is quite accessible in Asian and Chinese supermarkets. It's also a great vessel for carrying other flavors. Thus, there is no one recipe for winter melon soup, although the base is usually a clear ...

For the spicy soup base, heat a 2 litre/3½ pint capacity wok ... Add the star anise, Chinese mushrooms, tangerine peel, spring onion, ginger and chillies and bring to the boil, then reduce ...

Chinese people believe the thick broth has ... because chicken meat is added by some restaurants as filler. The soup base is usually made from boiling snake, chicken and pork bones, with some ...

Chinese home cooks pressed for time ... you can also use them as the base for another dish. For this soup, buy half a roast duck from the siu mei shop (or your local supplier), but don't let ...