After the fire is boiled, skim off the foam.
4. 4. Add Bama health soup, water, ginger slices, green onions and simmer over low heat for 1 hour
5. 5. Add salt to taste
6. 6. Serve in a bowl and sprinkle with chopped green onion.